Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 164
-
Blog
SEC introduces whistleblower 'pretaliation' to financial firm exams
The Securities and Exchange Commission's hunt for whistleblower “pretaliation” will now be a part of its nationwide examination and inspection program for financial firms.
-
Blog
SEC adopts intrastate offering rules, expands Reg D
The SEC has adopted rules that modernize how companies can raise money through intrastate offerings. It also increased the current Regulation D limit on offerings from $1 million to $5 million.
-
Blog
SEC proposes universal proxy cards
The SEC has proposed amendments to the proxy rules that would require parties in a contested election to use universal proxy cards that would include the names of all board of director nominees. Joe Mont reports.
-
Blog
Auditor rotation: Are we going round in circles?
Mandatory auditor rotation is an idea that goes in and out of favor among various countries, leading to no common practice anywhere. So, Paul Hodgson asks: Why is the whole world chasing its tail on this issue?
-
Blog
Revenue recognition laggards outnumbered in new poll
Tammy Whitehouse has the results of a fresh survey on revenue recognition that suggests 75 percent of public companies are still assessing how they will be affected with only 14 months to the effective date.
-
Blog
Stopping little lies before they become FCPA violations
What makes a fraudster? And how can a fraudster’s actions lead to larger complications for your corporation’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act policies? Tom Fox sets out to answer these questions.
-
Blog
Texas court blocks ‘blacklisting’ rule for federal contractors
A federal court in Texas has agreed to an emergency injunction that halts implementation of a so-called contractor “blacklisting” rule requiring that federal contractors disclose labor law violations. Joe Mont reports.
-
Blog
FASB simplifies income tax accounting for asset transfers
FASB has issued another simplification to accounting rules, this time targeting income taxes. The rule focuses on asset transfers within related entities. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
-
Blog
AICPA elects new chair
The American Institute of CPAs, the world’s largest member organization representing the CPA profession, has named Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, global accounting strategy director for Oracle America, as its new chair.
-
Blog
Compliance monitoring and artificial intelligence
As compliance programs must deal with growing amounts of data, they need tools to help separate true risks from background noise. Jose Tabuena examines.
-
Blog
Tales of crocodile tails under the FCPA
While the FCPA makes clear it prohibits providing anything of value to a foreign governmental official, who’s to say what has value? For U.S. officials, it could be jewelery, cash, or sports tickets. But for Chinese executives, it could be something more exotic, say ... crocodile meat? Tom Fox has ...
-
Blog
Corruption becomes a political issue in Mexico
Tom Fox looks at Mexico’s struggle to turn itself around, beginning with a political discussion and the introduction of FCPA-like anti-corruption regulation. Is it a turning point or a false start?
-
Blog
DoJ, FTC: Preventing antitrust risk in hiring and pay decisions
HR professionals and others involved in hiring and pay decisions will want to look at new joint guidance issued by the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
-
Blog
Embraer to pay $205M to resolve FCPA charges
Brazilian aircraft-company Embraer today reached a $205 million combined settlement with the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Brazilian authorities to resolve allegations of criminal and civil violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
-
Blog
FASB prepares new rule on debt classification
True to its word, the Financial Accounting Standards Board is preparing to issue a proposal meant to simplify how companies would be required to classify debt in the balance sheet. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
-
Blog
Tipalti unveils Cloud OCR to invoice processing workflow
Tipalti has announced the addition of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to its invoice processing module.
-
Blog
Actiance announces support for Workplace by Facebook
Actiance, a communications compliance, archiving, and analytics provider, has broadened its scope of supported communications channels to include Workplace by Facebook, which publicly launched earlier this month.
-
Blog
Former chief of SDNY Criminal Division joins Mayer Brown
Daniel Stein, former Chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, will join the law firm Mayer Brown as a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution practice, where he will lead the firm’s global regulatory and investigations group and serve ...
-
Blog
New HPE solution simplifies and strengthens data protection
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has introduced its HPE Adaptive Backup and Recovery Suite, an integrated suite that uses operational and file analytics to automate and streamline data protection.
-
Blog
Former chief compliance officer joins Compliance Risk Concepts
Compliance Risk Concepts, a compliance risk-management services provider, has hired David Amster as principal and head of its fund and dealer advisory practice. In this role, Amster will develop new client relationships and also advise on operational matters.