Foot Locker agreed to pay the SEC $148,000 after requiring departing employees to waive their right to seek the commission’s whistleblower awards as a condition of receiving severance.
Adrianne Appel
Adrianne Appel writes regulatory news, policy, and trends for Compliance Week. She previously reported about policy developments for Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg Government.
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Posted inTop Stories
In largest CCPA fine ever, GM pays $12.75M to settle California privacy allegations
General Motors (GM) has agreed to pay $12.75 million to settle allegations that it violated California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) by selling drivers’ location and other data, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced. GM allegedly collected the data through consumers’ use of OnStar, a program installed in GM cars, which can provide directions or summon […]
Posted inSanctions
Indian company pays OFAC $275M over alleged Iranian sanctions violations
An Indian company has agreed to pay $275 million to settle allegations that it purchased Iranian liquefied petroleum gas in violation of U.S. sanctions, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced Monday.
Posted inESG/Social Responsibility
PayPal latest to settle with DOJ over a traditional DEI program
PayPal has agreed to end a loan program for black and minority-owned businesses as part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which accused the program of discriminating against white people.
Posted inTop Stories
James Clements named Chief Compliance Officer of the Year
Last year was an especially demanding one for James Clements’ compliance team at Carson Group, which started adopting artificial intelligence tools.
Posted inExcellence in Compliance Awards
Colgate-Palmolive’s Shelina Ajani wins Compliance Week’s Rising Star 2026
Shelina Ajani’s keen knowledge of ethics, management, and compliance inspired more than 500 managers at Colgate-Palmolive to embrace an ambitious ethics and compliance outreach program she created.
Posted inRegulatory Policy
CW National: New DOJ policy based on partnership with corporate compliance, Duva says
Compliance officers, listen up: when trouble of a potential criminal nature hits your company, give the U.S. Department of Justice a call, which wants to be your partner in fighting corporate crime.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement, Top Stories
Complaint filed against EEOC chair, alleging misconduct related to anti-DEI actions
A legal nonprofit has alleged that U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chief Andrea Lucas has refused to investigate harassment and discrimination claims by LGBTQ people.
Posted inRegulatory Policy
Virginia bans sale of personal location data
Businesses operating in Virginia are barred from selling consumers’ precise location data, under legislation signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Abigail Spanberger.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement, Top Stories, United States
First case of its kind, DOJ hits IBM with false claims for diversity practices
In the first case of its kind, IBM has agreed to pay the federal government $17 million to settle allegations the company violated the False Claims Act by applying diversity hiring policies in federal contracts.
