All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 544
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Bill would ease SEC requirements on employee stock
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted in favor of a bill that would reduce SEC disclosure requirements for certain companies that offer employees stock options.
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Bipartisan bill would increase SEC penalties
A bipartisan bill making the rounds in Congress seeks to strengthen the SEC’s enforcement authority with increased fines.
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Clayton's SEC nomination advances to Senate
With majority approval by members of the Senate Banking Committee, President Donald J. Trump’s nomination to head the SEC, Jay Clayton, now heads to a confirmation vote before the full Senate.
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Dems demand new rule for disclosing extractive payments
Senate Democrats want the SEC to “promptly re-issue" a disclosure rule for oil, gas, and mining companies that was legislatively repealed last month.
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Tesco, the SFO, and the FCA come to terms
Tesco Stores will pay a £129 million (U.S.$161.4M) fine over a 2014 misstatement of the retailer’s profits. The fine, part of a deferred prosecution agreement with the Serious Fraud Office, is a clarion call for all companies to strengthen their internal controls.
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Government signals H-1B visa crackdown
Tech companies that rely on a specialized visa program to fill highly skilled jobs can expect to face more intense scrutiny from government agencies.
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Labor Department extends fiduciary rule applicability date
To comply with a Presidential Memorandum, the Labor Department has announced a 60-day extension of the applicability dates of its fiduciary rule and related exemptions, including the Best Interest Contract Exemption.
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Kara Brockmeyer, Chief of FCPA Unit, to leave SEC
Kara Brockmeyer, Chief of the Enforcement Division’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit, is planning to leave the agency later this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced.
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Revenue recognition implementation way behind schedule for most: survey
With less than a year to go before implementation, a new survey from Workiva shows that many companies are not as prepared as they ought to be.
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Compliance program metrics for healthcare and beyond
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has published a comprehensive new resource guide on measuring compliance program effectiveness, but it’s not just for the healthcare industry.
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The compliance side of the circuit split on whistleblower protections
An ongoing legal dispute over how far whistleblower protections extend beyond Dodd-Frank provisions highlights that best practices are already a few steps ahead of the law.
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European Union updates AML rules
The European Union is proposing some updates to anti-money laundering rules in an attempt to streamline coordination among member states in fighting terrorism financing and money laundering.
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As firms adopt revenue rules, are they ignoring disclosure?
Whether you think your company is ready for the new accounting for revenue recognition or not, it’s probably not ready to comply with new disclosure requirements.
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Love it or hate it, opinions abound over SEC pay ratio rule
As the public comment period expires on the SEC’s controversial pay ratio rule, we review the commentary, both pro and con.
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The meat of the latest Brazilian bribery scandal
Brazil has a new corruption scandal on its hands, this one dubbed “Operation Weak Flesh.”
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ArticleHow do you redo Dodd-Frank? Congress is asking the experts
When to expect a Dodd-Frank overhaul, and what it may mean, remains uncertain. But recent Congressional hearings offer a glimpse of what may be in the offing.
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AICPA release 11 more revenue recognition drafts
Accounting experts are releasing their latest views on how to apply the new revenue recognition standard to some industry-specific questions.
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Toshiba—a culture of lies?
Shareholders react strongly to Toshiba's announcement of its intention to take a $9 billion loss for the year and the chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Westinghouse Electric Co., a U.S. nuclear-plant builder 87-percent-owned by Toshiba.
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Conflict of Interest—the revolving door turns both ways
A look at the case of U.K. entity HS2, the taxpayer-owned company building Britain’s new high-speed rail line, which recently revoked a key contract amid allegations of conflicts of interest involving the U.S. engineering firm CH2M.
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Event
Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics European Compliance & Ethics Institute
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