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Watch Out for Hoax Reports to Your Hotline

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We’ve recently been made aware of an increase in anonymous hoax emails and online reports posted to multiple companies through their internal reporting systems. The wording of these posts were identical and alleged violation...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Global Anti-Corruption, Ethics & Compliance - June 10th - 11th, New York, NY

ACI's Global Anti-Corruption, Ethics & Compliance – New York is your best opportunity to hear how companies are addressing the status of DOJ and SEC priorities, effective compliance and risk strategies, strengthening...more

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Avoiding Corporate Skeletons in the Closet: The Importance of Ethics Hotlines

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Ensure a skeleton-free zone in your organization by maintaining accountability with ethics hotlines. Corporate scandals can shake the trust and reputation of any company. Take, for example, the recent case where the...more

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Argentieri on the DOJ’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently unveiled the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (CWA) to bolster corporate enforcement efforts. Although the program has only been operational for a few weeks, it has already...more

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Ethics on the Line: Hotlines in Canada vs. the US; the Impact of the Whistleblower Act on Corporate Culture

We’ve talked before about how speak-up culture is on the rise; 6,000 more anonymous hotline reports were filed in 2023 than 2022, according to the respondent of Mitratech’s 2024 State of Ethics Reporting Hotlines....more

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DOJ to Use ‘Carrots to Wield Larger Sticks’ in 2024

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The more things change, the more things stay the same. For years, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) leadership has used the ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime and other major conferences to highlight enforcement...more

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SEC Office of the Whistleblower Annual Report to Congress – 3 Things You Need to Know

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On November 14, 2023 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its annual Office of the Whistleblower Report to Congress for fiscal year 2023 (October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023). This report highlighted several...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Corporate Compliance Enforcement Conference - July 25th, 9:00 am - 4:45 pm CT

Is Your Compliance Program Designed for the Current Enforcement Landscape? Data protection, anti-corruption, antitrust, supply chains, economic sanctions and even the software employees use to communicate are all subjects...more

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FCPA Compliance Report - Mike DeBernardis on Compliance Developments from Q1 2022

In this episode of the FCPA Compliance Report, I welcome back Mike DeBernardis, a partner at Hughes Hubbard, about some of the key developments in ethics compliance and FCPA from Q1 2022. Key areas we discuss on this podcast...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Corporate Compliance Enforcement Conference - April 6th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CDT

Learn from today’s enforcement leaders and get the answers to your most pressing questions - Want to take an unfiltered look at issues like global data protection, whistleblowing, and more from a prosecutor’s or...more

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Why the Board of Directors Need an Investigation Protocol

Many companies have an investigation protocol in place when a potential compliance or other legal issue arises. However, many Boards of Directors do not have the same rigor when it comes to an investigation, which should be...more

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A Speak Up Culture Depends on Follow Through and Accountability

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Corporate leaders often talk to the talk when it comes to a Speak Up culture.  In theory, many business leaders can articulate their commitment to a Speak Up culture by emphasizing the importance of employees raising...more

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This Week in FCPA-Episode 122, the Kavanaugh, Rosenstein and 100+ Wins edition

As the administration goes bonkers on the Kavanaugh nomination and the Rosenstein he’s out/he’s in drama, Tom and Jay consider 100+ wins for the Sox and ‘Stros and take a look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics...more

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Whistleblower Hotlines: Still a Vital Tool

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Recently the chief compliance officer of a global company asked me: does a company need a telephone-based whistleblower hotline anymore? In our all-technology, all-the-time world, could a company phase out telephone hotlines...more

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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Adopts Broad View of Whistleblower Protection Under Dodd Frank

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On March 8, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Dodd Frank anti-retaliation provisions protect individuals who complain internally and are not strictly limited to those individuals who...more

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Why You Shouldn’t Relax on Pretaliation—Even if Policymakers Do

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About two years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made history when it brought the first “pretaliation” whistleblower enforcement action against KBR Inc., a technology and engineering firm in Houston. The...more

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Modern Whistleblower Retaliation Risk Require a Modern Framework

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If compliance officers ever needed one more sign about the importance of anti-retaliation programs, it arrived on September 29, 2016. On that day, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) fined a company that makes...more

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Despite Privilege, GC May Pursue Whistleblower Retaliation Suit under SOX and Dodd–Frank

California’s USDC–ND ruled that Bio-Rad Laboratories’ former General Counsel may use privileged communications to prove his retaliatory-discharge case prosecuted under Sarbanes–Oxley and Dodd–Frank’s whistleblower...more

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OCIE Staff to Examine Registered Advisers' Policies and Agreements for Whistleblower Rule Compliance

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On October 24, 2016, OCIE published a risk alert noting that the SEC exam staff intends to examine registrants' compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower provisions. The alert noted recent enforcement actions...more

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10 Trends & Takeaways from the 2015 SEC Whistleblower Report

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On November 16, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued its 2015 Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program and, to no one’s surprise, the program is going strong awarding over $37M to...more

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Preview of NAVEX Global’s 2015 Ethics and Compliance Virtual Conference

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As 2015 draws to a close (where did the time go?), the 2016 planning season is in full swing. You likely already have an idea of initiatives you’ll want to tackle, but taking your ethics and compliance program to the next...more

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Senn Interview, Part III – Post Incident Remediation

I conclude my three-part series based upon my podcast interview of noted white-collar defense lawyer and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) practitioner Mara Senn, a partner at Arnold & Porter LLP. In Part I, I considered...more

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Do Your Confidentiality and Employment Agreements Violate SEC Whistleblower Protection Rules?

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As the SEC takes aim at whistleblower “pretaliation” (attempts to muzzle whistleblowers via confidentiality and other employment agreements—overt or otherwise) ethics and compliance officers need to take practical steps to...more

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Top Ten Ethics & Compliance Predictions and Recommendations for 2015

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Get the inside track on the key ethics and compliance industry trends that will impact your business in 2015—and get the resources you need to help you plan for the year ahead—in our annual Top Ten Predictions and...more

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FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 122-with Matt Kelly on Alstom, Avon and Petrobras

In this episode, Compliance Week Editor-in-Chief Matt Kelly and I discuss the Avon and Alstom FCPA enforcement actions and then take a look at the ongoing Petrobras corruption scandal and what it means for Brazil. ...more

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