Managing Sanctions Compliance
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 68 - Why Geopolitical Risk Matters to Compliance and Legal Staff with Mark Nuttal and Chad Olsen
FCPA Compliance Report: Amanda Carty on a Due Diligence and Risk Management
Episode 364 -- Five Strategies to Mitigate a New Risk Environment
Strengthening Compliance: Lessons From the OCC's Consent Order With Patriot Bank — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Compliance and AI: Ali Khan on Implementing AI Risk Management Systems
Compliance Tip of the Day: Superforecasting
Compliance Tip of the Day: The Last Mile
Key Takeaways From the OIG's New Compliance Guidance for Nursing Facilities — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Envisioning a Compliant Workforce
Updating the Research Compliance Handbook
The Election's Impact on the FTC Will Bring Big Changes, But Being Vigilant Must Remain a Priority
Navigating the NYDFS' Cybersecurity Guidance on AI — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Future of AI Regulation and Legislation: 5 Key Takeaways
Investigations and Cognitive Interviews
Fraud Prevention Techniques for Nonprofit Organizations - Part 3
Steps Your Nonprofit Can Take to Mitigate Fraud Risks - Part 2
A Third Party's Perspective on Third Party Risk
Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Privacy Issues from Third-Party Website Tags
Cybersecurity in 2025 will continue to face escalating challenges from AI-driven threats, geopolitical tensions, and increased regulatory scrutiny. Organizations must adapt to sophisticated cyberattacks fueled by AI,...more
On November 14, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced a set of voluntary recommendations called the “Roles and Responsibilities Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Critical Infrastructure”...more
As the dust settles from the 2024 US presidential election, businesses with a significant international workforce are bracing for potential shifts in immigration policy. Former President Donald J. Trump’s return to office...more
Critical Infrastructure Protection/EPA Urgently Needs a Strategy to Address Cybersecurity Risks to Water/Wastewater Systems: GAO Issued Report - The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released on August...more
On June 24, 2024, the Commerce Department published a Final Determination under its Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) authorities. The determination prohibits the Russian-controlled cybersecurity...more
The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives are both considering legislation that could have a serious impact on the ability of U.S. biotechnology, drug, and medical device companies to do business with...more
Information sharing has seemed like the “holy grail” of federal cyber policy: sought after but elusive, especially to those who think it will solve their problems. At a time of increased regulation and looming mandates for...more
The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) has issued an amended directive on pipeline security, SD-Pipeline-2021-02D (the “Directive”). The Directive is based on and supersedes the...more
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced on May 4, 2023 a planned end to the COVID-19 remote I-9 flexibility. The flexibility ends on July 31 and prior pandemic I-9s must be remediated by Aug 30, 2023. Therefore,...more
It has been over a year since the Colonial Pipeline cybersecurity incident, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) continues to issue cybersecurity directives to owners and...more
The U.S. Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) thinks the FBI and other agencies are not doing enough to address the espionage threat on U.S. university campuses. It issued a report, “Enforcement Agencies Should Better...more
As the adoption of 5G technology by many private and public organizations approaches, assessments are being put in place to evaluate whether federal agencies can operate with 5G technology. Regulation agencies in...more
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has issued a rare “shields up” warning regarding cybersecurity attacks, saying that every organization, of every size, should be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber...more
On 21 September 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an updated advisory that highlights the sanctions risks associated with making ransomware payments. OFAC reiterated...more
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on July 20, 2021, reversed two decades of pipeline cybersecurity policies. Having previously advocated for voluntary pipeline cybersecurity standards, the TSA quickly issued...more
Less than a month after the high-profile ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued its first-ever set of mandatory...more
On May 27, 2021, against the backdrop of the Colonial Pipeline cybersecurity incident, the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) announced Security Directive Pipeline-2021-01...more
Minimum Risk Levels (MRLs) for PFAS Chemicals - On May 5, 2021, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services focused on minimizing human...more
The old saying goes, personnel is policy. This may be particularly true at this point in federal cybersecurity policy, where multiple agencies and Congressional committees play changing roles, including expanding capacities...more
Under the TFTEA, CBP has taken an increasingly enforcement-minded posture to prevent and penalize the importation of goods produced using forced labor into the United States. On August 13, 2020, CBP announced that it had...more
U.S. immigration policy has changed quickly and substantially in the past two years. While a handful of policies have received the majority of media attention—such as the separation of families at the border—the Department of...more
In recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, each week this October, we will highlight a different step that organizations can take to increase awareness of potential cyber threats, reduce the risk of a cyber...more
• DoD and other government agencies will scrutinize contractors’ supply chain security plans and programs from proposal submission to contract closeout. • The 2019 NDAA as approved by Congress and DHS initiatives highlight...more
Cybersecurity risks to the health and medical device sector continue to be front and center both in Congress and the executive branch, with increasing risks coming from nation states, nonstate actors and other attackers. The...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program identifies and regulates high-risk chemical facilities to ensure that security measures are in place to reduce the risk of...more