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
While the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division published its fourth version of its “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP)” guidance more than six months ago now, the insights that in-house counsel and...more
On Friday, March 3, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division released updated guidance regarding the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.” Now in its fourth iteration, this guidance replaces the June...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday a three-year pilot program related to its continued efforts to hold individuals directly accountable for corporate wrongdoing. The two-pronged program incentivizes...more
On February 22, 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (VSD Policy) to formalize DOJ’s efforts to incentivize companies to voluntarily self-report criminal misconduct to the...more
U.S Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein recently announced the Department of Justice’s revised corporate enforcement policy for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The revised policy is based on an FCPA pilot program (in...more
On November 29, 2017, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a revised Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Corporate Enforcement Policy and sweetened the deal for companies that self-report instances of foreign bribery....more
In compliance you often times need to be a superior utility player who is good at every job. There are multiple lessons. First and foremost is the problem of siloing in corporate America. This concern of siloing even...more
One thing about successful Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) and other compliance practitioners is they can take in severe news, keep calm and carry on. In a keynote speech to the SCCE Compliance and Ethics Institute, Jenny...more
With the release of their Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (Evaluation) in February, the Department of Justice (DOJ) emphasized yet again the importance of actually doing compliance and not simply having a paper...more
On Friday, March 10, Kenneth Blanco, the acting assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, announced that the FCPA Pilot Program would not expire on April 5, 2017, as originally scheduled....more
Today is the anniversary of the most historic day of many in the history of the great state of Texas, the date of the fall of the Alamo. While March 2, Texas Independence Day, is when Texas declared its independence from...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued their stunning run of 2016 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions right up to the end of the year with the announcement...more
Yesterday I began a two-part series on the Department of Justice (DOJ’s) “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (Evaluation) posted on the Fraud Section website late last week. The document is an 11-part list of...more
Returning to the FCPA Pilot Project requirements for timely and appropriate remediation, the Justice Department added three new elements, one of which reinforces the CCO “independence” requirement. The two other elements for...more
I guess Matt Kelly cannot leave his journalist roots for it was he who broke the story within the greater compliance community that the Department of Justice (DOJ) very quietly released a document, entitled “Evaluation of...more
Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) remained a high priority for the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2016, resulting in more than 50 combined enforcement actions, record...more
The past year was consequential for FCPA enforcement in numerous respects, including blockbuster penalties, new policy initiatives, and the SEC’s first DPA with an individual for FCPA violations. In April 2016, the DOJ’s...more
Yesterday I began an exploration of the General Cable Corporation (General Cable) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action. It was settled with the DOJ via a Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) and the SEC via a...more
Two of the most common compliance focused committees for public companies are those at the Board level and those which sit between the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and the Board, usually consisting of very senior...more
I was recently having breakfast with a colleague and we were discussing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Compliance Counsel Hui Chen and what we believe to be the positive impact she has had on the compliance community,...more
Today, I conclude my tribute to Bob Dylan-Nobel Laureate, by discussing my personal favorite Bob Dylan song, Tangled up in Blue. The time shifts and jumps in the song have always resonated with me. Indeed, it is one of the...more
Welcome to my second installment in this month’s classic monster movie festival. This year I am revisiting the Frankenstein series and today I want to explore and, indeed, honor the second in the series but what many viewers...more
Last week there were two declinations issued by Department of Justice (DOJ) for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters. The matters involved two Texas based, privately held companies. The first was HMT LLC (HMT) which...more
Shearman & Sterling’s bi-annual Trends & Patterns report provides insightful analysis of recent enforcement trends and patterns in the US, the UK, and elsewhere as well as helpful guidance on emerging best practices in FCPA...more
This week I have been exploring the implications of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement last week of a new program Pilot Program around Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FPCA) enforcement, together with the document,...more