Compliance

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Everything You Need to Know About pKYC

Simply knowing your customer isn’t enough anymore; to keep pace with modern threats, perpetual know-your-customer practices will enable organizations to manage risk. Moody’s Keith Berry tells companies everything they need to know about pKYC and argues for a mindset-shift in many organizations. Organizations have to protect themselves from fluctuating risk levels and new financial crime threats. For many compliance teams,...

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Corporate Enforcement Policy Updates: A Spoonful of Sugar or Just More Medicine?

By adding incentives to encourage self-disclosure of corporate misconduct, the DOJ signaled a major change in its approach. And while many of the changes are welcome, Blank Rome’s Inbal P. Garrity and Amelia Clegg wonder if the revisions are sweet enough. The DOJ’s Criminal Division may not have had a change of heart when it comes to corporate criminal enforcement,...

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New DOJ Guidance Charts a Way Forward on Ephemeral Messaging

New guidance from the DOJ on what makes an effective compliance program should be mandatory reading for every corporate integrity professional. Living Your Best Compliance life columnist Mary Shirley shares her thoughts on upshots of the new guidance. This month kicked off with an exciting development for informing corporate compliance programs, the release of an updated “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance...

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Uncharted Waters: McDonald’s Case Ushers in New Era of C-Suite Accountability

A C-suite title on your business card doesn’t just come with a cushy corner office. Since January’s blockbuster Delaware Chancery Court decision regarding toxic behavior at McDonald’s, it could also mean that you’ll bear the same oversight duty traditionally reserved for members of the board of directors. Bart M. Schwartz of Guidepost Solutions is currently the federally appointed monitor over...

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How Small Financial Institutions Need to Handle ESG — Today and Tomorrow

Facing a potential recession and anti-ESG headwinds may have smaller financial institutions thinking about budget cuts aimed at sustainability efforts. FTI Consulting’s Evelyn Basham and Enrique Ubarri explore what small and mid-sized banks and other financial institutions need to know about ESG in 2023 and beyond. Financial institutions of all sizes are in the midst of an ESG revolution despite...

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1-2-3s of ABAC Compliance Programs

Despite the proliferation of laws aimed at fighting bribery and corruption, a recent international report found that most countries are failing to stop corruption. How can organizations ensure they’re doing their part? Certa’s Jag Lamba offers nine signs that your company’s ABAC program is on the right track. Anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC) laws and standards govern business transactions and prohibit...

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The Global (Mis)alignment of Human Rights Sanctions

There's no shortage of measures designed to safeguard human rights across the globe, but Washington, London and Brussels have yet to fully see eye-to-eye on what entities to target. Vincent Gaudel from LexisNexis Risk Solutions sets the stage for what to expect in the evolution of thematic human rights sanctions. Combating human rights violations and corruption is a common goal...

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Tracking Down Emissions When They’re Buried in Your Supply Chain

Manufacturers are pressed from all sides to prove their environmental bona fides, but given the nature of manufacturing-related emissions, that means making sure their global supply chains are environmentally conscious. Assent’s Sarah Carpenter digs into her company’s recent survey of manufacturers, the pressures these companies are facing and what they can do about it. ESG-related investment is soaring, business is...

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Worried About FTC Crackdown on Noncompetes? Start With Assessing Your Existing Contracts.

A proposal by the FTC to ban noncompete agreements in employment has been widely criticized by business groups, with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce threatening a lawsuit if it goes into effect. But, as Seyfarth Shaw’s Robert Milligan discusses, the potential noncompete ban is just the latest in the agency’s self-described crackdown over what it views as unfair labor practices,...

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