The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance published a 68-page interpretive release in March that, for the first time, defines what is and is not a security in the digital asset space.
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World Whistleblower Day: Trust determines whether employees speak up
An employee knows something is wrong. They’ve seen the signs. Maybe they’ve quietly weighed the risks for weeks. The question isn’t whether your organization has a hotline. It’s whether employees trust it enough to use it. That question is at the heart of World Whistleblower Day.
Posted inSurveys & Benchmarking
How does your ethics and compliance program measure up? ECI’s HQP Assessment provides insights and benchmarks
When agribusiness Bunge Global completed a large merger, it was left with questions about how the two organizations’ previously separate compliance programs would be combined. Dave Mills, director, global investigations and security at Bunge Global, recognized that the compliance programs at Bunge and its acquisition, Viterra, had two different maturity levels. The key, though, was […]
Posted inBest Practices
From DOJ to in-house: Five mindset shifts for success in internal investigations
Hundreds of prosecutors and law enforcement agents have left the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) since January 2025. Many have landed or are seeking in-house jobs handling internal investigations of potential misconduct. But not all the instincts and skills they developed in DOJ will translate directly to the private sector. That was the message three […]
Posted inBest Practices
CFPB’s Rohit Chopra is back, and California is his new bureau
Tech companies and fintechs, consider this your warning.
Posted inBest Practices
Two clean companies, one exposed entity
Why compliance integration after a merger is a risk event, not a cost exercise.
Posted inBest Practices
Deepfakes, synthetic identities and the new era of professional misrepresentation
The most trusted organizations do not just sell products. They sell judgement, discretion and trust. That trust is now being actively tested by AI-enabled deception — at scale, and at the onboarding stage, precisely when verification decisions are made. Artificial intelligence is no longer a future risk. It is already being used to manufacture identities: […]
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One part legal, one part behavioral: A winning recipe for a more thoughtful compliance program
Over more than three decades of defending claims, litigating False Claims Act cases, and helping clients avoid suspensions and debarments, my law firm colleagues and I have learned a fair amount about risk and what makes corporate compliance programs succeed or fail.
Posted inData Privacy
China’s data scrutiny puts financial firms’ day-to-day compliance to the test
China is tightening personal information protections and urging businesses that handle personal data to strengthen compliance. Violations could result in million-dollar fines, depending on the case.
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