Articles | Compliance Week – Page 75
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Palladium Equity Partners promotes chief compliance officer
Private equity firm Palladium Equity Partners has promoted Dominick Barbieri to general counsel and chief compliance officer, with former CCO Eugenie-Cesar Fabian appointed head of ESG and sustainability.
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ArticleHamburg DPA warns Zoom incompatible with GDPR
The Hamburg data protection authority has warned local government departments to stop using Zoom because it believes the videoconferencing app is not compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation.
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ArticleWalmart adds ex-DOJ attorney as chief ethics and compliance officer
Walmart announced the appointment of Matt Miner, the “architect” of the Justice Department’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance, as executive vice president and global chief ethics and compliance officer.
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ArticleGDPR fines worth appealing? Factors to consider
Experts weigh in on the results of a report from the European Data Protection Board showing which countries have seen the most GDPR fines annulled or modified following court appeal.
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ArticleSEC appoints Sanjay Wadhwa as enforcement deputy director
The SEC named veteran attorney Sanjay Wadhwa deputy director of its Enforcement Division. Wadhwa most recently managed 150 personnel as co-head of enforcement at the agency’s New York office.
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ArticleT-Mobile the least surprising data breach of 2021
Cyber-attacks catch most companies and their customers off guard, but T-Mobile, the victim of at least five data breaches since 2018, had many red flags indicating its vulnerability ahead of its latest incident.
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Casella Waste Systems chief accounting officer to retire
Waste management company Casella Waste Systems announced Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Christopher Heald will retire in March.
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Cintas Corp. names chief compliance officer
Cleaning and business supply company Cintas Corp. has promoted Christy Nageleisen to the new position of vice president of ESG and chief compliance officer.
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ArticlePearson fined $1M for misleading data breach disclosures
U.K.-based education company Pearson has agreed to pay $1 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading investors regarding a 2018 data breach.
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ArticleRebuilding Credit Suisse nominates risk management veterans to board
In a continuing overhaul of its risk and compliance leadership, Credit Suisse announced the nominations of Axel Lehmann and Juan Colombas to serve as non-executive members of its board.
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ArticleFINRA notice outlines key areas for supervising third parties
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued a notice on compliance deficiencies arising from firms’ relationships with vendors culled from examination findings.
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ArticleExperts: Gary Gensler and the SEC are coming after cryptocurrencies
Many in the cryptocurrency space would prefer Gary Gensler and the SEC leave the sector to function without much regulation, but experts predict he’ll take a heavy-handed approach.
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ArticleBenchmark report explores roadblocks for leadership commitment to compliance
Most risk and compliance professionals feel their senior leaders and managers demonstrate a commitment to their programs overall, but only on a conditional basis, according to the latest NAVEX Global benchmark report.
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David Last named permanent head of DOJ’s FCPA Unit
The Department of Justice has named David Last to be the permanent chief of its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit, following his being appointed acting head in April.
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ArticleResource demand to enforce GDPR weighing heavy on EU authorities
A new report from the European Data Protection Board has found an overwhelming majority of data protection authorities believe they are under-resourced to deal with the demands of the General Data Protection Regulation.
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ArticleICA roundtable: Five tips for filing more effective SARs
A recent roundtable explored the anxieties compliance officers face in filing suspicious activity reports and offered advice for overcoming such difficulties.
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Citgo appoints new general counsel
Citgo Petroleum Corp. announced the appointment of Mark Holstein as general counsel.
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Frost Bank adds general counsel
Texas-based Frost Bank has added C.E. Rhodes to its executive team as group executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.
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ArticleCompensation report shows CCOs rewarded for pandemic work
Public-sector chief compliance officers in healthcare and life sciences made more than half a million dollars in total compensation in 2020, part of a wave of annual salary increases across the board represented in the latest compensation survey by BarkerGilmore.
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ArticleEncouraging whistleblowing could mean casting the word aside
Whistleblower is a loaded term, one that conjures up images of rats, snitches, and backstabbers. Maybe it’s time to call it something different.