Great Woman in Compliance: Building Strategic and Effective Risk Assessments
Innovation in Compliance: Gaurav Kapoor on Risk Management and the Role of AI in GRC
Compliance Tip of the Day: Finance Models for Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day: Why Engage in Pre-acquisition Due Diligence
Compliance Tip of the Day: Bringing Predictive Analytics into Your Compliance Regime
Compliance into the Weeds: Sanctions Compliance Failures: Lessons from Harman International and Interactive Brokers
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles, Introduction and Compliance Lessons Learned
Compliance Tip of the Day: Assessing Internal Controls
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 5 – Monitoring Activities
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 2 - Risk Assessment
FCPA Compliance Report: Fraud Risk Management - Insights and Experiences with Peter Schablik
#Risk New York Speaker Series – Inside Behavioral Insights: Tom Hardin on Compliance at #RiskNYC
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Framework
#Risk New York Speaker Series: Exploring AI Risks in Compliance with Gwen Hassan
Healthcare Enterprise Risk Management
Compliance Tip of the Day: Assessing Internal Controls in International Operations
Managing Sanctions Compliance
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 68 - Why Geopolitical Risk Matters to Compliance and Legal Staff with Mark Nuttal and Chad Olsen
FCPA Compliance Report: Amanda Carty on a Due Diligence and Risk Management
Episode 364 -- Five Strategies to Mitigate a New Risk Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency announced July 18 it would continue workforce reductions through the elimination of its Office of Research and Development, which provides the independent scientific research that underpins...more
According to a Law360 article, U.S. EPA said in a statement to Law360 that it’s reviewing a November 2024 petition from 175 environmental groups to include microplastics in the Sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule...more
On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of the draft charge questions for discussion at the upcoming Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) meeting to review all...more
A broad range of reactions – from celebratory to alarmist – describe the workforce reductions and regulatory rollbacks proposed or currently underway at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Notable concerns...more
As reported in our February 14, 2025, blog item, on February 11, 2025, community and environmental groups submitted a petition under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to the U.S. Environmental Protection...more
A group of 14 Democratic AGs sent a letter to U.S. Senate and House leaders urging them to oppose efforts to prohibit the EPA from using human health risk assessments and to dismantle the EPA’s Office of Research and...more
On January 15, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Draft “Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)” for public comment. EPA...more
Insights from decades of intense scrutiny of dioxins and PCBs in the environment, beginning in the 1960s, remain pertinent to our current challenges with PFAS. The lessons learned regarding detection and measurement,...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on March 11, 2025, the rescheduled meeting dates of the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) that had been previously scheduled for February 2025 to consider...more
On January 15, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its “Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)” (“Draft Risk...more
As reported in our September 30, 2024, blog item, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in September 2024 that the plaintiffs established by a preponderance of the evidence that the levels of...more
On January 14, 2025, the EPA released for public comment a risk assessment report evaluating the potential risks associated with land application and land disposal of biosolids containing two types of PFAS, PFOA and PFOS....more
On January 14, 2025, EPA released for public comment its Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS). This draft risk assessment evaluates potential human...more
On March 15, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft risk evaluation for formaldehyde for public comment and peer review. The draft risk evaluation was promulgated pursuant to EPA’s...more
A May 6, 2020 Wiley Alert discussed the granting of an Experimental Use Permit (EUP) by the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Pesticide...more
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has long provided EPA with authority to review new chemical substances in a gatekeeper role as such substances enter U.S. commerce. ...more
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial final risk evaluation for 1,4-dioxane found unreasonable risks to workers and occupational non-users for 13 out of 24 use conditions, but no unreasonable risks to the...more
The EPA’s supplemental analysis includes certain consumer exposures, as well as surface/ambient water exposures, to 1,4-dioxane. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an expanded risk evaluation for...more
At ACOEL’s meeting in Williamsburg last month Dan Esty challenged us to undertake a multi-year project to transform the legal framework for environmental protection. He argued persuasively that our country has outgrown its...more
According to Bloomberg Environment (subscription required), EPA’s Clean Air Science Advisory Committee cannot reach agreement whether to recommend that the NAAQS for PM2.5 be lowered. Even after two years, I guess I had not...more
EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards has released a draft of its reassessment of the adequacy of the current national ambient air quality standard for particulate matter. Here’s the primary takeaway concerning...more
Earlier this month, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule for lead-contaminated dust and the definition of lead-based paint. The standards for floors and window sills were changed from 40 µg/ft ^2 and...more
Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released draft risk evaluations for cyclic aliphatic bromide cluster (HBCD) and 1,4-Dioxane, triggering a 60-day public comment period. ...more
Concern about the impacts of Poly- and Perflouroalkyl Substances is extensive and growing. Without seeking to downplay the potential risks from PFAS exposure, I do think that the way we are addressing PFAS demonstrates...more