AI Today in 5: August 6, 2025, The Rethinking Compliance Episode
Compliance Tip of the Day: AI, Continuous Monitoring and Compliance
Great Woman in Compliance: The Power of Vulnerability with Cricket Snyder
Compliance Tip of the Day: Strategies for Embedding Compliance into your Organization
Sunday Book Review: July 27, 2025, The Best Books on Economics Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Crowd Sourcing Risk Intelligence
Compliance Tip of the Day: Compliance Responses to Design Intelligence
Great Women in Compliance: The Compliance Influencer with Bettina Palazzo
Sanctions Compliance Failures: Lessons from Harman International and Interactive Brokers
How Startups Can Comply With Ever-Changing Privacy Laws
Importance of Compliance Management in times of transition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Assessing Internal Controls in International Operations
FCPA Compliance Report: From Compliance to Commercial Value: Removing Friction with AI
Compliance Tip of the Day: Key Lessons in Transforming Compliance with AI
Compliance Tip of the Day: Enhancing Compliance Team Effectiveness
Testing Your Compliance Program
Regulatory vs. Business Compliance
Ep. 3 - The Art of Parallel Investigations (Part 2)
Episode 342 -- How to Conduct an Internal Compliance Site Visit and Review
Public-Private Partnerships
Cadence Design Systems Inc. (Cadence) simultaneously resolved criminal charges brought by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) and the United States Attorney for the Northern District of...more
As we begin a new year, it is the perfect time for companies subject to any government agreement to renew their focus on compliance. These binding resolutions require ongoing diligence to avoid civil and potentially criminal...more
By the time you read this, a new U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pilot program providing financial rewards to whistleblowers may already be underway. As I write this in late May, DOJ is in the midst of what is called a...more
Over the past 15 months the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made clear through three Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions and speeches, their priorities in...more
No Longer Just a Matter of Paying the Fine and Moving On. Corporate settlement agreements used to be straightforward—pay the penalty and move on. Now, these resolutions rival complex business transactions, including...more
On May 19, 2021, the SEC announced an award of more than $28 million to a whistleblower whose tip led the SEC and the DOJ to reach a combined $281 million FCPA settlement with a U.S.-based manufacturer of electronic systems...more
Deutsche Bank’s ethics and compliance function faces numerous challenges. Deutsche Bank has a storied record of scandals, government enforcement actions and failures to abide by prior deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs)....more
In a recent update to its internal guidance, the UK Serious Fraud Office provides insight into the general approach its investigators may take for evaluating organizations’ compliance programs—an approach similar to that of...more
When reviewing a major enforcement case, I always ask two basic questions: What was the role of Board and senior management in the failure, and how did they fail to exercise proper oversight and ensure compliance?...more
La Ley de Prácticas Corruptas en el Extranjero (“Foreign Corrupt Practices Act – FCPA”) prohíbe el pago de sobornos a funcionarios extranjeros para ayudar a obtener o retener negocios. Exige que las empresas cuyos valores se...more
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) prohibits payment of bribes to foreign officials to assist with obtaining or retaining business. It requires companies whose securities are listed in the US to maintain books and...more
In a record year, there are bound to be numerous interesting enforcement actions and principles. I picked out a few to highlight....more
Happy New Year!! In the FCPA arena, 2019 was a record year – in enforcement and compliance. Many continuing trends are becoming more than trends – meaning they are turning into established practices....more
Compliance Convergence. In 2019 there were three significant releases of information by the federal government which directly impacted compliance professionals. Two came from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and one came from...more
Yesterday, I considered five Department of Justice (DOJ) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions. Today, I want to look at key FCPA enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)....more
Bob Dylan, Watch the River FlowI have to admit it – I still love to listen to Bob Dylan. With age, his lyrics resonate more and more. HERE is a nice version of Watch the River Flow in case you want to listen while reading...more
Till Steinvorth, a member of Orrick’s Antitrust & Competition team in Düsseldorf, spoke with Global Investigations Review regarding a recent ruling from the German Federal Court of Justice on corporate fines. The court ruled...more