Compliance Perspectives: Compliance Champions
Day 20 of One Month to 360 Degrees of Communication in Compliance - What have we learned?
Day 20: What Does Innovation in Compliance Look Like?
Octavia Butler, a pioneering American writer, once wrote: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Can this analogy also be applied to the concept of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)? While...more
Writing, implementing, and enforcing strong compliance-related policies is critical to any compliance and ethics program. So, why do so many compliance failures occur due to breakdowns in internal controls?...more
The US Government Is Using AI To Detect Potential Wrongdoing, and Companies Should Too With agencies such as the SEC and DOJ using AI and other data analytics tools extensively to detect wrongdoing, companies need to adopt...more
In recent years, investors and other members of the public have been focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and financial regulators globally having been taking initiatives to require companies to meet...more
On January 26, 2024, the DOJ and FTC announced that they were updating the language in their "standard preservation letters and specifications for all second requests, voluntary access letters, and compulsory legal process,...more
I recently had the opportunity to visit with folks from Diligent. We look down the road at key issues in 2024 in a podcast series sponsored by Diligent entitled Compliance professionals adapting to change: Industries,...more
While the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division published its fourth version of its “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP)” guidance more than six months ago now, the insights that in-house counsel and...more
The role of the chief legal officer keeps expanding. In addition to fulfilling their traditional responsibilities as legal counsel and business advisor, chief legal officers today are also called on to inform and drive...more
[co-authors: Timothy Cotter and Kathryn Hastings, SullivanCotter; David Jarrard, Jarrard Inc.; Ken Kaufman and Andrew Majka, KaufmanHall; Zachary Morfin, PhD., and David Nygren, PhD., Nygren Consulting; Scott Steffens, Grant...more
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently addressed whether an outside director’s use of another entity’s email account would require the director to turn over emails from that account in stockholder litigation relating to his...more
As compliance teams seek to extend their reach into the organization, one idea that has emerged in the development of compliance champions. But what is a compliance champion and how does it work? In this podcast Duncan...more
Every trial lawyer in Texas has heard of him, a legendary trial lawyer with a legendary name, Richard ‘Racehorse’ Haynes; who died over the weekend at the age of 90. He took up the mantel of great Houston criminal defense...more
Lauren Connell, Managing Associate at The Volkov Law Group, joins us again for another posting on corruption risks in China. A little fear is healthy. It will keep you vigilant and aware. At this point if corporate...more