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What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … International Mergers & Acquisitions (Part 1 of 4): Conducting International...

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The risks for international investments have sharply expanded in recent years. Identifying, managing, and mitigating investment risk, in the current regulatory environment, can be just as essential as managing risk in any...more

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No Free Tickets! Tackling Conflicts of Interest in Corporate Hospitality

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The roar of the crowd, clinking champagne flutes, and gourmet cuisine… it’s the Big Game, and the season of extravagant corporate hospitality packages is in full swing. Welcome to the high-stakes minefield of conflicts of...more

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Three Takeaways from the Mexico Summit on Anti-Corruption & Compliance

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Earlier this month at the ACI Mexico Summit on Anti-Corruption & Compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and compliance lawyers from across Latin America gathered in Mexico City for two days of thought leadership and...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Mexico Summit on Anti-Corruption & Compliance Program - March 13th - 14th, Mexico City, Mexico

ACI’s Mexico Summit on Anti-Corruption & Compliance Programs returns on March 13-14, 2024 in Mexico City! Given the uncertainty with the looming Presidential election, as well as increased U.S. enforcement focus on Mexico...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Tailored and Effective Compliance Training

One of the key goals of any compliance program is to train employees in awareness and understanding of the FCPA; your specific company compliance program; and to create and foster a culture of compliance. While it seems...more

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Crossing the Line: Hospitality, Gifts, and Unfair Dismissal

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Mr D Thompson v Informatica Software Ltd- In a recent appeal at the EAT an individual (the “appellant”), who had been a senior employee of the employer (ISL), was found to have been fairly dismissed for gross misconduct...more

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Are Changes in Store for US White Collar Enforcement?

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Recent developments include updated DOJ compliance guidance, a continued rise in FCPA proceedings and penalties, and new investigatory approaches in light of the pandemic. 2020 saw many important developments in US white...more

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A CEO's Guide to FCPA Compliance

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- A tone-at-the-top business culture with CEO leadership is a critical component of effective anti-corruption and anti-bribery policy implementation. - CEO leadership helps set an example for lower management and company...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Financial Institutions Can No Longer Afford to Underfund Compliance Hiring and Training

The Covid-19 Pandemic and the accompanying reduction in economic activity has been a rationale for Financial Institutions (FI) to re-analyze their budgets for compliance training and education.  FIs, as well as  businesses in...more

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Corporate Compliance Programs: DOJ Issues Updated Guidance

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On April 30, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski unveiled an update to the Department of Justice’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs during a speech in Dallas, Texas.[i] In issuing the new document...more

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The Important Link Between Anti-Corruption Compliance and Effective Training Programs

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Global anti-corruption risks are increasing at the same time that global cooperation among prosecutors and law enforcement agencies are facilitating the detection and penalization of companies and individual bad actors that...more

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DOJ Amends Corporate Enforcement Policy on Companies’ Use of Electronic Messaging Apps

On March 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an important change to its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Corporate Enforcement Policy concerning one of the conditions — “appropriate retention of business...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Evolution of Best Practices – Part II

One of the key lessons I learned in doing the research for The Complete Compliance Handbook is the evolution of compliance programs beyond the basic formulation laid out in the 2012 FCPA Guidance’s Ten Hallmarks of an...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Lessons From Burner Phones

Hunter S. Thompson once said that when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. It turns out that amateurs can get weird too. The University of Mississippi football program, which is under a self-imposed postseason ban and...more

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Compliance’s Role in Preventing the Next “WannaCry” Cyberattack

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The global chaos unleashed by the WannaCry ransomware virus reinforces that cyberattacks are not just the problem of IT departments. Compliance must play an integral part of any organization’s cross-functional cybersecurity...more

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DOJ Compliance Expectations Concerning Training, Internal Investigations and Audits (Part IV of IV)

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DOJ’s Compliance Evaluation questions provide important indications of “new” trends and approaches to compliance functions and issues. Training - In the area of training, DOJ’s Compliance Evaluation reiterates DOJ’s...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Effective Ethics and Compliance Training

In a recent Slate article, entitled “Ethics Trainings Are Even Dumber Than You Think”, author L.V. Anderson railed against what she termed box-checking training where companies put on training not to actually train employees...more

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White Collar Enforcement and the New Trump Administration: Your Top Ten Questions Answered

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Enforcement activity under the Obama administration often made headlines for the eye-popping level of fines, with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, and economic sanctions...more

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Compliance, Stakeholder Engagement and CSR

Tammy Grimes died earlier this week. For those of you not familiar with that name, you may well know the name of the Broadway musical which catapulted her to fame, The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Grimes garnered a Toni in 1960...more

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How to Tackle Retail’s Unique Compliance Risks

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Battered by the rise of online shopping, cybersecurity and bruised by changing consumer patterns, retailers today must cope with a host of new headwinds—heightening the risks of compliance failures in a business that’s...more

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Landmark SEC Decision Cites Compliance, Diligence in Decision Not to Prosecute FCPA Violations

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In a remarkable affirmation of the value of robust compliance and due-diligence programs, the Securities and Exchange Commission last month announced that it would not prosecute a U.S. company for potential violations of the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Hallmark 5-Communications and Training

I. Training - The communication of your anti-corruption compliance program is something that must be done on a regular basis to ensure its effectiveness. The FCPA Guidance explains, “Compliance policies cannot work...more

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Train Your Board and C-Suite Now – The Under-Education of Corporate Leadership

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The next time we read about a train wreck of corporate malfeasance – be it in the anti-corruption, money laundering, financial reporting or any other space you can think of – please do not shrug your shoulders and shake your...more

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Innovation in Compliance – Part III: Design Thinking

I continue to explore innovation in the compliance function by considering how design thinking can help the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) move forward in an innovative cutting edge manner to make a compliance program not...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Training – Part III: Effectiveness and Evaluation

This week, I am exploring issues related to compliance and ethics training, inspired by an article in the online publication, Slate, entitled “Ethics Trainings Are Even Dumber Than You Think”, by author L.V. Anderson. Today I...more

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