Articles | Compliance Week – Page 253
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How the FCPA withstands the test of time
Certain enforcement trends stemming from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act will be with us for many years to come.
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ArticleData sharing, AI may be antidote to failing AML efforts
Big data may revolutionize anti-money laundering efforts, but privacy concerns and preserving a human element to compliance programs may get in the way.
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Post-Brexit, new U.K. sanctions laws and regulations needed
In the wake of Brexit, the United Kingdom is putting together its own sanctions regulations, but there is a lot of work yet to be done and many questions yet to be answered.
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Financial services seeks stronger cyber-safeguards
A rising tide of sophisticated cyber-thievery has the financial services industry scrambling to improve its electronic defenses. But can they find a solution before the next big heist?
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Lessons from the FCPA corporate enforcement policy
The Department of Justice’s new FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy offers valuable lessons for companies that are considering how best to address a potential FCPA violation.
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How FASB can ease the tax law time crunch
While corporate America sorts through the most sweeping change in tax law in more than 25 years, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: Accountants have limited time to determine how financial statements should reflect the new law.
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Responding to ‘right of access’ requests under GDPR
The degree to which the General Data Protection Regulation limits access to EU citizens’ personal data will create enormous data compliance challenges for companies.
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2018 will keep CCOS on their toes, despite deregulation
Reducing regulatory burden isn’t reducing risk, CCOs and risk managers reported in year-end surveys. Meanwhile, staffing compliance programs is getting a lot tougher.
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Fake news is a problem for regulators
The public comment process behind regulatory rulemaking has become corrupted. Can it be fixed?
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SEC gives relief from tax reform year-end reporting crisis
Swift SEC guidance on how to book tax reform in year-end financials provides relief, but it’s not a free pass, nor does it answer all accounting questions.
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ArticleYear in review: 2017
Compliance Week looks back at the last 12 months and offers a glimpse at some of the biggest news stories in compliance, governance, risk, and ethics.
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Senate approves SEC commissioners after one last look at their views
Robert Jackson, a Democrat, and Hester Peirce, a Republican, will fill two seats on the SEC that have remained vacant since 2015.
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Cyber-threats require rapid escalation from operations to executives
Everybody suffers a data breach, eventually. Here are some helpful tips to prepare an emergency response plan in advance.
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A shot in the arm for franchises
The NLRB is turning back the clock when it comes to joint-employer status, overruling its 2015 decision related to Browning-Ferris Industries, which could make joint-employer rules less onerous.
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How board members can prepare for a #MeToo moment
The PwC 2017 Annual Corporate Directors Survey highlights some key risks and opportunities for how boards might survive their own Weinstein moment, should one ever arise.
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Tax reform produces tax scramble for public companies
With tax reform a reality, public companies are facing new planning opportunities and new provision and reporting obligations that create a mountain of transition work.
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Net neutrality repeal creates political chasms, raises regulatory conundrums
The FCC has voted 3-2 to repeal so-called net neutrality. Next up: political battles and regulatory confusion.
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As the FCPA turns 40, compliance officers reflect on its impact
Dec. 19 marks the 40th anniversary of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, prompting compliance officers to take stock of the overall effect FCPA enforcement has had on anti-corruption compliance programs.
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ArticleLease accounting relief will ease adoption—but only a little
With work winding down to get ready for the massive shift in how to recognize revenue, the next major accounting change exercise still awaits—lease accounting.
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AGAINST: Wrong tactic and agency
Requiring public companies to disclose their political contributions is a solution in search of a problem, especially given how little corporate money actually goes into elections.