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What Nonprofit Board Leadership Needs To Know About Internal Investigations

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and today, we'll cover an important governance topic for all nonprofit organizations. That is, what leadership needs to know about internal...more

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DOJ Announces Significant Guidance on Compliance, Compensation, Communications and Cooperation

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On March 3, 2023, as part of the rollout of several updates to its guidance on corporate compliance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new policy aimed at incentivizing compliance-driven compensation and...more

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5 Tips For Meeting DOJ’s New CCO Certification Requirements

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The DOJ has signaled that CEO and CCO certifications will become a staple of all corporate settlement agreements. Critics worry CEOs and CCOs face undue personal liability and argue it will dissuade CCOs from accepting the...more

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The Compliance Program’s Role in Anti-Fraud Efforts

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Corporate compliance professionals can learn a lot from the audit world. Our latest lesson comes in a statement from the Securities and Exchange Commission, warning auditors to do better at identifying the risk of fraud among...more

The Volkov Law Group

CCOs and Criminal Cartel Compliance Programs (Part II of III)

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Chief compliance officers have plenty of things to do and risks to manage.  CCOs have a unique remit and a set of skills that should be applied whenever needed.  While I am not trying to increase CCO workload (and forgive me...more

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DOJ Updates Its "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" Guidance

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The Situation: The Department of Justice ("DOJ") has updated its "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" guidance for prosecutors. The Result: The updates provide additional insights into the factors the DOJ is...more

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5 Essential Elements of Corporate Compliance

Most experts agree that whichever regulatory jurisdiction an organisation is subject to, there are five common fundamentals involved in providing effective corporate compliance....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

New Year, New Compliance Game Plan

With a new year, many folks have been promoted to the CCO chair. What should be your plan starting the new year and a new job. The answer is found in the  eBook Compliance Program Game Plan by myself and Jonathan Marks. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Bridging the Gap in Compliance: Tribute to Irv Noren

From the HR and compliance perspective, there are four steps to undertaking a gap analysis: 1) understanding the compliance and HR environment in your organization; 2) taking a holistic approach to understanding the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] DOJ’s New Guidance on Evaluating Compliance Programs: What You Need to Know

In this episode, Akin Gump health care and life sciences counsel Taylor Jones and Matt Wetzel discuss the Justice Department’s recent guidance on evaluation of corporate compliance programs. Among the topics covered: •...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Announces New Policy to Incentivize Corporate Compliance

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The Department of Justice Antitrust Division will now consider a target company’s antitrust compliance program when determining how to resolve criminal matters. This represents a fundamental shift in the Antitrust Division’s...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

AI in Compliance – Strategies For and With AI

Last week, I penned a blog series around a special White-Collar Crime section in the July Harvard Business Review (HBR). This week, I propose to write a multipart blog post series based upon the MIT Sloan Management Review...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ's Antitrust Division Announces New Policy Incentivizing Qualified Corporate Antitrust Compliance Programs

On July 11, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy to incentivize corporate antitrust compliance. The DOJ will, for the first time, formally consider...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOJ’s New Corporate Compliance Evaluation Guidance

Key Considerations and Updates for Life Sciences Companies - On April 30, 2019, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued updated guidance for white-collar prosecutors on evaluating the...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Vital Role of Internal Audit to Compliance

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A chief compliance officer can only succeed with the support of other important compliance partners. Another way to put it – in the words of Blanche Dubois from A Streetcar Named Desire, “I have always depended on the...more

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Anti-Corruption Regulation Survey of 41 Countries 2017–2018

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Welcome to the 2017-2018 edition of the Jones Day Anti-Corruption Regulation Survey. In 2017 and 2018 to date, there has continued to be an increasing awareness among multinational companies of the significance of...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

CCO as Risk Analyst

I often write about risk, risk management and the strategic use of risk by an organization. If you are not managing risk from a compliance perspective, in many ways you are simply flying blind. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Using Strategic Risk to Your Advantage

I am beginning to feel this week’s theme becoming all-encompassing. As hard as I might try, it looks like it will be the Houston Astros second World Series appearance. During the first one back in 2005, I was in the corporate...more

The Volkov Law Group

ISO 37001: Risk Assessments, Employees, and Due Diligence Requirements (Part IV of V)

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In Part IV of my series on ISO 37001, I examine requirements relating to risk assessments, design of policies and procedures, and due diligence requirements. Section 4.5 sets out requirements for conducting risk...more

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The State of Mind of a White Collar Criminal

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As a chief compliance officer, it is important to consider the mindset of a criminal. Not to complete tasks and accomplish your objectives. Instead, it is important to understand the criminal mind, what makes them tick and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

LRN Compliance Program Effectiveness Report: Part III

This week I have been considering the LRN Corporation’s 2016 Ethics and Compliance Program Effectiveness Report (LRN Report) by outlining some of its general findings. Today, I want to conclude by using the Report as a road...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

New DOJ Evaluation – Valuable Document for the Compliance Practitioner: Part I

I guess Matt Kelly cannot leave his journalist roots for it was he who broke the story within the greater compliance community that the Department of Justice (DOJ) very quietly released a document, entitled “Evaluation of...more

The Volkov Law Group

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Spikes in Sales and Compliance

What is risk and how should it be evaluated? What is the data that should be reviewed to determine if an increase in sales is based on unethical or even illegal behavior? Finally, what happens when you migrate company...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Monster Movie Month: Episode 2 – The Bride of Frankenstein and Upcoming Events

Welcome to my second installment in this month’s classic monster movie festival. This year I am revisiting the Frankenstein series and today I want to explore and, indeed, honor the second in the series but what many viewers...more

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