Corporate compliance officers might feel like they’ve been put through the whirlwind lately, with the Trump Administration issuing one sweeping announcement about corporate enforcement after another. Except, remember what a...more
2/20/2025
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Governance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Governments
Sometimes questions about corporate compliance programs can be more complicated than they first seem. Such was the case when a compliance officer recently asked me, “Can you point to anything specific that says why compliance...more
At the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued major decisions on the enforcement power of the Securities and Exchange Commission, what does or doesn’t qualify as a bribe of government officials, and on federal judges’...more
7/3/2024
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Bribery ,
Chevron Deference ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
SCOTUS ,
SEC v Jarkesy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Snyder v United States
Attention all compliance officers at large technology companies – have you checked your mail lately? Because you might find a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission with FCPA risk written all over it....more
5/29/2024
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Compliance ,
Contract Management ,
Corruption ,
Distributors ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement ,
Technology Sector ,
Third-Party
Risk assessments are one of the most important tasks a compliance officer performs – and also one of the most confounding. How do you keep assessing your organization’s risks in a disciplined, methodical manner, when the...more