Compliance

Despite recent statement by DOJ official, CCO certification could hang like Sword of Damocles

Perhaps once distinct teams within organizations, security and compliance functions today go hand-in-hand — or at least they should, writes Sumo Logic CSO George Gerchow. Data breaches continue to wreak havoc on today’s enterprise, with rising stakes of both cost and reputation. To help combat this challenge, we’re seeing more government regulations across industries create a compliance roadmap for IT...

One would need a crystal ball or working time machine to predict for certain whether the U.S. and global economies will enter a recession this year. But, as a handful of compliance, risk and governance experts told us, it doesn’t take a psychic reading to know compliance professionals are likely to be well-insulated in any event. There’s far from consensus...

Calls for shedding light on price variability, coupled with an industry that is increasingly consumer-focused, is driving greater examination of how hospitals, payors and providers price and charge for care, and healthcare industry analyst Christina Steiner sets the stage for what to expect in the coming years. Over the past few years, dual pieces of federal legislation have attempted to...

The November collapses of FTX and BlockFi, two of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, were shocking — and devastating for investors. But given the rocky history of crypto, they perhaps shouldn’t have been all that surprising. CUBE CEO and founder Ben Richmond shares his predictions about what’s to come on the crypto front in 2023. 2022 was just as chaotic...

FinCEN’s mandate to create a beneficial ownership database will continue creating ripple effects for businesses and individuals across all sectors. Jason Ross, an attorney at Dykema Gossett in Dallas, shares his insights, focusing particularly on special guidance for antiquities dealers. For decades, the United States has been at the forefront of a global effort to combat kleptocracy, or “rule by...

The feds are cracking down, but they’ve also given us a cheat sheet

Nobody was canceled for anything they wrote for our pages in 2022 — at least that we know of. But a few of our writers went out on a limb to make their views known. Here’s a look at our hottest takes of the past year.  

You don’t have to look far in society to realize that as the generations change from Generation X through Y now to Generation Z (with Generation Alpha behind them), the ethics of the common person are changing. Ethics and compliance consultant Calvin London talks about the impact on ethical behavior and the ability to create a positive culture and a...

It’s easy to rely on metrics like “completed trainings” to chart the effectiveness of your compliance program. Compliance expert Courtney Sander reality checks the underlying stats you’re (probably) using to prove the value of your program. Every compliance program should achieve these three goals: align the business with rules, regulations and laws; prevent misconduct; and detect misconduct. And as well-intentioned...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. This time last year, we summarized the top 10 ESG stories of 2021, and those three letters continued to dominate our coverage this year. But we brought you much more than that, including coverage of FCPA enforcement actions, ethical lapses by world leaders, ongoing Covid-19 impacts and more. In no...

New regulations will require companies to report accurate and up-to-date beneficial ownership information to the U.S. government. Keeping track of changes could prove to be a tall task. Miller & Chevalier’s Ian Herbert talks about what companies can do to stay compliant. When FinCEN published its final rule regarding beneficial ownership reporting in September 2022, its primary goal was to...