Steps Your Nonprofit Can Take to Mitigate Fraud Risks - Part 2
Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Why Time Matters: Partners Lindsay Gerdes and Michael J. Bronson on Swift Action in Government Investigations
Privacy Issues from Third-Party Website Tags
False Claims Act Insights - If Everything Matters, Nothing Does: Parsing Materiality in FCA Disputes
Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs
What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Episode 330 – Halyna Senyk on Anti-Corruption Progress in Ukraine
Managing Social Media Risk
FCPA Compliance Report: Erica Salmon Byrne on Closing The Speak Up Gap
Principled Podcast: S11E7 | Fortifying Ethical Frameworks: Navigating Emerging Risks in the Middle East
Episode 327 -- Another Look at the Importance of Corporate Culture
In Brief: Election Law & Government Ethics Unpacked: National Convention Guidance
Episode 320 -- NAVEX Hotline Report -- More Reports and Higher Substantiation
Episode 318 -- LRN's Recent Study Underscores Importance of Ethical Culture and Values-Based Leadership
Principled Podcast: S11E6 | Ethics & Compliance Evolution in Singapore: Adapting to Global Risks
Episode 315 - Boeing Pays $51 Million for ITAR Violations
Episode 312 -- Eddie Green, CEO SnippetSentry, on Communications Preservation Risks
Behavioral Health Compliance
The EU Whistleblowing Directive
In 2023 the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules “requiring registrants to disclose material cybersecurity incidents they experience and to disclose on an annual basis material information regarding their...more
Eighth Circuit Invalidates Missouri's Two-Year Lobbying Ban for Former Legislators and Staffers - The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated a Missouri state constitutional amendment that imposed a two-year lobbying...more
Stay on top of ever-evolving ESG requirements and emerging trends - With the SEC’s newly issued rules surrounding ESG disclosures and the continued growth of regulations rolling out in the EU, Canada, Asia and elsewhere...more
Last month, I wrote a blog post on the tone at the top, exemplified in Star Trek’s Original Series episode, Devil in the Dark. Based on the response, some passionate Star Trek fans are out there. I decided to write a series...more
Recently, the Supreme Court delivered several rulings that have caught the attention of compliance professionals. In this blog post, we’ll dissect these rulings and explore their implications for corporate compliance. Matt...more
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance rapidly, organizations of all types are seeking to deploy this powerful tool to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their operations, improve service to their...more
According to the Institute of Internal Auditors “Politics of Internal Auditing” (2015), 55% of chief audit executives were directed to commit important findings from their audit reports. 49% of chief audit executives were...more
The more things change, the more things stay the same. For years, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) leadership has used the ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime and other major conferences to highlight enforcement...more
Insider trading has long been a contentious issue in finance, with compliance, legal, and ethical implications that continue to evolve. There is currently an insider trading case going to trial, which could expand the...more
This week, SAP SE (SAP), the German-based software company, agreed to pay over $200 million to resolve investigations by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into violations of...more
On November 14, 2023 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its annual Office of the Whistleblower Report to Congress for fiscal year 2023 (October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023). This report highlighted several...more
Investment Advisers: Assessing Risks, Scoping Examinations, and Requesting Documents* I. Introduction - The SEC-registered investment adviser (“adviser”) population is large and diverse, ranging from global asset managers...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have repeatedly emphasized the importance of aligning compensation plans with compliance goals. According to Tom Fox, aligning the compensation...more
The Department of Justice’s newly launched compensation and clawback pilot program is certain to bring with it numerous implementation hurdles and jurisdictional challenges, but it also incentivizes companies to have in place...more
Is Your Compliance Program Designed for the Current Enforcement Landscape? Data protection, anti-corruption, antitrust, supply chains, economic sanctions and even the software employees use to communicate are all subjects...more
For more than two years now, heads of the U.S. Department of Justice have maintained a steady drumbeat that they expect companies today to have in place a sound data analytics compliance program to proactively mitigate risks....more
One of the areas that many companies have not paid as much attention to in their compliance programs is compensation and incentives. However, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have...more
Learning Objectives: - Participants will have a better understanding of how the CEO and CCO certification of compliance program effectiveness came to be. - Participants will learn about example cases where DOJ and SEC...more
The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have signaled in recent months that they have reinvigorated their focus on executive compensation claw backs, urging companies to adopt compensation...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
As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more
In this episode of the FCPA Compliance Report, I welcome back Mike DeBernardis, a partner at Hughes Hubbard, about some of the key developments in ethics compliance and FCPA from Q1 2022. Key areas we discuss on this podcast...more
The staff of the SEC's Division of Examinations (Exam) recently issued a Risk Alert that detailed certain rules registered investment advisers must comply with to prevent the misuse of material nonpublic information (MNPI),...more
On April 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) issued a risk alert concerning deficiencies related to Section 204A of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers...more