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News BriefInsight Global to pay $2.7M over lax security on contact tracing data
Atlanta-based staffing agency Insight Global agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle alleged False Claims Act violations for failing to provide adequate cybersecurity on Covid-19 contract tracing data.
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News BriefCFTC appoints first chief AI officer to lead data and AI strategy
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission appointed its first artificial intelligence chief to lead the agency’s efforts to further integrate AI into its operations.
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News BriefJPMorgan expects added $100M penalty for trade surveillance shortcomings
JPMorgan Chase said it expects to pay an additional $100 million to an unnamed regulator to settle alleged trade surveillance failures that have already warranted more than $348 million in penalties by two other agencies.
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News BriefPayPal off hook in CFPB probe into Venmo fund transfers
Digital wallet company PayPal disclosed it won’t face enforcement regarding a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau probe into its subsidiary Venmo.
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Aspira Women’s Health general counsel, CCO to resign
Biotechnology company Aspira Women’s Health announced Minh Merchant will resign as general counsel, chief compliance officer, and corporate secretary.
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Black Hills general counsel, CCO to retire
Natural gas distribution company Black Hills Corp. announced Brian Iverson will retire as its senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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SageSpring Wealth Partners names chief compliance officer
Investment adviser SageSpring Wealth Partners named Brad Clayton as its new chief compliance officer.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment names general counsel
Sony Pictures Entertainment announced Jill Ratner was named executive vice president and general counsel.
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Wolverine Worldwide appoints legal chief
Footwear company Wolverine Worldwide announced Dave Latchana was appointed chief legal officer and corporate secretary.
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PremiumQuestions abound on foreign aid bill change to sanctions violations lookbacks
Tucked deep inside the $95 billion foreign aid bill recently passed by Congress was a provision that will allow the Office of Foreign Assets Control to look back 10 years to investigate potential violations of U.S. sanctions, rather than five years.
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PremiumPreparation key for ‘tectonic change’ from FTC noncompete ban
Companies would be wise to prepare to comply with the Federal Trade Commission’s rule to ban noncompete clauses, despite legal challenges that might delay or prevent it taking effect altogether.
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News BriefTD Bank reserves $450M for BSA/AML enforcements
TD Bank said it set aside $450 million to settle regulatory and law enforcement investigations, including by the Department of Justice, into its anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act programs.
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News BriefPCAOB removes redactions on 2022 KPMG inspection
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board published the full results of its 2022 inspection for Big Four firm KPMG after its initial report contained more than two dozen redactions.
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PremiumCCO liability: How to protect your compliance career
Despite significant issues outside the control of most chief compliance officers, some regulators have signaled more individual liability cases are to be expected. Will accepting the wrong job, in hindsight, make it your last?
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News BriefRBC unit fined by FINRA over trade confirmation violations
RBC Capital Markets agreed to pay nearly $769,000 to settle allegations levied by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, in part, over sending inaccurate information in trade confirmations to customers over nearly a decade.
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News BriefState AGs tell UnitedHealth to do more in cyberattack aftermath
UnitedHealth Group’s response to a major cyberattack in February that wreaked havoc with medical payments nationwide has been “inadequate” and must be improved immediately, a group of 22 state attorneys general told the company.
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PremiumQ&A: Zoom privacy chief on communications compliance product
Zoom Chief Privacy Officer Lynn Haaland discusses with Compliance Week the market forces that led the company to offer Zoom Compliance Manager, which helps firms handle off-channel communications issues on the platform.
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News BriefFCC finalizes $196M in fines against telecoms for sharing location data
The Federal Communications Commission fined telecommunications giants T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon a total of approximately $196 million for allegedly selling customers’ location data to third parties without consent.
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News BriefProposed update to FDIC’s Change in Bank Control Act fails to advance
A notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Change in Bank Control Act was withdrawn after receiving mixed reviews among the agency’s board of directors.
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News BriefFINRA fines TD Ameritrade $600K over automated approval failures
Online brokerage services provider TD Ameritrade agreed to pay a $600,000 fine for violations of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority rules over its automated approval system that allegedly allowed inexperienced traders to engage in options trading.