Patriot Coal Corporation has promoted Jacquelyn Jones to vice president, associate general counsel, and corporate secretary. She will report to Joseph Bean, senior vice president of law and administration. In her new position, Jones will have legal oversight of securities and corporate compliance, commercial and other company transactions and will have responsibility for corporate governance […]
Jaclyn Jaeger
Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal, enforcement, technology, and more. Prior to joining CW, she spent four years as a legal reporter for Lawyer’s Weekly. Jaclyn attended undergraduate school at St. Joseph’s College of Maine and graduate school at Emerson College, earning degrees in journalism.
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Seneca One Appoints General Counsel
Seneca One, a receivables factoring company that pays cash for structured settlement and state lottery annuities, has hired Eric McCarthy as general counsel and executive vice president. Previously, McCarthy was general counsel at Honeywell Technology Solutions. McCarthy also was a partner in the global antitrust and competition practice with Latham & Watkins. He had previously […]
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Clean Harbors Appoints General Counsel
Clean Harbors, a provider of environmental, energy and industrial services throughout North America, has appointed David Musselman as senior vice president and general counsel. Musselman joins Clean Harbors with 25 years of legal experience in corporate practice including a number of in-house positions. His legal career has included deep experience in corporate finance, mergers and […]
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Study: Fraud Reporting Hits Record Levels
A challenging economy, new regulations, and a tougher anti-corruption enforcement environment have converged to push the reporting of corporate fraud to record levels. According to the latest quarterly Corporate Fraud Index released by the Network and BDO Consulting, fraud-related reports—including incidents of corruption, misuse of assets, conflicts of interest, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations […]
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Universities Face New Whistleblower Liability Over Pay Rule
Colleges and universities could be exposed to greater risk of whistleblower lawsuits under the False Claims Act, thanks to a new rule adopted by the Department of Education this summer meant to restrict employee incentives for boosting enrollment and financial aid recipients. All higher-education institutions, for-profit and non-profit alike, should conduct a “top-to-bottom review of […]
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CGX Energy Makes Management Changes
CGX Energy, a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company, has appointed Tralisa Maraj as controller and chief accounting officer. Additionally, the company has appointed Michael Stockinger as chief operating officer. Maraj, an oil and gas accountant with over 15 years experience, previously worked for Remora Energy Management. She also supervised teams of professionals, leading audits […]
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HCC Insurance Holdings Names SVP, ERM
International specialty insurance group, HCC Insurance Holdings, has promoted Jackie Kellems to senior vice president of enterprise risk management. She will report to Chief Executive Officer John Molbeck. Kellems, who started with HCC in 1994, has 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, including extensive experience in underwriting, corporate insurance and risk management. She […]
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Spectra Energy Announces Management Changes
Spectra Energy, a natural gas infrastructure company, has announced a number of senior management appointments. These leadership changes are effective Jan. 1, 2012. Among the new appointments, Allen Capps, currently vice president, business development, Union Gas, will become vice president and controller, Spectra Energy Corp., serving as the company’s chief accounting officer. Sabra Harrington, currently […]
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CFA Institute Names New Chair
Dan Meader, an investment industry veteran, has been elected chair of the Board of Governors CFA Institute, the global association for investment professionals that administers the CFA and CIPM curriculum and examination programs worldwide and advocates for high standards of practice within the global investment industry. Meader began his one-year term on Sept. 1. He succeeds […]
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The Chrysler Group Appoints New Independent Board Members
The Chrysler Group recently announced in a Form 8-K that it has appointed to its board two new independent directors, effective immediately. Leo Houle was chief talent officer of BCE and Bell Canada from June 2001 until he retired in July 2008. He will join the compensation and leadership development committee. John Lanaway was executive […]
