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
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In this webinar, Spilman attorneys Eric Kinder and Carrie Grundmann walk through the legal considerations, and hurdles, in managing a telecommuting workforce as well as offer practical HR guidance on how get the best from...more
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On Friday, March 20, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the “New York State on PAUSE” Executive Order (“PAUSE,” Executive Order No. 202.8: Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster...more
This note addresses some of the key questions employers are asking about their obligations to employees when dealing with the current COVID-19 outbreak. It will be updated as the situation develops....more
As COVID-19 spreads across the United States, it is having a profound impact on employment relationships. With the situation changing daily, employers are making decisions that may impact the health of their employees, their...more
State regulators in Washington and Connecticut the financial services industries are beginning to issue guidance to address questions about licensees working at home due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak....more
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