All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 495
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Deloitte offers views on lease accounting questions
Deloitte says it’s hearing enough questions about how to apply the new lease accounting rules it decided to publish a question-and-answer paper to articulate its views.
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Anti-Bribery & Corruption Benchmarking Report 2017
Learn more about the perceived strengths and weaknesses of anti-bribery and corruption programs today, the focus of compliance experts going forward, and whether your business is keeping pace with common risk mitigation practices.
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‘Being data compliant does not equate to having data security’
Protecting your data involves more than simply following the paper program rules and regulations—you actually must focus on data security.
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Lincoln Financial Group names chief ethics and compliance officer
Lincoln Financial Group has appointed Steve Harris as senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer.
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Air Methods names chief compliance officer
Air Methods, an emergency air medical services and air tourism company, has announced the appointment of Alan Einisman as vice president and chief compliance officer, and Cory Theriot as vice president of safety and risk management.
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FCC chairman resurrects net neutrality controversy
Get ready for debates over so-called net neutrality to make a return. Under the direction of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, it will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would “propose to restore the Internet to a light-touch regulatory framework.”
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Senate confirms Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor
After months of debate and the withdrawal of President Trump’s first nominee, R. Alexander Acosta has been confirmed by the Senate as the nation’s new Secretary of Labor.
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GDPR’s hidden e-mail risks
With the EU’s tough new data protection standard fast approaching, a company’s e-mail system poses plenty of easily overlooked compliance risks.
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Big changes at OCC; Curry out, Noreika in
After five years of service, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry will be leaving the agency. Keith Noreika, a partner at the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, will serve as acting Comptroller of the Currency.
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Bill would modernize Administrative Procedures Act
New legislation, the Regulatory Accountability Act, is a bipartisan effort to modernize the 70-year-old Administrative Procedures Act, the blueprint for creating federal regulations.
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Clayton confirmed as SEC chairman
On May 2, the Senate confirmed President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Jay Clayton as chairman of the SEC. Clayton, previously a partner with the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, has a reputation as a master of corporate deal making.
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Uganda—a demand side response to corruption
A look at corruption in Uganda and the government’s fear that the high level of corruption is making life worse for citizens and driving out foreign investment.
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United Airlines: using a compliance framework to further customer relations
United Airlines has been handed some positive compliance lessons from its recent public relations faux pas, including the forcible removal of a passenger, but will the company follow through on its pledge to make good on customer relations?
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Former Homeland Security Chief of Staff joins Crowell & Moring
Paul Rosen, a former federal prosecutor who served as a senior government executive at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined Crowell & Moring in the the firm’s Los Angeles office.
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Eventbrite CEO joins Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts board
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, a luxury hospitality company, has appointed Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz, representing long-term shareholder Cascade Investment, to the company's board of directors.
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Kroger names chief accounting officer
The Kroger Company last month named Todd Foley chief accounting officer, the company announced in a securities filing. He replaces Mary Elizabeth Van Oflen, who is retiring.
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World Bank names vice president of integrity
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim announced the appointment of Pascale Helene Dubois as World Bank Group Vice President for Integrity, effective July 1.
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SEC awards $500K to whistleblower
The SEC today awarded a whistleblower more than $500,000 for reporting information that prompted an investigation into misconduct that resulted in an enforcement action. It is the second whistleblower award announced by the SEC in the past week.
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Plans pile up to revise Dodd-Frank, but can they succeed?
Critics of the Dodd-Frank Act, like torch-bearing villagers in a horror movie, want to kill the legislation by any means necessary, while others seek more measured reforms.
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Richard Bistrong: The great communicator
Richard Bistrong, CEO of Front-Line Anti-Bribery, is one of the compliance world’s most outspoken voices on how companies can build better and more ethical businesses.