Compliance

Companies that have begun a digital transformation from point-in-time compliance assessments to real-time management are already realizing benefits. Coalfire’s Adam Shnider discusses the need to transition from old approaches to new ones. The growing burden of compliance costs is becoming unsustainable, and it will create even more problems if we don’t abandon old traditions and replace them with modern approaches....

Allegations of financial misconduct dogged German payment processing giant Wirecard AG since its inception; why did it take so long to uncover the fraud? Michael Toebe muses here about the perils of ego and unchecked greed. Wirecard's gross financial misconduct and resulting scandal and crisis has been dubbed the Enron of Germany by some analysts. No matter how many times...

It took a while, but the U.S. Department of Justice is getting ever smarter about analyzing compliance programs. Compliance Systems Legal Group Partner Win Swenson describes this historical trend, explains why it is happening and highlights important takeaways from the DOJ’s recently revised criteria. In 1995, four years after promulgation of the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines – the first law or...

Following guidance released in June, attorneys from Epstein Becker Green examine the latest guidelines for how the Department of Justice will evaluate corporate compliance programs. Companies need to be aware of updated guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division governing how the agency will evaluate corporate compliance programs. Released on June 1, 2020, the “Evaluation of...

As the situation with COVID-19 evolves, a huge oncoming wave of lawsuits is imminent, and legal and compliance issues could cause yet another crisis if not addressed properly. Vault Platform CEO Neta Meidav discusses what this could mean for the future of work. In recent years, we have seen an unprecedented rise in the number of high-profile employee complaints directed...

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A crisis tends to highlight the “cracks” in the system. Mathad Al-Ajmi, Chair of the B20 Saudi Arabia Integrity & Compliance Taskforce, which is focused on advancing a global anti-corruption agenda across all G20 member states, discusses the effect of corruption on the pandemic’s economic impact and the ongoing recovery phase. As the global community fights the COVID-19 pandemic and...

Business conditions continue to change amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s putting organizations at risk. Conga’s Jason Gabbard provides best practices to protect the contracts that protect their businesses during these unexpected times. It might not feel quite like it at this moment, but we’re about to enter a post-pandemic business world. Exactly when that will be — and what...

Velocity Global COO Jose Montero explores options organizations have to stay nimble and responsive despite ever-changing business conditions brought about by COVID-19 – and what they need to know to continue cross-border growth. Businesses watch for signs of recovery and signs of opportunity. As the pandemic-imposed isolation slowly lifts, companies get back to business, back to growth, back to global...

Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and Control Risks, the global specialist risk consulting firm, present the publication of the 2020 Capacity to Combat Corruption (CCC) Index, a data-driven analytical tool to assess Latin American countries' ability to uncover, punish and deter corruption. "The Index shows in detail how the anti-corruption wave that was advancing in Latin America a few...

The DOJ has issued revisions to its Guidance on evaluating corporate compliance programs while corporations are responding to unprecedented disruption in their businesses. Reed Smith’s Jennifer Jordan and Thomas Suddath, Jr. discuss what companies can reasonably do now to forestall critical review in future investigations. Corporations large and small are trying to turn on a dime to react to new...

Tom Fox provides an overview of the DOJ's updated Guidance on the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, exploring key themes and notable changes and considering how the Guidance will impact CCOs and compliance programs more broadly in 2020 and beyond. Instant Download: Read it Now Can’t see the download form? Disable your ad blocker.