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When board oversight strays, so do companies, and if board oversight doesn’t exist, well, that can lead to an $8 billion fraud. Protiviti’s Jim DeLoach continues his series on governance failures with three more examples that provide lessons in sound...

Most forced labor compliance frameworks ask companies to publish statements and describe their policies. The EU's new forced labor regulation operates differently — it gives authorities the power to block imports and pull products from shelves if forced labor is...

Of the nine enforcement cases CCI examined where companies received credit for timely disclosure, only two included a measurable time window. In several others, the timeliness clock had effectively run out before the company acted — a whistleblower, a press...

In April, a bipartisan coalition of 34 state attorneys general won a landmark jury verdict against Live Nation — after the DOJ settled its own case mid-trial. Weeks earlier, a separate multistate coalition persuaded a court to block the Nexstar-Tegna...

False Claims Act recoveries and whistleblower numbers point to something deeper than individual enforcement actions. The experts CCI contributing writer Trevor Treharne spoke with say the pattern isn't a lack of compliance programs in healthcare; it's programs designed to survive...

AI can make some workers more efficient, but is it ready yet to completely eliminate them? Some companies very publicly took a side and have since backtracked, including even rehiring people they laid off. CCI editorial director Jennifer L. Gaskin...

Corporate leaders can’t afford to wait for the regulatory dust to settle around apps like Kalshi and Polymarket, experts told CCI’s Jennifer L. Gaskin. Not only do they risk insiders potentially using their knowledge to make a quick buck on...

Pay transparency laws continue to proliferate nationwide, creating a complex landscape of pay disclosure requirements, particularly for multistate employers. Rayner Mangum of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete background and considerations for compliance, as well as practical recommendations for building a...

Applying a Western compliance framework can obscure the tell-tale signs of fraud and corruption in Gulf Cooperation Council markets. Majid Mumtaz, an internal audit and governance leader in the GCC, explores these challenges through the lens of four cases spanning...

The SEC packed a month’s worth of major developments into just a few weeks — and compliance teams are sorting through what it all means. CCI editorial director Jennifer L. Gaskin breaks down what’s changed, what hasn’t and where your...

The DOJ released its first-ever department-wide corporate enforcement policy ostensibly to bring fairness and transparency to the government’s decisions on charges against companies accused of criminal conduct. For corporate leaders hoping the new CEP would provide them with clarity on...

An executive went to trial. Another alleged scheme participant cooperated. Corsa Coal itself went bankrupt. Whatever executives thought the FCPA pause meant for their exposure, this case is a useful corrective — and former US Attorney Eric Olshan, who built...