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Maritime Anti-Corruption Network to develop ‘Global Port Integrity Index’
The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network has announced a new partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark to launch the first-ever “Global Port Integrity Index” and to scale up its collective action activities in West Africa.
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Menlo Therapeutics names chief compliance officer
Biopharmaceutical company Menlo Therapeutics has appointed Ronald Krasnow as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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ArticleKPMG fallout: Cheating allegations raise new questions
After new allegations at KPMG of cheating on internal training tests, audit committees now have another area of questioning for their external auditors.
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ArticlePols target medical billing company at center of data breach
Senators are seeking answers from American Medical Collection Agency, the third-party billing agency at the center of a recent data breach that compromised the personal, financial, and medical information of 20 million patients.
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ArticleFTC warns of false compliance with EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The Federal Trade Commission is warning over a dozen companies in the form of letters not to falsely claim participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program.
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Warner, Rubio urge no retreat from Huawei pressures
A bipartisan duo of senators has expressed concern that the White House might go easy on Huawei to achieve a favorable outcome on trade negotiations.
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ArticleThree reasons why you should save the date for CW2020
One of the most common pieces of feedback we heard from first-time attendees of the recently completed 14th national Compliance Week conference in Washington D.C. was that they wished they had discovered our three-day GRC-palooza sooner. Editor in Chief Dave Lefort explains why.
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Despite critics, Facebook plunges into virtual currency
Amid growing antitrust scrutiny and data privacy complaints, Facebook is nevertheless expanding into the cryptocurrency space.
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Sycamore Partners names chief compliance officer
Private equity firm Sycamore Partners has named Carla Vogel as chief compliance officer.
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ArticleSEC overturns PCAOB action stemming from financial crisis
The SEC has canceled sanctions imposed by the PCAOB on a now-retired KPMG auditor connected with a mortgage lender failure at the height of the financial crisis.
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Wedbush to pay more than $8.1M for improper handling of ADRs
Wedbush Securities will pay more than $8.1 million to settle charges for the improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts.
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Compliance.ai upgrades RCM solution
Compliance.ai announced the availability of new features to its Modern Regulatory Change Management solution.
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ArticleSEC seeking comment on ways to harmonize private securities offering exemptions
The SEC is requesting public comment on ways to simplify, harmonize, and improve the exempt offering framework to expand investment opportunities while maintaining appropriate investor protections.
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SEC finalizes change to auditor independence rules
The SEC has finalized its revision of auditor independence rules to change the threshold around lending relationships with clients that would raise concerns.
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ArticleBenchmark report provides holistic look at compliance best practices
A benchmark report published by NAVEX Global provides comprehensive research into the multiple disciplines of an ethics and compliance program.
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ArticleCongress shows new resolve to combat shell companies
The United States seems poised to finally tackle issues surrounding shell companies and their often-opaque beneficial ownership structures.
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Kroll adds managing director to cyber-risk practice
Kroll announced the appointment of Thomas Brittain as an associate managing director in the Cyber Risk practice.
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ArticleSFO appoints two non-executive directors
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office has appointed two new non-executive directors: Emir Feisal and Martin Spencer.
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ArticleICBC to pay more than $42M for improper handling of ADRs
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services will pay more than $42 million to settle charges with both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice for the improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts.
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ArticleBreaking up is dumb to do
Is splitting up big tech companies a cure for their outsized influence? Probably not.