Compensation among general counsel at some of the nation’s top corporations increased about 8.1 percent in 2021, compared to 2020 levels, according to the latest annual benchmarking report from Equilar.
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Toews fined $150K over proxy voting violations
Investment adviser Toews Corp. agreed to pay $150,000 as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over proxy voting rule violations that prompted two commissioners to issue a dissenting statement.
Posted inInternal Controls
Waddell & Reed to pay $775K over wrap fee compliance failures
Investment adviser Waddell & Reed will pay about $775,000 as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for compliance failures and breaching its fiduciary duty.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Morgan Stanley unit fined $35M for mishandling customer data
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney agreed to pay $35 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges it repeatedly disregarded the safeguarding of clients’ personal data in decommissioning local storage devices.
Posted inInternal Controls
ESG Summit: How Rite Aid is preparing to comply with SEC’s climate disclosure rule
Amanda Patrick, Rite Aid’s director of ESG/corporate sustainability, shared the retail pharmacy chain’s sustainability journey so far and how it is readying to meet the SEC’s potential disclosure mandates during her keynote address at CW’s virtual ESG Summit.
Posted inData Privacy
Dems seek stronger HIPAA privacy for abortion patients
Democratic senators are urging the Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen federal health privacy protections for abortion patients by updating the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Posted inAnti-Bribery
Brazil airline Gol settles FCPA bribery charges for $41M
Brazilian airline Gol agreed to pay $41 million as part of reduced settlements addressing bribery investigations conducted by authorities in the United States and Brazil.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Akorn to pay $7.9M for Medicare false claims
Drug manufacturer Akorn Operating Company agreed to pay $7.9 million in a settlement with the Department of Justice for continuing to sell three drugs through Medicare when they were no longer covered under the program.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Ex-CEO of environmental consultant imprisoned 3 years for false reports
DiAne Gordon, the former CEO and co-owner of Environmental Compliance & Testing, was sentenced to three years in prison for fabricating water quality reports that were sent to state environmental agencies.
Posted inAccounting & Auditing
VMware to pay $8M to settle SEC charges over misleading financials
Cloud services provider VMware will pay $8 million to settle allegations from the Securities and Exchange Commission it misled investors by hiding its lagging financial performance.
