All articles by Jaclyn Jaeger – Page 67

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    Exterran FCPA investigation ends without enforcement action

    2018-03-01T15:00:00Z

    Exterran said it will not face an enforcement action following a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation, but an SEC investigation related to circumstances giving rise to a previous restatement is continuing.

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    DoJ creates Prescription Interdiction & Litigation Task Force

    2018-02-28T13:45:00Z

    The Department of Justice has established a Prescription Interdiction & Litigation Task Force to deploy and coordinate criminal and civil law enforcement tools to tackle the opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on opioid manufacturers and distributors.

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    DoJ to file ‘Statement of Interest’ in cases against opioid makers, distributors

    2018-02-28T13:45:00Z

    The Department of Justice this week announced it will be filing a Statement of Interest in a multi-district action regarding hundreds of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors.

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    New DoJ policies favor corporate defendants

    2018-02-27T12:00:00Z

    The Justice Department has issued a trio of memoranda that provides a wealth of legal, compliance, and internal audit insight on whistleblower complaints or false claims cases.

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    Russia’s largest companies lag in transparency efforts

    2018-02-27T11:45:00Z

    Turns out, the financial disclosure practices of Russia’s largest companies by revenue are pretty dismal. But what best practices can we learn from that? You might be surprised.

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    Fresenius Medical Care reserves €200 million in FCPA case

    2018-02-27T11:45:00Z

    Germany-based Fresenius Medical Care, a provider of dialysis products and services, has set aside €200 million concerning its ongoing settlement negotiations with the U.S. government regarding potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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    FCA publishes new credit card rules

    2018-02-27T10:45:00Z

    The Financial Conduct Authority has published its final policy statement on new rules for the credit card market, which will come into force on 1 March 2018. Firms have until 1 September to comply.

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    Financial Conduct Authority fines Vanquis £2 million

    2018-02-27T10:30:00Z

    The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has imposed a fine of £2 million on credit card lender, Vanquis, for failing to disclose the full price of an add-on product, called Repayment Option Plan. It must also pay nearly £170 million in compensation to customers.

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    Teradata FCPA probe ends without enforcement action

    2018-02-26T13:00:00Z

    IT service management company Teradata will not be facing any enforcement action following an investigation into questionable gifts and travel expenses by one of its international subsidiaries doing business in Turkey.

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    ABLV Bank chief compliance officer quits amid money laundering probe

    2018-02-23T11:30:00Z

    ABLV Bank announced the resignation of its chief compliance officer, Aleksandrs Paže, at a time when the bank finds itself in hot water for alleged money laundering practices.

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    World Bank debars Pak Elektron Limited

    2018-02-22T15:30:00Z

    The World Bank has debarred three companies and a former general manager for engaging in collusive practices during bidding on contracts in Pakistan.

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    Due diligence best practices for corporate sponsors

    2018-02-21T11:30:00Z

    With the Olympics underway, now is a good time for compliance officers to review how they ensure their corporate spokespeople and their own codes of conduct are in sync.

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    The evolving role of the financial function in India

    2018-02-21T11:15:00Z

    A combination of new laws in India to address corruption and other risks is drastically changing how financial services firms operate—especially in regard to accounting—within the country.

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    Department of Justice creates Cybersecurity Task Force

    2018-02-20T16:00:00Z

    A new Cyber-Digital Task Force will assess how the Department of Justice is combatting the global cyber-threat and how federal law enforcement can more effectively accomplish its mission in this evolving area.

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    Albemarle names new chief compliance officer

    2018-02-20T09:45:00Z

    Albemarle Corporation, a specialty chemical company, has appointed Andrew McBride as chief compliance officer.

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    Social media companies lag on compliance with EU consumer rules

    2018-02-20T09:30:00Z

    Social media companies—Facebook, Twitter, and Google+—need to do more to respond to requests made last March by the European Commission and member states' consumer authorities to comply with EU consumer protection rules.

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    FCA seeks input on using technology to achieve smarter regulatory reporting

    2018-02-20T09:15:00Z

    The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority is seeking comment on how technology can make it easier for firms to meet their regulatory reporting requirements and improve the quality of the information they provide.

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    Swiss regulator publishes ICO guidelines

    2018-02-20T09:00:00Z

    The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, FINMA, has published guidelines setting out how it intends to apply financial market legislation in handling enquiries from initial coin offering organisers. The guidelines also define the information FINMA requires to deal with such enquiries and the principles upon which it will base its ...

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    U.K. and U.S. to collaborate on FinTech initiatives

    2018-02-20T09:00:00Z

    The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have signed a first-of-its-kind arrangement with one another to collaborate and support innovative firms through each other’s FinTech initiatives.

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    U.S. Bancorp to pay $613M for AML compliance failures

    2018-02-15T16:00:00Z

    U.S. Bancorp, the parent company of U.S. Bank, announced today that it will pay a total of $613 million in total penalties for willfully failing to have an adequate anti-money laundering compliance program and willfully failing to file a suspicious activity report in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.