All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 340
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Regulators’ top risk cop assailed by reform-bent critics
The Financial Stability Oversight Council was created to expose and mitigate systemic risks to the U.S. financial system. Its critics are winning the long-simmering battle to redefine its efforts.
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PwC reduces damages in Colonial Bank failure
Appealing a court ruling, PwC reached a $335 million settlement with the FDIC over professional negligence claims in the failure of Colonial Bank.
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Facebook settles housing discrimination suit, ends ad ‘exclusions’
Facebook will pay $5 million and implement a series of anti-discrimination policies to settle a lawsuit brought against it by national fair-housing advocates.
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Survey: Companies lag behind with CCPA compliance
With a January 2020 deadline just 10 months away, only 14 percent of companies report they are compliant with the California Consumer Privacy Act. Nearly half have not yet started implementation, says a new survey from TrustArc.
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EC fines Google €1.49B over online advertising abuses
The European Commission slapped Google with a €1.49 billion (U.S. $1.69 billion) fine for breaching competition rules—the third penalty in three successive years for the internet giant.
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Anatomy of a college cheating scandal, and the resolve to fix it
In response to the nationwide college admissions scandal, victimized universities are speaking out and sharing the steps they’ve taken to stop similar behavior from happening in the future.
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Bombardier appoints general counsel, corporate secretary
Bombardier, a Canada-based aerospace and transportation company, has appointed Steeve Robitaille as general counsel and corporate secretary, effective May 1.
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A global look at anti-bribery enforcement activity
TRACE International’s 2018 Global Enforcement Report serves as an insightful resource for companies seeking information on which countries are enforcing anti-bribery laws and which countries are beleaguered by bribery and corruption issues.
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FCA fines UBS £27.6M for transaction reporting failures
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has fined UBS £27.6 million (U.S. $36.6 million) for failings relating to 135.8 million transaction reports.
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PCAOB advises auditors to expand view of CAMs
After reviewing implementation activity, the PCAOB is advising auditors to think a little more broadly about how they identify and describe CAMs.
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SEC’s Twitter war with Elon Musk escalates with contempt claims
The SEC made its final pitch to a federal court that Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk should be held in contempt of a previous order and settlement over what it says is unrepentant tweeting.
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PCAOB stokes audit committees on inspection engagement
Audit committee chairs at companies whose audits are selected for regulatory inspection might have an opportunity to interact with PCAOB inspectors firsthand.
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Interserve: Carillion Part II
In an almost carbon copy of the Carillion collapse, peer contracting firm Interserve went into administration on Friday due to a majority of its shareholders rebelling against a debt cancellation deal that would have seen their investment at even lower levels than the deal that was finally agreed to.
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Podcast
Marianne Ibrahim on conducting a third party audit
Marianne Ibrahim, director of global compliance at Baker Hughes, offers several best practices for the auditing of third parties.
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U.S. regulators ponder Brexit plans, disclosure demands
The planned—but still chaotic—divorce of the United Kingdom from the European Union could trigger disclosure demands for U.S. companies. The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance has some advice.
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Bipartisan effort would double SEC statute of limitations for fraud
Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) have introduced the Securities Fraud Enforcement and Investor Compensation Act—the bipartisan legislation that would extend the window of time the SEC can pursue post-fraud claims for investors from five years to 10.
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SEC charges Volkswagen in emissions-cheating scandal
The SEC has charged Volkswagen, two of its subsidiaries, and its former CEO, Martin Winterkorn, with defrauding U.S. investors by making deceptive claims about the environmental impact of the company’s “clean diesel” fleet.
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Title Alliance names compliance officer, general counsel
Title Alliance has appointed Maria Deligiorgis as general counsel and compliance officer.
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Coupang names chief compliance officer, general counsel
Coupang, an e-commerce company and Korea’s largest online retailer, has appointed Jay Jorgensen as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Jorgensen is a recognized expert on corporate governance, most recently serving as the global chief ethics & compliance officer of Walmart.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance names chief accounting officer
Walgreens Boots Alliance, a retail pharmacy company, has named Heather Dixon as its new global controller and chief accounting officer, effective March 18.