Compliance Tip of the Day: Rethinking Corporate AI Governance Through Design Intelligence
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 4, Culture
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 1, Introduction
Compliance Tip of the Day: Internal Control Deficiencies
FCPA Compliance Report: Stay the Course: Ellen Lafferty on Navigating Anti-Corruption Compliance in 2025
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles, Introduction and Compliance Lessons Learned
Compliance Tip of the Day: Assessing Internal Controls
Key Discovery Points: BYOD Case Law Covering Subpoenas and Employee Handbooks
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 5 – Monitoring Activities
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 4 - Control Information and Communication
Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 3 – Control Activities
Compliance Tip of the Day – COSO Objective 1 – Control Environment
Compliance Tip of the Day: Code of Conduct as an Internal Control
Rethinking Records Retention
Compliance Tip of the Day: Internal Controls for GTE
FCPA Compliance Report: Revolutionizing Speak Up: Ariel D. Weindling on Enhancing Whistleblower Systems
Compliance Tip of the Day: Implementing Internal Controls
Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations
Compliance Amidst a Global Consensus Breakdown
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a no-action relief letter regarding paragraph (a)(3)(iii) of Rule 192 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Rule 192, finalized in January 2024, implements Section 621...more
We have often written about the SEC’s whistleblower program and, in particular, the success of the program with respect to detecting and preventing violations of the federal securities laws. The success of the program...more
With the Labor Day holiday now in the rear view mirror, we wanted to remind companies whose shares are listed on the NYSE/Nasdaq stock exchanges that the deadline for implementing a so-called “Clawback Policy” is fast...more
What happened? In a recent settlement order, the SEC charged Activision Blizzard with failing to maintain adequate disclosure controls and procedures. Notably, the SEC did not claim that the company’s SEC filings were...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to private fund regulation; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) succeeded in validating its “valid-when-made” rulemaking; the...more
On February 16, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a civil complaint against Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC (“Morningstar”), a credit rating agency, alleging violations of the disclosure and internal...more
New efforts by states to incentivize whistleblowers financially underscore the importance of comprehensive corporate compliance programs that effectively address all internal reports of potential misconduct that may...more
The Situation: The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has announced a string of substantial whistleblower awards totaling $54 million since April 1, 2020. The Result: The financial incentives for employees or third...more
New SEC disclosure rules regarding hedging are now in effect. As a technical matter, these rules do not require a publicly traded company to implement a hedging policy. They merely require a company to disclose information...more
Although final rules were published in December of 2018, July 1st marked the date that issuers (other than smaller reporting companies and emerging growth companies) must begin complying with the Dodd-Frank Act’s hedging...more
On December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had approved and adopted final rules requiring public companies to disclose, in proxy or information statements for election of directors,...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted new rules that will require public companies to disclose their hedging practices and policies for employees, officers and directors in proxy and information statements...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved final rules to require disclosure of hedging practices, implementing a Dodd-Frank Act mandate. New Item 407(i) of Regulation S-K requires a company to describe in its...more
In an effort to provide greater transparency to stockholders regarding employee and director incentives, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a final rule implementing a provision of the Dodd-Frank...more
A recent SEC settlement of whistleblower charges should serve as a useful reminder for private fund sponsors to conduct a comprehensive review of their policies and procedures. On August 10, 2016, the SEC announced that...more
In a notice to be published in tomorrow’s Federal Register, the CFPB, OCC, Fed, FDIC, SEC, and NCUA announce that the Office of Management and Budget has approved the “information collection” contained in their “Final...more
It is important for registered investment advisers to determine if the correct workers – regardless of employee or consultant labels — have been designated as Access Persons. Originally published as a guest post on Hedge...more
The National Credit Union Administration, or NCUA, became the first of six Agencies to unveil a revised rule proposal under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act: prohibiting incentive-based payment arrangements that the...more
In the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) 2015 annual report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program, dated November 16, 2015, Sean McKessy, the chief of the Office of the Whistleblower (“OWB”), stated...more
On August 25, 2015, the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed rules that would require registered investment advisers to adopt anti-money laundering (AML) programs and report...more
As the dust settles on the recent final interagency policy statement, employers should discuss with qualified counsel how to develop and encourage a diversity and inclusion strategy within the existing law....more