Attorneys for Google, seeking to overturn $9 billion in EU antitrust fines, argued in a European court Wednesday that the tech giant should not be forced to prop up its competitors in the course of promoting facets of its own business.
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Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass.
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Powell: Legislation to address LIBOR transition unlikely
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress he does not expect federal legislation will be needed to address the demise of the London Interbank Offered Rate, which is set to expire in 2021.
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FTC orders Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft to report all acquisitions for past decade
The FTC will require the top five U.S. technology firms—Alphabet Inc. (Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft—to provide information on acquisitions not previously reported to the agency dating back 10 years.
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Hui Chen returns to government role as adviser to Hawaii AG
Compliance pioneer Hui Chen is back in government, albeit at the state level. She announced on Twitter she has been named chief integrity officer for the Hawaii Attorney General’s office.
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Sustainability Disclosure Goes Mainstream
Executives increasingly take stakeholder considerations into account when they make decisions, and directors have a fiduciary duty to understand the environmental and social impacts of the business and related implications to the company’s risk profile and strategy.
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Vendor Risk: Find It Before It Finds You
It is virtually impossible to move forward in business without vendor relationships, but having vendors also means having potential risk.
Posted inFinancial Services
A Guide to Financial Close Management
Learn how to undergo a digital transformation (in 3 easy steps) that will help you to optimize your financial close process.
Posted inInternal Controls
Eliminate Manual Madness to Simplify Your Financial Processes
Learn how to eliminate manual processes and mitigate risks within your month-end close.
Posted inInternal Controls
12 Lessons from One Trillion Screens
Now that RDC has carried out one trillion screens they assure you, efficient compliance screening is possible.
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Sustainability and the board: What do directors need to know?
With growing investor attention to sustainability, there is often greater emphasis on the governance element (the “G”) of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and the board’s fiduciary duty to oversee a company’s strategy, risk, and capital allocation.
