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K&L Gates LLP

Why Corporates Are Now More Likely to Face Criminal Prosecution for the Actions of Their Employees

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Significant Expansion to Corporate Criminal Liability Becomes Law in the United Kingdom - On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the Act) became law. Under the Act, corporations will become...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

From the Code of Conduct to Risk Assessment to Continuous Improvement

How does your Code of Conduct inform your risk assessment and how in turn does a risk assessment inform your Code of Conduct training? I recently visited with Charlie Voelker, Director, Compliance Products at Skillsoft and...more

Hogan Lovells

Operational resilience: a new area of regulation you need to think about now

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Several high profile systems failures resulting in customers being unable to access their finances and an ever-increasing reliance on outsourcing key activities to group entities or third parties have unsurprisingly caught...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

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

The Volkov Law Group

Living in the Cloud: Practical Approaches to Cybersecurity Risks (Part III of III)

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Businesses are increasingly relying on the cloud to store confidential and sensitive information.  One-third of information technology budgets are used for cloud services.  Rapid growth in cloud storage is expected over the...more

A&O Shearman

UK Conduct Regulator Concludes No Changes Needed to Banking Senior Managers Regime

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published the findings of its review into the implementation of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime for the banking sector. The SM&CR came into force for banking firms in...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FCA Warns of ‘Significant Weaknesses’ in Firms’ Implementation of the Conduct Rules

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All firms should take note of the FCA’s latest feedback on SMCR implementation. In its latest piece of feedback on firms’ implementation of the SMCR, the FCA indicated that firms must improve their implementation of the...more

A&O Shearman

UK Regulator Publishes Policy Statement on Peer-To-Peer and Investment-Based Crowdfunding Platforms

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a Policy Statement containing its final changes to the rules and guidance governing loan-based crowdfunding platforms (or "peer-to-peer" platforms). The Policy Statement...more

The Volkov Law Group

Putting Together Your Sanctions Compliance Program: Management Commitment (Part I of IV)

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If you follow my blog, you know I am not one to embrace hyperbole.  So, forgive me for stretching a little here, but the OFAC Framework for Sanctions Compliance Programs is a game changer.  Let me explain why I am saying...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

Ruder Ware

The Essence of Compliance - Compliance Officer Authority and Resource Allocation

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How Are Compliance Budgeting and Compliance Officer Autonomy Tied Together When Assessing Compliance Effectiveness? The Department of Justice (“DOJ”)’s compliance program evaluation identifies the need to allocate...more

Dechert LLP

FCA Enforcement Risk: The Year Ahead

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Firms will need to ensure their systems and controls to prevent financial crime and money laundering are working effectively: this is just part of the message contained in the FCA’s Business Plan for 2019/20. The Business...more

Perkins Coie

OFAC Issues Sanctions Compliance Program Guidance

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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, administers and enforces U.S. economic sanctions programs against targeted foreign governments, individuals, groups and entities...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Department of Justice Issues New Guidance on How It Evaluates Compliance Programs

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Last week, the DOJ Criminal Division published a guidance document entitled "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" (ECCP). This document is meant to assist prosecutors in determining what credit should be given to a...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Criminal Division Releases Updated Guidance for Prosecutors Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

On April 30, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski announced the release of an updated version of the Criminal Division's "The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" during a keynote address at the...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ’s New Corporate Compliance Guidance: Risk Assessments and Policies and Procedures (Part II of IV)

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Part 1 of the Corporate Compliance Guidance addresses the following elements of a well-designed compliance program: risk assessment, policies and procedures, training and communications, confidential reporting structure and...more

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DOJ Issues New and More Robust Guidance on Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (Part I of IV)

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In a major development in ethics and compliance program expectations, the Justice Department has issued a new and important revised guidance on the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

OCIE Releases Results of Cybersecurity Examination Initiative

On August 7, 2017, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a summary of its observations (the report) from cybersecurity examinations of 75...more

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Department of Justice Fraud Section Provides Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

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On February 8, 2017, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") Fraud Section published a blueprint for assessing corporate compliance efforts, titled "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" ("Guidance"). It...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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The New UK Corporate Offence of 'Failure to Prevent the Facilitation of Tax Evasion': Implications for Fund Managers and...

The U.K. government expands its crackdown on tax evaders and the persons who assist them, by targeting businesses who fail to prevent tax evasion....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Lessons from the Olympus Corporate Integrity Agreement – Part II

Sir George Martin died yesterday. For anyone born after the break up of the Beatles, this name is probably not too familiar. However, even more than Brian Epstein, the band’s first professional manager, Martin truly was the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Counsel Metrics-Part I, Board and Senior Management Roles

We begin our exploration of the new Department of Justice (DOJ) Compliance Counsel and the metrics laid out by Assistant Attorney General Leslie called for her review of compliance programs. Today we review the first criteria...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Compilation of Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Actions

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Non-Enforcement Cybersecurity Is At the Top of SEC Examination Concerns In a recent SEC “risk alert” for registered broker-dealers and investment advisers, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE)...more

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