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BIT Mining FCPA Settlement and Lessons Learned (Part III of III)

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Bit Mining, formerly 500.com, was a doomed company from the beginning, When a CEO orchestrates a bribery scheme with the assistance of other senior executives, shareholders and the public have little chance of ensuring a...more

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Risk & Compliance as a Strategic Imperative for the Board

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In an era marked by heightened global regulatory scrutiny and enforcement, the landscape of risk and compliance is undergoing an evolution making the strategic imperative for effective, risk-based compliance initiatives...more

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Navigating CCO liability risks: Tips for staying out of the SEC's crosshairs

The issue of chief compliance officer (CCO) liability has long been debated; it has become a grave concern for CCOs, CEOs, and other C-suite executives who put on “too many hats” within an organization and take on the firm’s...more

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DOJ Raises Stakes on Corporate Compliance: How to Respond

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Even at companies with separate legal and compliance departments, Department of Justice-enforced compliance is a key concern for in-house counsel. Those pressures only will increase in the near future and are rapidly...more

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J&F Investmentos FCPA Settlement: Lessons Learned (Part IV of V)

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J&F Investmentos (“J&F”) FCPA settlement presents a number of important lessons learned.  While the bribery scheme was brazen and involved a large amount of money, the techniques and warning signs must have been fairly...more

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When Company Supervisors and Managers Engage in Misconduct

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We all know the phrase – “A fish rots from its head.”  A perfectly accurate statement as to how corporate culture can suffer from leadership failures or C-Suite misconduct.  But there is much more to corporate culture than...more

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CEO Falls to SEC FCPA Settlement

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Companies have definitely matured in the development and implementation of their ethics and compliance programs. Whether the pace has been rapid enough or is too slow, that is a debatable issue. A good litmus test for a...more

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CEOs Under the Criminal Spotlight – More C-Suite Misconduct

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We live in a bizarre time — an information age where lines are blurred between truth and lies — a strange era in which our daily doses of information are dominated by scandals, corruption, and repeated claims of “fake news.” ...more

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Criminal Enforcement Against Senior Executives: The Fish Rots from the Head

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The compliance community is well aware of the risks in the C-Suite. As you move up the corporate ladder, the level of risk from executive misconduct increases. A rotten executive can quickly bring down a company, destroy...more

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The Compliance Profession and the Demand for “Results”

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Compliance professionals are riding high. They are the darlings of the corporate governance world, commanding higher salaries, C-Suite positions with access to senior leadership and the board, and an empowered position within...more

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Lessons Learned and Compliance Trends from the VW and Takata Scandals (Part III of III)

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When unraveling a major corporate scandal, especially multi-year schemes involving senior executives, the blame game or lessons learned approach can easily turn into a fruitless exercise. The VA and Takata scandals are...more

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Department of Justice Issues Guidance on Corporate Investigations and Executive Accountability

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On September 9, 2015, Sally Quillar Yates, Deputy Attorney General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memo entitled “Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing” to address the issue of incentivizing...more

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