Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 124
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Labor Department will rethink lingering overtime rule
The Department of Labor has published a Request for Information regarding a controversial overtime rule, a holdover from the Obama Administration. The agency is seeking public comments about the rule and who is, or is not, entitled to overtime pay.
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OCC names chief risk officer
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has named William Rowe as chief risk officer, effective immediately. Rowe fills the position vacated by Linda Cunningham, who retired in April.
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Press X to start
There is always a tension between gaming the system and breaking the rules, and we can’t have innovation unless we allow a little outlaw thinking to develop on its own.
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Learning from the BHS pensions debacle
If a regulator wants to deflect blame from itself, it had better come up with a set of credible changes and even better—a proper apology.
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Deloitte names national managing director of Emerging Growth Company practice
Deloitte’s Audit & Assurance practice has named Heather Gates national managing director of its Emerging Growth practice, succeeding Jim Atwell.
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IMA names new chair of global board of directors
The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) has named Alex Eng as chair of IMA’s global board of directors for fiscal year 2017-2018.
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Former FASB board member joins FTI Consulting
Global business advisory firm FTI Consulting has added a former board member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its SEC & Accounting Advisory Services practice, effective Aug. 1.
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Former U.S. Attorney joins Manatt
Richard Hartunian, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, will join law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in its Manhattan office as a partner in the corporate investigations and white-collar defense practice in August.
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SFO investigating Rio Tinto
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office confirmed this week it has opened an investigation into suspected corruption by mining company Rio Tinto.
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New U.K. watchdog to close money laundering loopholes
The U.K’s new Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision said that it will tackle potential weaknesses in the supervisory system that criminals and terrorists may be trying to exploit.
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Compliance, risk, and the opioid scandal
The pharmaceutical industry may be the next victim of the opioid epidemic, as the government turns its focus on the pharmaceutical manufacturers themselves, not the addict or drug abuser.
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New twist in the Volkswagen investigation
In one of the more interesting and recent twists to the emissions-cheating scandal, Volkswagen has accused a group of fellow German car manufacturers of collusion over the diesel engine scandal, now almost two years old.
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Wells Fargo and its data privacy faux pas
Wells Fargo continues to be in the news these days (and not for the better) in the way of its reputation.
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Exxon to challenge OFAC over Russia sanctions
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has slapped ExxonMobil with a $2 million civil penalty for violating Ukraine-related sanctions regulations, an action that Exxon is legally challenging.
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House panel ponders rollbacks, including internal control audits
A House sub-committee is asking whether federal regulation has hindered the growth of public companies, including Sarbanes-Oxley auditing of internal controls.
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AICPA outlines ideas for tax reform to Senate leaders
As the prospects for healthcare reform hit the skids, the accounting profession is offering Senate leaders some ideas to help get tax reform off the ground.
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Trump nominates Peirce to SEC, echoing Obama in 2014
President Donald Trump has nominated Hester Peirce to serve on the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of a five-year term. She was initially—and unsuccessfully—nominated by President Obama in 2014.
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Rep. Cicilline shops for a hearing on Amazon’s Whole Foods buy
On the heels of “Prime Day,” Congressman David Cicilline (D-R.I.) is asking the House Judiciary Antitrust Sub-committee to hold a hearing on Amazon’s proposed $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods.
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New York expands state-based licensing platforms
New York is expanding online offerings for state-based licensing for both non-depository financial institutions and agents and brokers seeking to return to insurance businesses in the state.
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Schumer can’t stomach fake organics
Amid the discovery of fraudulently labeled organic products coming into the U.S., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is demanding that the Department of Agriculture “step up oversight of imported foods.”