Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 4: Don't Be Evil: In the Hot Seat of Data Privacy, Part 1
Privacy Issues from Third-Party Website Tags
Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs
What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Managing Social Media Risk
Compliance Lessons from Dating in Your 50s
Managing Compliance Risk for Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and Investigations
False Claims Act Insights - The Art and Science of Corporate Compliance in Managing FCA Risk
Preparing for a Government Healthcare Audit
Episode 318 -- LRN's Recent Study Underscores Importance of Ethical Culture and Values-Based Leadership
Understanding the HHS OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance
Climate Risk, the emerging risk
What's Going on with FCPA?
Compliance, Project Management, and Process Improvement
Leaning in on AI in Compliance Programs
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - Title IX Regulations - Changes on the Horizon
Episode 312 -- Eddie Green, CEO SnippetSentry, on Communications Preservation Risks
Behavioral Health Compliance
In corporate compliance, a guiding principle is the foundation for success or failure: Tone at the Top. This phrase encapsulates the role of senior executives—particularly the CEO—in setting the ethical standards, cultural...more
Discover today's best practices for your role in healthcare compliance oversight - The Office of Inspector General of Health and Human Services expects healthcare board members, board audit/compliance committee members,...more
The DOJ has signaled that CEO and CCO certifications will become a staple of all corporate settlement agreements. Critics worry CEOs and CCOs face undue personal liability and argue it will dissuade CCOs from accepting the...more
Despite an industry uproar, the sky is NOT falling with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DoJ”) requirement that chief executive officers (“CEOs”) and chief compliance officers (“CCOs”) certify that their compliance programs...more
Even with this most turbulent year nearly at an end, we continue to lose many true greats. One of the greatest in baseball in the ‘60s and ‘70s was Richie (Dick) Allen. According to Tyler Kepner, writing in his On Baseball...more
Over the last month, regulators with the Trump administration sent a loud message to companies subject to U.S. jurisdiction: Enforcement of laws governing international activities is alive and well and the laws will continue...more
The role of any leader should be engagement, engagement and then more engagement. By understanding the needs of your key stakeholders and incorporating that into your solution or initiative you will have your team on board...more
One of the most interesting tag lines I heard at Compliance Week 2016 was the following, if you want to work in my compliance department; you need to learn how to read a balance sheet. I thought that single line encapsulated...more
One of the ongoing battles for any Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) or compliance practitioner is that the business folks usually view compliance as the Land of No; most often populated by Dr. No him or herself. You will have...more
Can you get a sense of place from listening to a song? In an article in the Financial Times (FT), entitled “The Life of a Song – Georgia On My Mind”, Mike Hobart wrote that when you “combine Stuart Gorrell’s lyrics with Hoagy...more
Many companies, depending on the industry, have implemented anti-corruption compliance programs. Some of the programs meet the standard for an “effective” anti-corruption compliance program. There is a vast difference between...more
I continue my Great Structures Week with focus on great structural engineering and its innovations in the medieval world – that being the Gothic Cathedral. I am drawing these posts from The Great Courses offering, entitled...more
I continue my exploration of actions you can take to improve your compliance program during an economic downturn with a review of what my colleague Jan Farley, the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Dresser-Rand, called the...more
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. – Groucho Marx - Sometimes compliance practitioners miss the forest from the trees. They can get lost in the details of their...more
That football truism (allegedly) came from former Texas Longhorn head coach Darrell Royal. While he intoned it in a different era, Pete Carroll and his Seattle Seahawks proved it still to be valid in the most recent Super...more
Last week the San Francisco Giants won their third World Series championship in five years. This elevates them into the conversation of the Pantheon of elite teams over the past 50 years. Only the New York Yankees (1998-2000)...more
While sports fans can relive the triumphs and tragedies of their team’s ad naseum corporate leaders cannot not afford to do so. One key resource I have found, for not only the ideas of what a leader needs to do but the...more
Today we honor Stan ‘The Man’ Musial who played 22 seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals (1941–1963) who passed away on Saturday. Musial was a record 24-time All-Star selection and is widely considered to be one of the greatest...more