- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
News sure to please corporate compliance and legal officers everywhere: The SEC has finally published guidance on how it decides whether to bring enforcement matters to court or in-agency administrative proceedings. The SEC has been bringing more actions against companies as administrative proceedings, sparking complaints that targets’ due process rights ...
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The SEC views administrative proceedings as a streamlined, time-sensitive process that can adjudicate certain enforcement actions that would otherwise clog federal courts. Critics see an unfair process that stacks the deck in favor of the Commission. The big issue, writes Joe Mont, is whether new procedural changes can appease detractors.
DaVita, a multi-state dialysis provider, agreed to pay more than $34 million to resolve allegations it engaged in numerous kickback schemes to doctors who referred Medicare patients to its dialysis centers, the Department of Justice announced.
A whistleblower will be paid $37 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission for providing original, credible information that led to a successful enforcement action.
