All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 589
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ArticleU.K. boardrooms still ‘pale, male, and stale’
Across the United Kingdom and Europe, gender diversity requirements often go unmet, keeping boardrooms across the continent the same old boys’ club. Neil Hodge has more.
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CCOs struggle to keep up with evolving insider-trading legal standards
A year after the landmark U.S. v. Newman insider-trading case, federal prosecutors are getting more creative in an evolving legal landscape that creates fresh pitfalls for CCOs and legal counsel. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
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Law firm that ran whistleblower ads in theaters secures blockbuster award
When the Dodd-Frank whistleblower provisions were passed in 2010, some plaintiffs' lawyers believed that a lucrative new whistleblower practice area might be brewing. One law firm even created an ad seeking whistleblowers that ran as a movie preview in Manhattan theaters. Six years later, this marketing seems to seems to ...
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ArticleK.C. Turan: Compliance and caduceus
K.C. Turan has a holistic perspective through which he views compliance. And given his position in the challenging field of healthcare compliance, perspective is the coin of the realm.
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U.S. government contractors face sweeping new ‘blacklisting’ rules
Prospective federal contractors will soon have to disclose any labor law, civil rights, or wage violations, making the Labor Dept. a de facto gatekeeper for all contracts, reports Joe Mont.
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Perception, reality, and global anti-corruption enforcement
Tom Fox looks at scandals involving Swedish business empire Industrivärden and Apple that point to an increasing need for good compliance programs in an age of corruption and social media.
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Global Profiles of the Fraudster
Learn more about potential fraudsters, identifying fraud ‘red flags’, and how to implement more effective measures to manage the prevention and detection of fraud.
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VimpelCom Russia CEO resigns
Mikhail Slobodin, chief executive officer of VimpelCom Russia, will resign with immediate effect amid a corruption probe. As Jaclyn Jaeger reports, the Amsterdam-based telecommunications company is no stranger to bribery allegations.
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Taxonomy changes focus on helping consumers interpret data
FASB’s proposed 2017 U.S. GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy contains some changes that are meant to address concerns of users of XBRL-tagged financial statement data. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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Former SEC Whistleblower Chief McKessy lands at law firm
Sean McKessy, the former first-ever chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, is joining law firm Phillips & Cohen as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Bruce Carton has more.
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Compliance lessons keep coming from HP/Autonomy deal
HP’s legendarily bungled acquisition of U.K. software company Autonomy continues to provide valuable compliance lessons as well as one heck of a corporate governance horror story. Tom Fox reports.
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When good-intentioned sales incentives go bad
When do sales incentives move from the realm of legal to the realm of the nefarious? When do company communications become so code-word laden as to demonstrate corrupt intent? Tom Fox explores this latest trend that occurred at Fiat-Chrysler.
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AstraZeneca settles FCPA case with SEC for $5.5M
Biopharmaceutical-company AstraZeneca has reached a $5.5 million settlement with the SEC to settle claims that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by making improper payments to state-controlled healthcare providers in China and Russia. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Compliance Week will publish one day late this week
Compliance Week will publish one day late this week on Wednesday, Sept. 7, due to the Labor Day holiday.
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Internationalization of football and anti-corruption enforcement
Tom Fox explores the recent bid by a Chinese state-controlled investment fund to purchase the Liverpool Football Club and how it will be impacted by the U.K. Bribery Act.
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Trump’s border wall could be muy malo for bank CCOs
A key talking point of Republican Donald Trump’s campaign is to build a wall along the U.S./Mexico border, forcing Mexico to fund it. That plan, however, says Joe Mont, could mean added compliance burdens for banks and an expansion of Know Your Customer protocols.
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SEC wants more hyperlinks in registration statements and periodic reports
SEC proposed rule amendments would require registrants that file registration statements and periodic reports subject to Regulation S-K’s exhibit requirements to include a hyperlink to each exhibit listed in the index of their filings. More from Joe Mont.
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To ease fears, agencies address correspondent banking ‘myths’
Federal banking regulators have authored a “fact sheet” intended to clarify supervisory and enforcement activities that focus on the money laundering and sanctions compliance risks that may arise with correspondent banking relationships. Joe Mont has more.
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Silicon Valley Bank appoints chief risk officer
Silicon Valley Bank, a U.S.-based high-tech commercial bank with offices in a number of other countries, has hired Laura Izurieta as the company's new chief risk officer.
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2015 audit inspections show some gains, some blown opinions
The PCAOB’s earliest 2015 inspection results show some reductions in deficient audits, but also increases in restatements and withdrawn opinions. More from Tammy Whitehouse.