Risk Assessment

Capital Infusion - May 2013: Digging Deeper: A Guide to Health Care Regulatory Due Diligence in Private Equity Deals

by Adam Connatser, Jon Finger, Rani Hauth Guerra, J. Atwood Jeter, Amy Kaufman, David McLean | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/15/2013

Introduction - Investing in the health care industry can be riskier and more complicated than investing in many other industries. Health care providers and suppliers, as well as those companies that interact with them,...more

EEOC's First GINA Suit Serves As Reminder of Pre-Employment Exam Pitfall

by Fredric Leffler, Marc Mandelman, Katharine Parker, Leslie Silverman, Allan Weitzman | Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/14/2013

On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") reached a milestone of sorts as it filed – and then settled – its first complaint ever alleging genetic discrimination under the Genetic Information...more

Vapor Intrusion Developments

by Martin Booher, Maureen Brennan | BakerHostetler on 5/13/2013

Potential buyers and sellers take note — on April 16, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) issued draft guidance that would require more evaluation of "vapor intrusion" (migration of any hazardous vapors...more

C-TPAT Members Get Benefits in the EU

by Doreen Edelman | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 5/8/2013

U.S. importers that are members of the Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT), when serving as U.S. exporters of goods to the European Union (EU), will receive expedited Custom clearance, decreased inspection...more

REGULATORY: Government Relations; Environmental: Crisis Management: Risks and Strategies

by King & Spalding on 5/7/2013

The King & Spalding Energy Forum on Crisis Management took place in Houston on March 28, 2013, and was broadcast live via webinar. Tracie Renfroe, a partner at King & Spalding’s Houston office, moderated the panel discussion...more

Issues Arising in Commodity Inventory Finance

by Philip Antcliffe, Claude Brown | Reed Smith on 5/3/2013

Introduction - The knock-on effects of the global economic crisis have influenced the financing of the commodities trading industry. Changes in the regulatory landscape in Europe and the United States have likewise...more

Practical Suggestions For Conducting Risk Assessments

by Michael Volkov on 5/2/2013

The bottom-line: If you do not conduct a risk assessment, then you should start praying. The FCPA Guidance made it clear – conduct a risk assessment and tailor your compliance program to the risk assessment....more

From The Compact Model To The Luxury Model – Managing Your Third Party Risk

by Thomas Fox on 5/1/2013

I am currently attending the Hanson Wade Oil and Gas Supply Chain Compliance conference in Houston. The event is excellent and the presentations have been ‘spot on’ for the nuts and bolts of how to do compliance. As the...more

Assessing Your BSA/AML Compliance Program

by Michael Volkov on 4/15/2013

Like every compliance project, when you start the process, it is important to conduct a careful assessment of risks and your company’s compliance program. With the growing risk of criminal, civil and regulatory enforcement...more

Anti-Corruption: Effective Compliance Begins with the Assessment of Risks

by Soren Lindstrom, Matt T. Morley, Amy Sommers | K&L Gates LLP on 4/11/2013

Virtually every authoritative source of guidance on effective anti-corruption compliance emphasizes the importance of conducting a company-wide “risk assessment.” For example, U.S. authorities have stressed with regard to the...more

India: The Quixotic Balancing Of Benefits And Risks

by Michael Volkov on 4/11/2013

I used to say – if your business operates in China, you are likely violating the FCPA in one way or another. Permit me to revise my admonition: if your business operates in India, you are likely violating the FCPA in one...more

BigLaw tries to sell the Brooklyn bridge

by Patrick Lamb | Valorem Law Group LLC on 4/8/2013

Just ran across an article in Today’s General Counsel on choosing between litigation and arbitration. There are many factors that go into a decision to pursue one or the other, but this paragraph caught my eye...more

Report Shows State's Significant Exposure To Flood Risk

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 4/5/2013

On April 3, 2013, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the public draft of California's Flood Future: Recommendations for Managing the State's Flood Risk. The draft...more

CMS Announces CY 2014 MA and Part D Rates with Change to Growth Rate Estimates

by Jeremy Earl, Anne W. Hance | McDermott Will & Emery on 4/5/2013

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the announcement of CY 2014 payment rates on April 1, which included its change in position regarding the assumption of the "doc fix" in estimates of Medicare...more

Three Compliance Interviews on April 3

by Thomas Fox on 4/4/2013

I attended the Dow Jones Global Compliance Symposium over the past couple of days. It was a great conference and kudos to the entire Dow Jones team for putting on a truly memorable event. Day 2 had some interesting speakers...more

Not so fast, in-house counsel, you’ve also got some work to do!

by Timothy Corcoran on 4/3/2013

Amidst all the virtual ink directed at lawyers for being poor businesspeople, another equally compelling point is too-often missed: clients, particularly in-house counsel, have quite a few shortcomings as well. At the core...more

HIPAA’S FINAL RULE: Putting Things in Perspective – Comments from OCR

by Patricia Shea | K&L Gates LLP on 4/2/2013

On March 22, 2013, Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) Director Leon Rodriguez presented the keynote address to attendees of the American Health Lawyers’ Association HIPAA/HITECH Conference in...more

The Truth Behind Gifts, Meals And Entertainment Enforcement

by Michael Volkov on 3/29/2013

It is time for everyone to take a deep breath. The DOJ/SEC Guidance could not have been clearer. The message to companies – stop devoting so much time to building, tinkering with, and monitoring their policies governing...more

Don’t Spread Your Compliance Program Too Thin

by Thomas Fox on 3/25/2013

“You do not want to be spread too thin”. When I heard that phrase a light bulb went off inside my head. It was uttered to me by Jan Farley, the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of Dresser-Rand. I asked Jan what he meant by the...more

New FDIC Rules on “Higher Risk Securitizations” and the Impact on CLOs: The Teapot Tempest

by Gordon L. Miller, John Timperio | Dechert LLP on 3/22/2013

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (“FDIC”) new rules for calculating deposit insurance assessments for large institutions and highly complex institutions (some of which have been active investors in collateralized...more

The FSA and ESMA Get Technical on Prospectuses

by Jeremy C. Jennings-Mares, Lewis Gavin Lee | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/21/2013

The Prospectus Directive (the “PD”) and the Prospectus Directive Regulation (the “PD Regulation”) were recently amended, in each case with effect from 1 July 2012. These new rules introduced a number of significant changes...more

Perils Of The Global Supply Chain Series, Part 3: Groundbreaking ‘Honey Laundering’ Sting Signals New Era In Supply Chain...

by Elizabeth Banzhoff, Elizabeth Breakstone, Jean-Jacques Cabou, T. Markus Funk, Michael Sink | Perkins Coie on 3/21/2013

Supply chain compliance is on the government’s enforcement radar like never before. If the recent Executive Order on Trafficking in Government Contracts and final SEC Conflict Minerals Rules were not notice enough, the...more

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