All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 565
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SEC’s investor advocate details 2017 priorities
With a focus on disclosure, corporate governance, and exchange listing standards, the SEC’s Office of the Investor Advocate has unveiled its work plan for 2017. Joe Mont has further details.
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FASB makes "minor, minor, minor" changes to revenue recognition
FASB has issued the last batch of intended changes to clarify or correct various points raised in the new revenue recognition accounting requirements.
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U.S., U.K. and German law firms team up to help whistleblowers
New York law firm Meissner & Associates and two European law firms—Naegele and London-based Brahams Dutt Badrick French—have teamed up to launch a first-of-its-kind collaborative platform to help Europeans call out financial wrongdoing and benefit from U.S. whistleblower laws.
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Cordium names VP of cyber-security and data protection services
Cordium, a GRC services provider to financial and professional services firms, has appointed Richard Hudson as vice president of its cyber-security and data protection consulting services.
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Grapevine: Who’s coming and going in compliance
In response to investor criticism that it did not respond fast enough to an E. coli outbreak last year, fast-food chain Chipotle has named four new members to its board of directors, giving its largest investor a seat on the board; In other news, Comprehensive Health has named a new ...
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Resilient helps companies respond to cyber-attacks
Resilient, an IBM company, released the industry’s first Dynamic Playbook for ransomware, aimed at helping organizations globally respond effectively to this growing type of cyber-attack.
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Rockwell Automation names general counsel and secretary
Rockwell Automation has named Rebecca House senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective Jan. 3, 2017. She will report to Blake Moret, president and chief executive officer.
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Manulife appoints general counsel
Manulife, an international financial services company, has appointed James Gallagher as general counsel, effective immediately. Gallagher has been serving as interim general counsel since Oct. 20.
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Teva to pay $519M to settle FCPA charges
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will pay $519 million to settle charges that it violated the FCPA; while global construction company Odebrecht and petrochemical company Braskem (both based in Brazil) will pay a combined penalty of $3.5 billion to settle the largest foreign bribery case in history. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Odebrecht, Braskem to pay record $3.5B in global bribery case
Global construction company Odebrecht, based in Brazil, and Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem pleaded guilty yesterday and agreed to pay a combined total penalty of at least $3.5 billion—the largest foreign bribery case in history, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
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Trump adds Icahn as a regulatory hatchet man
President-elect Donald Trump has added investor activist Carl Icahn to his transition team as a special adviser on issues relating to regulatory reform. Joe Mont has more.
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EC takes action against 7 member states for failing to penalise VW
Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, the United Kingdom, Greece, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic are all the latest fallout victims from VW’s Dieselgate, writes Neil Hodge.
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NY delays cyber-security rules for banks, will revise requirements
New York’s Department of Financial Services has delayed implementation of its new cyber-security rules for banks and plans to announce changes to the requirements next week. Joe Mont explores.
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Some plan to dig into leases in 2017, some not so much
The latest poll on big accounting change says some companies are making plans to devote time in 2017 to the new requirements around lease accounting, according to Tammy Whitehouse.
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Unisys Stealth helps companies fight cyber-crime
Unisys, a global information technology company, has announced the launch of Stealth(aware), a new Unisys Stealth software application that helps companies in the fight against cyber-crime.
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New senior managing director joins Ankura
Ankura Consulting Group, a business advisory and expert services firm, has appointed Steven Richards as senior managing director. Based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Richards will practice within Ankura’s Investigations & Accounting Advisory group.
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SEC charges two companies in whistleblower cases
For the first time ever, the SEC yesterday charged a company for retaliating against an internal whistleblower. It also marks the second enforcement action this week against a company that impeded an employee from communicating with the SEC. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Forest Labs to pay $38M for False Claims Act violations
Forest Laboratories and its subsidiary, Forest Pharmaceuticals, have agreed to pay $38 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce physicians to prescribe its drugs. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
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ArticleAre companies ‘grieving’ over new revenue recognition rules?
Maybe it’s a collective sense of grieving that is keeping so many companies on the sidelines as big accounting change looms over revenue recognition. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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AICPA objects to naming partners on benefit plan audits
The accounting profession is objecting to proposed changes to employee benefit plan reporting, especially requiring the name of the engagement partner on plan audits. More from Tammy Whitehouse.