The Informed Board Podcast | CEO Succession Planning on a Clear Day
Guidepost in Motion EP25: State of Compliance with Alixandra Smith Part 2
Compliance Into The Weeds - Elon Musk and Tesla Redux
The Blackletter Podcast | A podcast for CEOs, Corporate Counsel, & Entrepreneurs
Takeaways From Recent Claims Against Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook – Mitigating the Heightened Risk of Privacy Suits Against Individual Directors and Officers
Government Contractors: Key Questions You Should Be Asking Your Advisors
Startup CEO Who Coded His Way Out: Rainway’s Andrew Sampson
Innovation in Compliance - Lessons About Leadership and Security with Paul Clayson
H.R. 1 – Disclosures, Disclaimers, and FEC Certifications: What Corporations, Non-Profits, and Trade Associations Need to Know
Episode 155 -- Tom Fox and Michael Volkov Discuss the Blue Bell Creameries Enforcement Action
Episode 117 -- FCPA Update: Samsung FCPA Settlement; Braskem Former CEO Indicted; Transport CEO Convicted after Trial
Compliance into the Weeds: Episode 117-Wells Fargo Update
Episode 42 -- How to Manage Your CEO on Compliance
Life Sciences Quarterly: A View From Washington: What to Expect From the SEC
This Week in FCPA- Episode 52, for the week ending May 12, the Firing the Investigators Edition
For Jeff Skilling, 'Enron Was His Life,' Lawyer Says
Employer’s Takeover of Former CEO’s LinkedIn Account Lawful Under CFAA
The inaugural Pharma and MedTech Services Investment Summit brought together C-suite executives, senior private equity professionals, investment bankers and other industry leaders for a deep dive into the investment...more
Like few topics before it, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has dominated discussions in many C-suites over the last year. Boards are playing a crucial role in both encouraging management to accelerate the pace of...more
Good morning. Welcome to the first edition of Scaling Greatness, a newsletter from Integreon focusing on amplifying global business excellence and innovation....more
YOUR SOURCE FOR SUCCESS IN PHARMA AND DEVICE SERVICES INVESTING - Join C-suite executives, senior private equity professionals, investment bankers and other industry leaders for a deep dive into the investment...more
In Stratford v. Umpqua Bank, No. 100717-5 (Sept. 14, 2023) (slip op.), the Washington Supreme Court rejected the application of the “apex doctrine” in Washington. The apex doctrine has been adopted by some jurisdictions to...more
The issue of chief compliance officer (CCO) liability has long been debated; it has become a grave concern for CCOs, CEOs, and other C-suite executives who put on “too many hats” within an organization and take on the firm’s...more
The famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi — “The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed” — aptly reflected business sentiments prevalent decades ago. At that time, the sole intention was to fulfil...more
While many attorneys aspire to be a General Counsel, the path to becoming a company’s chief legal officer can be even more convoluted than becoming a partner at a law firm. Recently, it was my pleasure to host an engaging...more
What if I told you that a security assessment of your business and residence could provide tax deductible expenses for private air transportation, a security driver, and executive protection agents and have favorable tax...more
We all know the importance of teamwork and collaboration. Whatever the context, sports, business, military, and many other situations, teamwork and cooperation is essential to success. ...more
Who’s To Blame? Lenders may seek to replace or diminish the role of one or more members of the “C suite” in order to shift blame and to demonstrate up the chain of command that they have taken appropriate action. One...more
In a week that’s already seen plenty of C-suite shakeups, we’ve learned that Ginni Rometty is stepping down from her role as CEO at IBM. The company’s cloud computing chief, Arvind Krishna, will take over for her, though...more
The beauty of an effective ethics and compliance program is captured in the well-known phrase that it is worth much more than the sum of its parts....more
The Situation: The UK government has proposed several corporate governance reforms in an effort to improve transparency and accountability in private and public employers....more
When an executive becomes embroiled in a dispute with an employer, the executive tends to take it personally. And when the executive’s conflict is with the government, the executive’s sense of outrage ratchets up even more....more
Compliance professionals are riding high. They are the darlings of the corporate governance world, commanding higher salaries, C-Suite positions with access to senior leadership and the board, and an empowered position within...more
Linda Graebner spent many years as a CEO leading consumer product companies, and has held numerous other leadership positions in the business world. But she is currently thriving in a new role: the boardroom. At the request...more
We all tend to gloss over a critical requirement for an effective ethics and compliance program – tone-at-the-top. I hate to be dogmatic about the issue but, as Mel Brooks said in the Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 4, Episode...more
CEOs ain’t misbehavin’? A new study from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, “Scoundrels in the C-Suite,” discusses the fallout from and responses to “bad behavior” by CEOs. While “bad behavior” clearly includes...more
We all have heard the scenario involving a compliance professional. A new CCO joins a company with promises from the board, the CEO and senior executives of cooperation, compensation and support for a robust independent...more
The term “board refreshment” may elicit some giggles – no, we’re not talking about shots of The Balvenie 50-Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Speyside, Scotland – but the topic of director tenure is increasingly becoming...more
CFTC Says Virtual Currencies Are a “Commodity” Under Federal Law, Files Charges Against Coinflip for Operating an Unregistered Bitcoin Options Trading Platform - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed and...more
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code ("Section 162(m)") limits the tax deduction that a publicly held corporation may take with respect to compensation paid to each of the corporation's chief executive officer and its...more
One person who does not have a conflict in evaluating a company’s reputational risks should manage a company’s reputation. This approach starts with one basic requirement – the board and the CEO have to agree that a company’s...more
Cyber scammers continually innovate new means to extract valuable information from unsuspecting victims. And a new form of cyber fraud is exploiting the close relationship between CEOs and CFOs. Identifying this threat — and...more