Compliance

“Text Messaging Can Expose Your Company to Significant Risks”: In this article, Mike Pagani explains that texting is quick, easy, reliable and efficient — but if it’s used for official business communications, it can create tremendous risk for a company. Organizations of all sizes need to put the right policies in place, and implement automated text archiving and supervision systems...

In this article, Wendy Wysong, Peter Coney and Tatsuhiko Kamiyama examine three key governance reforms coming from Japanese legislators and what global companies need to know going forward. 'Japan Inc' is now back on the front pages with many Japanese corporations increasingly pursuing significant M&A opportunities internationally given the mature market at home and high levels of cash reserves. The corporate landscape...

Cross-Border Payment Compliance: What to Know as GDPR Kicks Off As GDPR launches today, Brent Crider illustrates the requirements for the regulation and how it impacts organizations processing cross-border payments. Vendors managing payroll or freelancer payouts enterprises must be extra vigilant about GDPR compliance, as they store a wealth of personally identifiable information that accompanies such payment types. On May...

May 25th – the date GDPR enforcement begins is almost here, and most companies are still working towards compliance. Cheryl O’Neill, Director of Product Management at Seal Software, looks at the hidden risk contracts pose for compliance and explains why machine learning techniques are the only way to get actionable visibility into the contract-based data that is flowing into and out...

In just a few days, on May 25, the clock will expire on the two-year transition period for companies to reach compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This not only impacts organizations operating in the European Union (EU), but also affects companies in the United States and elsewhere that handle the personal data of anyone who resides in...

Data Privacy Becomes King Cloud security and compliance laws surrounding personal information will continue to proliferate as governments attempt to protect their citizens’ private data. With a heightened consumer awareness of the need for data privacy, any violation of trust will damage an organization. Follow these recommendations to avoid fines, business interruption and loss of that all-important and increasingly rare...

Kara Brockmeyer, former Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division’s FCPA Unit, describes the Unit’s role in the joint enforcement of the U.S. anti-bribery law.

How to Avoid Sanctions Risks A recent advisory issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of State and U.S. Coast Guard warns the entire shipping industry of the sanctions risks associated with North Korea’s deceptive shipping practices. The OFAC maintains comprehensive sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). This...

A Look at SEC, FINRA and Other Issues Cryptocurrency experienced massive and unprecedented growth in 2017, rising from a total market cap of $18.8 billion in January 2017 to $598.5 billion in December 2017. As of February 6, 2018, there were over 1,500 virtual currencies. The emergence of cryptocurrency has caused concern for regulators, who see rampant growth and speculation...

Getting the Full Picture, Fast Comprehensively identifying and verifying corporate hierarchies and ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) has become increasingly important since the implementation of 4MLD and MLR2017. However, achieving this view is time-consuming, and most organisations struggle to uncover the full picture. In this article, Paul Charmatz, Managing Director at encompass corporation, explores some of the big questions around beneficial ownership....

Jeff Clark of Willkie Farr & Gallagher provides comprehensive guidance for planning and executing internal investigations and leveraging resources.  

The Risk to Investors Despite the proliferation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, financial regulators have been slow to introduce rules to govern them. Cordium’s Jesse Brown surveys the current state of regulation regarding investment in cryptocurrencies and ICOs and discusses the compliance considerations investors should make before pursuing investments in the crypto space. Cryptocurrency and its applications within the financial...