eDiscovery and Compliance Programs
ERGs: Valuable or Vulnerable?
Managing Whistlelbowers
Data Driven Compliance: The Failure to Prevent Fraud Offense: Insights for US General Counsels with Mike DeBernardis
Compliance Tip of the Day: Using AI to Embed Your Compliance Program
Compliance Tip of the Day: Trust and Verify
Great Woman in Compliance: Building Strategic and Effective Risk Assessments
Compliance into the Weeds: The Dark Side of AI in Employee Training
Compliance Tip of the Day: AI Assistant for Compliance
Innovation in Compliance: Gaurav Kapoor on Risk Management and the Role of AI in GRC
How to Balance Diverse Views in the Office
Compliance Tip of the Day: Costs and Benefits of AI
Adventure in Compliance: The Novels - The Valley of Fear, Whistleblowers and Corporate Compliance
Sunday Book Review: August 17, 2025, The More Books from the Ethicsverse Library Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: How a CFO Views Compliance and Risk
Data Driven Compliance – James Tillen on the Importance of Cross-Functional Collaboration in Complying with the FTPF Offense
We get Privacy for work — Episode 7: What Is a WISP and Why Your Organization Must Have One
Great Women in Compliance: The Mind at Work with Lynette Buebird
Compliance Tip of the Day: Finance Models for Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day - Extending Compliance Value Across Your Organization
The award-winning Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. Looking for some hard-hitting...more
OFAC issued an interim final rule extending OFAC’s recordkeeping requirements from 5 years to 10 years, to comport with the corresponding statute of limitations extension. OFAC also published a request for public comment...more
Answering the question of how much money a compliance and ethics program saves an organization when there’s been a violation is often a very difficult task, which presents a challenge in defending the investment in a program....more
On July 22, 2024, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published guidance regarding recent legislation extending the statute of limitations for civil and criminal violations of the International Emergency Economic...more
Recently, President Biden signed a foreign military support bill (H.R. 815) into law, which also encompassed the 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act (the Act), a legislative proposal introduced in the House containing...more
Implications Related to the Doubling of the Statute of Limitations for Civil and Criminal Violations of Two Primary Sanctions Authorities - SUMMARY - On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law a foreign military...more
Since December 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have levied almost $3.0 billion in penalties for longstanding failures by 39 broker-dealers, swap dealers,...more
The United States manages more than three dozen separate economic and trade sanctions programs. Those programs target specified foreign governments along with thousands of named individuals, groups and entities in accordance...more
Financial institutions and companies that are subject to oversight from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) need to prioritize compliance. OFAC has become increasingly active in recent years, and it is devoting...more
For financial institutions and businesses that are subject to the oversight of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), compliance needs to be a priority in 2023. OFAC is playing an increasingly active role in overseeing...more
On July 31, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations (EXAMS) issued a risk alert summarizing observations from its recent anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-financing of terrorism...more
On July 26, the Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury, and Department of Justice released a Tri-Seal Compliance Note (July Note) providing guidance on voluntary self-disclosure of potential violations of U.S....more
On July 26, 2023, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), and the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published their second...more
The report examines the vulnerabilities in DeFi, including potential gaps in the United States’ Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering regulatory, supervisory, and enforcement regimes for DeFi. We first discuss how Treasury...more
With the ever-increasing use of sanctions as a foreign policy tool (or weapon), sanctions compliance has taken on greater importance than ever. Moreover, as countries increase extraterritorial applications of their sanctions,...more
As noted in our prior alerts (concerning OFAC’s September 9, 2022 preliminary guidance and October 31, 2022 follow-on FAQ clarifying the applicability of the impending price cap policy) the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s...more
USPTO Leadership - ..In May, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal delivered official remarks at the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Convention, the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC), and the Advanced...more
1. Treasury Mandates Reporting of Foreign Securities Holdings of $200M or More- All U.S. persons (custodians and end investors) who manage $200 million or more in foreign securities for themselves or others must file a...more
Financial Institutions ought to design and evaluate compliance programs to meet BSA/AML requirements and to satisfy Bank Examiner expectations. A Financial Institution’s Compliance Programs must comply with the requirements...more
OFAC (Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros) es un departamento del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos que administra y aplica sanciones económicas y comerciales basadas en la política exterior de los Estados Unidos y los...more
OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) is a department of the US Treasury that administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals. ...more
I am in a multipart series on the Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments (Framework). Every compliance professional of any stripe needs to read, understand and implement some of the key concepts of the Framework into your...more
As the third in a triumvirate of releases on compliance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, released its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations(Antitrust...more
The term “internal controls” is a loaded one – it morphs in various ways depending on the context. Sometimes it is a shorthand for financial accounting controls; other times it encompasses a company’s compliance controls...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Controls (“OFAC”) both issued guidance regarding their expectations for corporate compliance...more