All United States articles – Page 207
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CFTC approves proposed rule to improve quality for swap data repositories
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved a proposed rule to improve the quality of swap data and update and streamline regulations related to swap data repository operations and governance.
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Astellas, Amgen to pay $124.75M for False Claims Act violations
Pharmaceutical companies Astellas and Amgen will pay a total of $124.75 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by illegally paying the Medicare co-pays for their own high-priced drugs.
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Glencore announces CFTC probe
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating whether multinational commodity trading and mining company Glencore and its subsidiaries might have violated certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and/or CFTC regulations.
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Celadon Group to pay $42.2M in restitution for accounting fraud
Trucking company Celadon Group entered into a corporate resolution for securities fraud and will pay total restitution of $42.2 million for filing materially false and misleading statements to investors and falsifying books, records, and accounts.
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Delaware ramps up revised unclaimed property approach
Delaware’s Secretary of State is inviting corporations incorporated in that state to join it in resolving any outstanding unclaimed property issues. The invite comes with a catch: Companies must respond within 60 days or face an unclaimed property audit.
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CFPB to provide more information to firms under investigation
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it will provide financial services firms under investigation more detail on what violations prompted the agency’s scrutiny.
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Bed Bath & Beyond revamps board; shareholders revolt
In response to shareholder backlash, Bed Bath & Beyond has made several changes to its board, as well as a series of additional governance enhancements, but activist investors say the changes aren’t enough and issued a joint statement expressing their many concerns.
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OCIE issues risk alert on Regulation S-P
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations has issued a risk alert on Regulation S-P describing the most common deficiencies it has uncovered in recent examinations of both registered investment advisers and broker-dealers.
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Tesla to phase out four board members
Tesla disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that four of its directors eventually will be phased out, reducing the size of its board to seven.
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Washington state privacy legislation fades, for now
The second proposed data privacy regulation in the nation has failed to come to fruition for the time being.
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Facebook appoints new general counsel
Facebook has appointed both a new general counsel and a vice president of communications as the social media giant faces mounting regulatory and public scrutiny—mostly around its privacy practices.
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Best practices for managing employee reports
A recent report from NAVEX Global offers a look at how the performance of ethics and compliance officers’ hotline and incident management systems stack up against their peers.
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Rod Hardie on FCPA lessons, navigating foreign risk
Rod Hardie, chief compliance officer at Exterran, discusses with columnist Tom Fox what he learned and experienced as an investigator with Baker Hughes during its FCPA investigation in the early 2000s.
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UniCredit Group Banks to pay $1.3B for sanctions violations
UniCredit Group Banks will pay total financial penalties of approximately $1.3 billion for processing hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions through the U.S. financial system on behalf of an entity designated as a weapons of mass destruction proliferator and other Iranian entities subject to U.S. economic sanctions, the Department ...
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Survey: Companies just starting to prepare for CCPA
A new study from Compliance Week and TrustArc says companies are not yet prepared for the coming California Consumer Privacy Act, the Golden State’s version of the EU’s GDPR.
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Q4 control disclosures inched upward, FERF says
Nearly one-fourth of filings with the SEC in the fourth quarter contained admissions of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.
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Trump takes another swing at controlling independent agencies
The Trump administration is trying a new strategy to seize control over independent agencies’ rulemaking processes and the guidance they issue.
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Uber discloses its bribery and corruption risk
In its first-ever filing with the SEC, ride-sharing company Uber discussed its bribery and corruption risks, including an ongoing investigation by the Department of Justice into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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GE to pay $1.5B for misrepresentations concerning subprime loans
General Electric will pay a civil penalty of $1.5 billion to resolve claims under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act involving subprime residential mortgage loans originated by WMC Mortgage, a GE subsidiary.
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SEC charges former SeaWorld executive with insider trading
The SEC has charged the former general counsel of amusement park company SeaWorld Entertainment for his role in an insider-trading scheme, and it’s not the first time that a SeaWorld executive has been in trouble for misleading investors.