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Trump Pauses FCPA Enforcement: Implications for Corporate Compliance Strategies

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On February 10, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order and accompanying fact sheet directing U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi to pause the initiation of new investigations and enforcement actions, and to...more

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DOJ Announces Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative

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The U.S. Department of Justice announces an initiative targeting cybersecurity-related fraud by government contractors and grant recipients. On October 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced a new Civil...more

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SEC Creates New Emerging & Event Risk Unit

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The SEC recently announced the creation of the Event and Emerging Risks Examination Team (“EERT”) in its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”).  ...more

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Will Regulatory Rollback in the Nation’s Capital Work?

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At a meeting with a group of state attorneys general in Washington, DC, earlier this week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) Director Kathy Kraninger expressed her strong desire to provide more consistent...more

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CMS announces reduced psychiatric hospital burden with new survey process

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On January 13, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new streamlined survey and certification process for psychiatric hospitals as part of the agency’s “Patients over Paperwork” initiative. ...more

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Minimizing Liability Under the SEC’s Reg-BI

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Litigation Risks Posed by the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest - Pete Tepley and Meredith Lees highlight litigation risks posed by the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest (Reg-BI), litigation risks that may arise from Reg-BI’s...more

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CMS proposes changes to SNF/NF compliance program requirements

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On July 16, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule, entitled “Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions To Promote Efficiency, and Transparency,” that, if...more

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OMB Issues Memorandum Guidance on Executive Departments’ and Agencies’ Compliance with the Congressional Review Act

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently issued an updated memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies entitled, “Guidance on Compliance with the Congressional Review Act” (2019 Memo). The 2019...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC and FINRA's Annual Rites – Announcing Their Examination Priorities

On January 22, 2019, FINRA published its 2019 Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter. Released several weeks later than usual, FINRA’s letter follows the December 10, 2018 publication of the 2019 Examination...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l January 2019

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - USDA Releases GMO Labeling Standard - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service has released the final National Bioengineered Food Disclosure...more

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Australia Passes Law Requiring Large Companies to Report on Modern Slavery

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On November 29, 2018, the Australian Government passed the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (the “Act”), which requires all companies operating in Australia and meeting a threshold of AU$100 million in total annual global revenue to...more

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Busting the Myth: Compliance with the ‘Gold Standard’ of the GDPR Does Not Buy You a ‘Free Pass’ Under China’s New Personal...

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On December 29, 2017, the Standardization Administration of China, jointly with the PRC General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, issued the Information Security Technology – Personal...more

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Modern Slavery Update: Take Heed, Or Take Heat

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Modern slavery legislation at the Commonwealth level in Australia is getting closer. The Modern Slavery Bill 2018 (Cth) passed the Lower House last week....more

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U.S. DOL Plans to Review Contractor Affirmative Action Certification

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On August 3, 2018, the head of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) contractor enforcement office announced that the DOL intends to identify and audit contractors who fail to certify their affirmative action compliance to the...more

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NYDFS adopts regulation requiring registration of consumer credit reporting agencies, compliance with cybersecurity regulation

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The New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) has adopted a regulation that requires “consumer credit reporting agencies” (“CCRAs”) to register with the NYDFS, prohibits CCRAs from engaging in certain practices, and...more

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Australia set to join the global fight against modern slavery

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The world is slowly taking action against modern slavery. Since the UK introduced the Modern Slavery Act (“the UK Act“) in 2015, a number of countries have followed suit with their own legislative initiatives. The latest...more

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CMS releases Medicare Advantage/Part D final rule

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On April 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule to revise regulations and clarify program requirements within the Medicare Advantage (MA) and the Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D)...more

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One year after the enactment of French law, is your company vigilant enough to avoid civil liability?

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On 27 March 2017, France went one step further than other countries by adopting “hard” law on human rights with the very broad Law on the “duty of vigilance of the parent companies and main contractor companies”. ...more

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April 15 Isn’t Just Tax Day—It’s Also AML Certification Compliance Day

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It’s not just your taxes that are due each year on April 15. For financial institutions, this coming April 15 is the date the New York Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS’s ) new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Part 504...more

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Trends in competition law enforcement across Africa

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Competition law is growing in Africa. According to a recent World Bank report, in 15 years the number of jurisdictions in Africa with competition law has almost trebled. A number of African countries have introduced or...more

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Federal Reserve Finds First Bank in Violation of the Volcker Rule

On April 20, 2017, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) issued a Consent Order to Deutsche Bank AG after finding deficiencies in the bank’s Volcker Rule compliance program, imposing a...more

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Fed Assesses First Penalty for Volcker Rule Violation

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has assessed its first penalty for violation of the Volcker Rule against Deutsche Bank AG. The Volker Rule required Deutsche Bank’s Chief Executive Officer to annually...more

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FFIEC finalizes revised consumer compliance rating system

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The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), whose members include the CFPB, has finalized guidance setting forth a revised uniform interagency consumer compliance rating system (CCRS).  The revisions...more

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Top 10 Compliance Laws for Federal Highway Contractors

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Following up on my post about the Yates Memo, I started to think more about the areas of compliance that federal highway contractors must face. Contractors certify many things and interact with a wide variety of governmental...more

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