Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 102
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Fighting the economic cost of corruption
The U.S. Justice Department’s new FCPA enforcement policy seems to suggest that it’s in the best interests of the United States to both keep the playing field level for American companies and help raise the level of economic growth through fighting bribery and corruption across the globe.
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The Holy Grail of compliance
A recent academic paper discusses companies’ progress in having the “Holy Grail of compliance,” the ability to demonstrate a positive return on investment (ROI) for your compliance program.
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SEC halts initial coin offering, calling it fraud
Companies can expect no new guidance from the SEC anytime soon on digital currencies, but they can expect its enforcement arm to act if it sees indications of fraud.
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Best practices under the new FCPA Enforcement Policy
The Justice Department’s new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporate Enforcement Policy once again makes the importance of a best practices compliance program even more critical.
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Practical resources to tackle modern slavery in construction
An initiative drawing from some of the largest firms in the U.K. building industry is providing guidance on how to best identify and eliminate modern slavery practices.
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SEC ratifies appointment of administrative law judges
The Securities and Exchange Commission has ratified its prior appointment of Chief Administrative Law Judge Brenda Murray and Administrative Law Judges Carol Fox Foelak, Cameron Elliot, James Grimes, and Jason Patil.
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passes in Senate
The Senate over the weekend passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, aligning closely to the corresponding bill passed by the House last month as it concerns executive compensation provisions—but the Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax provision has the renewable energy sector in a state of panic.
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SEC awards $16M to two whistleblowers
The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded more than $8 million each to two whistleblowers whose critical information and continuing assistance helped the agency successfully bring an enforcement action.
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Celadon Group names chief accounting officer
Celadon Group, a truckload shipping compay, has appointed Vincent Donargo as vice president and chief accounting officer.
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SEC Division of Corporation Finance Chief Accountant to leave agency
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Mark Kronforst, chief accountant of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, plans to leave the SEC in early January.
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Tyson Foods appoints general counsel
Tyson Foods has named Amy Tu executive vice president and general counsel, effective Dec. 1, 2017.
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Heska names chief accounting officer
Heska, provider of advanced veterinary diagnostic and specialty products, has promoted Catherine Grassman to vice president, chief accounting officer and controller, following the departure of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John McMahon.
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FASB agrees to simplifications to ease into new lease rule
The lease accounting standard is about to get easier to adopt when it takes effect in 2019, but that doesn’t mean companies should slow their preparations.
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SBM Offshore to pay $238M to resolve FCPA case
Dutch oil and gas services company SBM Offshore, and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary SBM Offshore USA, will pay a criminal penalty of $238 million in connection with schemes involving the bribery of foreign officials in Brazil, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Kazakhstan, and Iraq in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices ...
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Uber, Bitcoin, and PwC
Title: Uber, Bitcoin, and PwCThis week, Michael Flynn becomes the latest indictment on Mueller’s list, Uber steps up its corruption game to espionage, and PwC has its first Bitcoin transaction.
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Announcing the new FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy
The Department of Justice announced today that it will not only make permanent the incentives of its FCPA Pilot Program, but sweetened it with a bonus: the opportunity to receive a declination. More details on the revised FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy are inside.
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act portends big changes to executive pay practices
The Senate Finance Committee and the House of Representatives have each proposed their own versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and both portend dramatic changes to executive compensation and employee benefit practices.
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Court sides with Trump over who runs the CFPB
The battle for who is the rightful head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been settled—for the moment—by Judge Timothy Kelly.
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IRS prepares to assess penalties under Obamacare
With Obamacare still intact, the IRS plans to begin assessing penalties on companies that failed to meet their obligation to provide coverage to employees.
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SEC hones in on non-GAAP in 2016 comment letters
The SEC focused its comment letters in 2016 on non-GAAP reporting more than any other topic, surpassing even MD&A, the perennial favorite area of focus.