All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 648
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The Current State of SEC Whistleblower Guidance
The SEC’s latest guidance on whistleblower protection, confirming that employees need not report misconduct first to the SEC to win anti-retaliation protections, seems at first glance to be good news for internal compliance programs. For corporations as a whole, less so. Inside, we take a deeper look at the limits ...
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DocMagic Names Chief Compliance Officer
DocMagic, a provider of fully-compliant loan document preparation, compliance, eSign and eDelivery solutions, has named Gavin Ales as chief compliance officer. Ales has hands-on involvement in the development, implementation, and maintenance of DocMagic's compliance products and services. More inside.
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Frank's International Appoints General Counsel, Secretary
Frank's International, a global oil services company, has appointed Alex Cestero as general counsel and secretary. He will report directly to President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Luquette. More inside.
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More ‘C’mon, Man’ Moments
It’s that time again: time for another roundup of flawed characters, flawed controls, and poor outcomes. Columnist Rick Steinberg offers his latest look at sloppy thinking and risk management that led to some truly dumb ideas, from allowing guns on airplanes to losing your career over a skipped subway fare ...
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Modern FCPA Enforcement
I recently saw the movie The Man From U.N.C.L.E. It was a rollicking good movie, stylish, set in great locations, with a fabulous score and all the Guy Ritchie touches you would expect. The action all took place in Europe and the locals and governmental cooperation among the U.S., U.K. ...
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Amazon, Data, and Selling Your Culture Down the River
Image: Compliance officers like to talk about data, and about culture. This weekend, however, the New York Times published a brutal, brilliant portrait of corporate culture at Amazon.com and how awful today’s modern management of behavior can get. Inside, editor Matt Kelly dissects the unspoken and obvious: that data-driven management ...
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Citigroup Affiliates to Pay $180 Million for Hedge Fund Fraud
Two Citigroup affiliates—Citigroup Global Markets and Citigroup Alternative Investments—today agreed to pay nearly $180 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges that they defrauded investors in two hedge funds by claiming they were safe, low-risk, and suitable for traditional bond investors. The funds later crumbled and eventually ...
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Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software - Maintain Your IT Budget with Consistent Compliance Practices
Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software can help state and local governments move from a reactive to a proactive stance with their IT systems. It lets them answer the question, "How long since your last…?" with a comforting "less than an hour ago." Read this third-party report to learn about ...
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Best Practices Guide for IT Governance & Compliance
Federal regulations, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA), and the more recent Payment Card Industry (PCI) initiative, require businesses to know exactly what changes are being made to structured and unstructured data in their corporate networks. As a result, IT organizations need to ...
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SNC-Lavalin Names New Head of Legal and Compliance
SNC-Lavalin has appointed Hartland Paterson as general counsel, effective Sept. 10. He will report to President and CEO Robert Card. Paterson will oversee both the legal and ethics and compliance functions of the engineering and construction giant. More inside.
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United Online Names General Counsel
United Online, an online provider of consumer products and services, appointed Mark Harrington general counsel, effective this month.
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Patterson Companies Names General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Patterson Companies has named Les Korsh as general counsel and secretary, a distributor serving the dental, production and companion animal health and rehabilitation supply markets.
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Report: No Bias Found in SEC Hearings So Far
A report from the SEC’s inspector general says he is looking into allegations of bias among administrative law judges in the SEC’s administrative proceedings, but has found no evidence so far to support those accusations. More inside.
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Ensuring Enterprise Visibility, Auditing, and Reporting for Windows Environments
Systems and security administrators must achieve and prove IT compliance and security, support active directory migrations, and report on the configuration of active directory, Windows file servers, and SQL servers across their enterprise. With a manual approach, these become Herculean, error-prone tasks that increase the risk of security breaches and ...
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Accellion Launches Governance Package for Kiteworks
Accellion, a provider of private cloud solutions for secure file sharing and collaboration that ensure data security and compliance, recently announced that it has added new security and governance capabilities to its kiteworks secure content platform. Accellion's kiteworks governance package is designed to assist enterprise organizations in demonstrating compliance with ...
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Soma Oil & Gas Faces Corruption Probe by SFO
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office recently announced that it has opened a criminal investigation into London-based Soma Oil & Gas Holdings relating to allegations of corruption in Somalia. Soma Oil & Gas confirmed that it has been informed by the agency of the investigation. More inside.
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Aviall Names Vice President of Compliance
Aviall, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, recently named Kim Stollar as general counsel and vice president of compliance. More inside.