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  • Blog

    Lennox announces new GC

    2024-10-24T12:30:00Z

    Lennox, which provides energy-efficient climate-control solutions, announced that Monica Brown, vice president and deputy general counsel, will succeed John Torres as executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary, effective Jan. 1.

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    Syniverse appoints chief legal officer

    2024-10-24T12:29:00Z

    Syniverse, which connects networks, devices, and people, appointed William Petersen as executive vice president and chief legal officer.

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    ABM announces general counsel

    2024-10-24T12:29:00Z

    ABM, provider of integrated facility services, infrastructure solutions and parking management, announced the appointment of Miranda Tolar as executive vice president and general counsel, effective Jan. 1.

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    OpenAI appoints compliance chief

    2024-10-24T12:28:00Z

    OpenAI welcomed Scott Schools as its chief compliance officer.

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    Prosperity Asset Management hires CCO

    2024-10-24T09:01:00Z

    Prosperity Asset Management announced that Cassandra Becker has joined the firm as chief compliance officer and senior counsel.

  • Blog

    Enlink Midstream adds ONEOK legal chief to board committee

    2024-10-24T08:53:00Z

    EnLink Midstream, which provides integrated midstream infrastructure services for natural gas, crude oil, condensate, and NGLs, as well as CO2 transportation for carbon capture and sequestration, announced that ONEOK executive vice president, chief legal officer and assistant secretary Lyndon Taylor will join its board’s Governance and Compensation Committee.

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    Iroquois promotes general counsel

    2024-10-24T08:50:00Z

    Iroquois Gas Transmission System announced that its General Counsel Kimberly Pritchard will be promoted to sr. director, legal services & general counsel, effective Jan. 1.

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    Inflammatix adds general counsel

    2024-10-24T08:22:00Z

    Molecular diagnostics company Inflammatix hired Laura Spencer Garth as general counsel.

  • SolarWinds
    News Brief

    Unisys, three other firms fined a combined $7M for underplaying damage from SolarWinds hack

    2024-10-23T15:51:00Z

    Four current or former public companies will pay a total of nearly $7 million in fines to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission that they underplayed or failed to disclose material information about how the SolarWinds Orion hack affected them.

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    New CFPB data rights rule will modernize U.S. banking system, Chopra says

    2024-10-23T15:45:00Z

    Banks, credit card companies and other financial mainstays will be required to comply with new data privacy and retail account portability regulations under a sweeping rule issued Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

  • Pharmaceuticals
    News Brief

    Precision Toxicology to pay $27 million to settle allegations of unnecessary drug testing

    2024-10-22T21:18:00Z

    Precision Toxicology has agreed to pay $27 million to settle allegations first brought by whistleblowers in three cases, that the company billed the federal government for unnecessary drug tests and paid kickbacks to doctors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.

  • Blog

    Sheppard Pratt names GC

    2024-10-21T17:31:00Z

    Sheppard Pratt, a private, nonprofit provider of mental health, substance use, developmental disability, special education, and social services, announced the appointment of Jennifer Coyne as general counsel.

  • Blog

    Home Run Financing promotes GC to COO

    2024-10-21T17:30:00Z

    Home Run Financing announced that Ryan Griffin, who has served as its general counsel and chief compliance officer for over five years, has been appointed as their new chief operating officer.

  • North Korea sanctions
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    Vietnamese business pays $860K for violating U.S. sanctions on North Korea

    2024-10-18T18:10:00Z

    A Vietnamese alcohol company has agreed to pay $860,000 to settle allegations by the Office of Foreign Assets Control that its business with North Korea involved U.S. financial institutions.

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    Keys to a successful GenAI use policy: Clear roles, training, vendor management

    2024-10-18T12:00:00Z

    For all the hype surrounding generative artificial intelligence, the technology has been met with a healthy skepticism in the compliance community. Compliance practitioners want to know: Is it safe? Can it be deployed ethically? Are the risks greater than the rewards? And what should an AI acceptable use policy contain?

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    NYDFS expects banks, firms to cut risks posed by AI, according to new guidance

    2024-10-17T17:42:00Z

    New York financial institutions are expected to address cybersecurity risks posed by artificial intelligence, and new guidance from the New York Department of Financial Services is aimed at helping firms do just that.

  • Raytheon
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    Raytheon parent RTX settles false claims, defective pricing, Qatar FCPA violations for $950M

    2024-10-17T17:01:00Z

    The other shoe finally dropped for Raytheon and parent company RTX, as two U.S. regulators announced nearly $1 billion in penalties to settle defective pricing in defense contracts, false claims related to inflated prices on government contracts, and bribes paid to government officials in Qatar that violated the FCPA.

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    FTC final ‘Click to Cancel’ Rule requires disclosure of material facts before enrollments

    2024-10-17T12:59:00Z

    Tthe Federal Trade Commission, after years of public comments and changes, released a final “Click to Cancel” Rule, which requires a customer’s express consent before they can be charged and prohibits practices that make it difficult for a customer–whether a family or another business–to cancel.

  • Blog

    UnitedLex promotes GC to CEO

    2024-10-17T11:19:00Z

    UnitedLex, a data and professional services company specializing in litigation, intellectual property, contracts, compliance, and legal operations, announced that the company’s general counsel Renee Meisel has been appointed chief executive officer.

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    Fragrance Creators names GC

    2024-10-17T11:15:00Z

    Fragrance Creators Association announced the appointment of Sarah Erickson André as its new vice president, government affairs & general counsel, effective Nov. 1.