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Susan Roberts on Creating a Compliance Program Book
Investing in Colombia: Nearshoring & Economic Incentives in Manufacturing, Technology, Infrastructure, and Energy Industries
Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: North Carolina’s COVID-19 Job Retention Program
Drug Pricing Initiatives During the Trump Presidency
PODCAST: Wellness Program Compliance Update
FCPA Pilot Program
Day 20 - Compliance Leadership from the Bottom
Unfair and Unbalanced-Episode 18
Day 13 of One Month to Better Compliance Thru HR
Day 11 of One Month to Better Compliance Through HR-the Fair Process Doctrine
This Week in FCPA- Episode 52, for the week ending May 12, the Firing the Investigators Edition
Day 10 Of One Month to Better Compliance through HR-Sales Incentives and Compliance
Day 8 of One Month to Better Compliance Through HR-Using Compensation to Operationalize Compliance
Day 7 Of One Month To Better Compliance Through HR - Six Principles For Compliance Incentives
Day 6 of One Month to Better Compliance Through HR-Incentivizing Compliance
Ten Hallmarks of an Effective Compliance Program-Hallmark 6
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FERC has issued its final rule paving the way for incentive-based rate treatment for electric utilities that make certain voluntary cybersecurity investments. As we first noted in 2020 when describing the proposed rule, the...more
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In this episode of the Burr & Forman podcast, partner Ty Roofner and Paola Garcia, the Vice President of Investment at ProColombia, discuss what ProColombia is and its goals as well as the impact the pandemic has had on the...more
Interest in renewable energy has risen sharply in recent years. More than ever, companies are investing in technology and businesses for solar, wind, hydrogen/carbon capture, and renewable fuels/biomass. Private equity...more
The Senate is considering bipartisan legislation to boost the defenses of the nation’s power grid against cybersecurity threats. The bill—the Protecting Resources on the Electric Grid with Cybersecurity Technology Act, or...more
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At the Northeast Clean Energy Council’s (NECEC) latest Emerging Trends Series forum on July 11, 2018, leaders from the clean energy industry and the public sector convened to discuss the future of energy efficiency in the...more
State Files Motion to Dismiss Federal Lawsuit by EQT - "Lawyers representing the Secretary of the state Department of Environmental Protection have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the natural gas company EQT over a...more
For the 2018 fiscal year, the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is running its new Community Solar LMI PPA Incentive Grant Program in an effort to provide low and moderate-income (LMI) communities with the benefits of...more
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