All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 612
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nanoPay names chief compliance officer
nanoPay, a fully-integrated loyalty and payments platform provider and provider of the MintChip digital cash platform, has appointed Tracy Molino as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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Theranos’ health takes a turn for the worse
The health of ailing biotech start-up Theranos continues to decline, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services imposed numerous sanctions on the firm following a review last year of its laboratory operations that uncovered numerous compliance violations. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Theresa May’s post-Brexit, Euro-style governance reforms
Out of the post-Brexit chaos, Home Secretary Theresa May is poised to become the new U.K. Prime Minister. She supported Remain, but stands by Brexit, so where will she steer the ship? Her first speech gives some indicators, and Brexiters might not like the sound of them. Paul Hodgson has ...
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When the CCO leaves, do you have a succession plan?
The role of the chief compliance officer has grown in both complexity and importance over the years. A lot of trust and accountability can be invested in whoever holds that post. So, what happens when they leave? Joe Mont looks at how to survive the departure of a compliance program’s ...
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DoJ to everybody on FCPA prosecutions: We can make this all go away, you know
Just how serious is the Justice Dept. about making life easier if you comply fully with its FCPA violation investigations? Johnson Controls Inc. was caught dead to rights on egregious fraud—but, by cooperating with the DoJ, it managed to secure a declination to prosecute. Tom Fox reports.
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Treasury’s efforts to overturn long-standing tax law creates massive compliance headache
The federal government is trying to close a $40B tax loophole big enough to completely fund NASA twice every single year. But the way it’s doing it is causing some major corporate pushback. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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New Commerce Department rule harmonizes export controls regime
Export controls can be tricky business, especially regarding the transmission of technical data over the cloud—something becoming ever-more common in modern business, yet currently constrained by tough export controls. New rules from the Commerce Department could change all of that. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Johnson Controls to pay $14.4 million to SEC in FCPA case
Johnson Controls has entered into a $14.4 million settlement with the SEC to resolve violations of the books and records and internal controls provisions of the FCPA with respect to its China Marine operations. JCI’s quick response, however, resulted in a declination with the Justice Department.
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BOK Financial names chief risk officer
BOK Financial, a $31 billion regional financial services company, has promoted Marty Grunst to the role of chief risk officer, effective Aug. 1. He will report to President and CEO Steve Bradshaw and serve on the company’s executive leadership team.
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ArticleAlan Halfenger: The true believer
Alan Halfenger stumbled into compliance more than two decades ago, but in the time since then, he has not only come to embrace and embody what it means to be a strong compliance professional, he has made it his mission to spread the word far and wide on what tomorrow’s ...
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Commercial drones raise compliance issues for shipping industry
The shipping industry’s innovative use of drones to ferry goods to tanker ships shows promise, but carries compliance risk. Guest columnist Martin Foncello of Exiger gets into the details.
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ArticleAssessing antitrust risk in M&A transactions
Top officials at the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have announced their intention to focus heavily on M&A antitrust enforcement, at a time when merger activity is skyrocketing. Jaclyn Jaeger explores how the agencies plan to tackle some of the larger, more complex deals ahead.
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10 things about the new revenue standard: Round 3
CW columnist Scott Taub offers 10 more thoughts on why it’s crucial companies begin to implement the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s revenue recognition standard and what pitfalls await those who choose to delay.
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AICPA offers views on revenue recognition implementation issues
In the ongoing quest for consistent interpretations of the new revenue recognition standard, task forces at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants have issued several new papers for public comment.
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Empathy might be the secret ingredient your compliance program needs
Being a great compliance officer requires more than strong analytical skills and acumen. It requires soft skills like emotional intelligence, too, since compliance is ultimately all about people.
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Targeting the demand for a unified digital market
Many companies around the world and across industries now use digital signatures to conduct business transactions—but incompatible digital signature technologies traditionally have made the process cumbersome, not to mention fraught with security weaknesses. A group of cloud-service providers is now looking to change that. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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The OCEG GRC Illustrated Series: The Transformative Power of Cognitive GRC
OCEG, with contributions from IBM, has developed an illustration that shows you how to gain insights, develop meaningful reports and move faster from data to decisions with cognitive GRC capabilities.
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AveXis appoints chief compliance officer
AveXis, a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing treatments for patients suffering from rare and life-threatening neurological genetic diseases, has appointed Michael Johannesen to the executive management team as general counsel and chief compliance officer. He will report to President and CEO Sean Nolan.
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Embedding Ethics & Compliance Through the Supply Chain
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Regent Surgical Health names compliance officer
Regent Surgical Health, a surgery center management and development company specializing in hospital and physician ambulatory surgery center (ASC) joint ventures, has named Christopher Stine as its new corporate compliance officer.