Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 123
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Waters’ bill seeks to improve SEC waiver process
Congresswoman Maxine Waters has introduced a bill intended to ensure a fair and public process for waiving automatic disqualification provisions. The issue of waivers is a longstanding one for the Commission.
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Bipartisan bill targets human trafficking, critics fear for online free speech
The Senate is debating bipartisan legislation intended to protect women and young girls from modern-day slavery. The plan has some concerned about online freedom of speech.
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War over CFPB escalates with legal threats and arbitration demands
While complaints about the CFPB’s recent rule banning the use of mandatory arbitration clauses pile up, Director Richard Cordray is also facing additional challenges to his authority.
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OCC cracks open Volcker rule, seeks public comment
The latest effort to revise the Dodd-Frank Act’s Volcker rule is a public comment period, orchestrated by The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, that may lead to a multi-agency Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
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Newest poll gives more evidence of heartburn over leasing
Half way from publication to adoption of new lease accounting rules, C-suite executives are worried about whether implementation will get done on time.
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How Hui Chen prompted an evolution in compliance at the DoJ
Hui Chen’s time as compliance counsel at the DoJ’s Fraud Section was short and eventful and did a lot to move the needle on how the DoJ views corporate compliance programs.
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SEC seeks comment on PCAOB’s ‘critical audit matter’ rule
Companies with any lingering worries about the impending effects of a new audit report have one last opportunity to appeal for change.
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Netherlands, not Bermuda, is the tax evasion capital of the world
The Netherlands, the U.K., Ireland, Singapore, and Switzerland are the world's leading conduit offshore financial centres, funnelling money from one point to another for the purposes of tax evasion.
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Financial Conduct Authority seeks views on AML supervision
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation regarding the government-proposed Office for Professional Body AML Supervision, which sets out draft expectations about how professional body supervisors can meet their AML supervision obligations.
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Auto loans are the latest headache for embattled Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo will pay millions to resolve issues with its auto loan customers who were harmed due to issues related to collateral protection insurance policies.
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Net1: Department of Justice closed FCPA probe
Net1 UEPS Technologies, a Johannesburg, South Africa-based provider of alternative payment systems, last week received a letter from the Criminal Division's Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice advising the company that it has closed its investigation concerning possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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SEC awards more than $1.7M to whistleblower
The SEC last week announced a whistleblower award of more than $1.7 million to a company insider who it said provided the agency with critical information to help stop a fraud that would have otherwise been difficult to detect.
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Halliburton settles FCPA case for $29.2M
Oil field services giant Halliburton today reached a $29.2 million settlement with the SEC over charges that it violated the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act concerning payments tied to Angola.
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Prudential names chief ethics officer
Prudential Financial has named Julie Gershman, vice president of global business ethics and integrity, as its new corporate chief ethics officer.
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SEC Investigative Report: Digital assets are securities
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an investigative report this week cautioning market participants that offers and sales of digital assets by “virtual” organizations are subject to the requirements of the federal securities laws.
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Newmont Mining FCPA case ends in declination
Newmont Mining said in a quarterly filing this week that it will not be facing an enforcement action from the Department of Justice regarding a previously disclosed investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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SEC awards $2.5 million to whistleblower
The Securities and Exchange Commission this week announced an award of nearly $2.5 million to an employee of a domestic government agency whose whistleblower tip helped launch an SEC investigation and whose continued assistance enabled the SEC to address a company's misconduct.
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Proof in the pudding? Trump's deregulation efforts by the numbers
The newly released Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions illustrates the torrid pace of rule-slashing engaged in by the Trump Administration. Another takeaway: don't expect lingering Dodd-Frank rulemaking to reappear any time soon.
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Fracking rules on chopping block
As part of President Trump’s stated goal to encourage domestic energy production, the Bureau of Land Management is planning to rescind 2015 rules regarding fracking. The requirements have yet to go into effect due to legal challenges.
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House votes to nix CFPB’s arbitration ban
With a party-line vote, Republicans in the House of Representatives have rallied with a vote to repeal the CFPB's recent ban on mandatory arbitration agreements. The repeal effort now moves onto the Senate for a vote.