Less than a month after announcing her decision to step down as head of enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Susan Merrill has joined Bingham McCutchen as a partner in the firm’s broker-dealer group in New York. Merrill will lead Bingham’s enforcement practice and will advise financial industry clients on regulatory and securities enforcement […]
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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Shop Talk: Compliance in Life Sciences
Corporate compliance in the life sciences industry can be quite the headache these days. THE PANELISTS The following executives participated in the March 25 roundtable on compliance, risk, and liability in the Life Sciences industry: Yusuf Azizullah, Former IT Compliance Officer, AstraZeneca Frank Bigley, Chief Compliance Officer, Novo Nordisk Andrew Dahlinghaus, Senior Corporate Counsel & […]
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Columbus McKinnon Appoints Chief Accounting Officer
Columbus McKinnon Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of material handling products, has appointed Joseph Maliekel as chief accounting officer. Maliekel joined Columbus McKinnon in October 2009 as corporate controller. Prior to joining Columbus McKinnon, Maliekel spent two years as part of BDO Seidman’s professional services team in Chicago, and prior to that, he was […]
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Paladyne Hires Hong Kong Director of Client Services
Paladyne Systems, a provider of technology and services to the global hedge fund industry, has appointed Askin Leung as director of client services for the Asia-Pacific region. Paladyne has also increased its office space in Hong Kong to support its rapidly growing staff and Asia-Pacific client base. Leung brings deep knowledge of the hedge fund […]
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AIG Appoints New Board Member
Insurer American International Group has elected Henry Miller to its board of directors. He will serve on the finance and risk-management committee, as well as the regulatory, compliance, and public policy committee of the board. Miller is the managing director and co-founder of investment bank Miller Buckfire & Co, and he is the CEO of […]
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SRA International Appoints New Board Member
SRA International, a provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to government organizations and commercial clients, has elected W. Robert Grafton to its board of directors. Grafton’s election brings the size of the board to eleven members. Grafton currently serves as lead director at DiamondRock Hospitality Company, where he also is chairman of […]
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Acco Brands Makes Management Changes
$1.2 billion office products company Acco Brands has announced the retirement of one of its board members, and the nomination of two more. Retiring from the board is Patricia Ewers. Ewers, 74, was not nominated for re-election because she has reached the board’s mandatory retirement age, the company said. She has served on the Acco […]
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Ober Hires New Principal of Health Law Practice
Law firm OberKaler has hired Eileen Coggins as a principal in the firm’s Health Law practice. Coggins joins the 40-attorney practice with an extensive background in health care law and broad-based business and legal experience. Most recently, she spent seven years as general counsel, corporate secretary, and senior vice president for Genesis HealthCare. Coggins has […]
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IRS Spotlights Cross-Border Withholding Tax
The Internal Revenue Service continues to ramp up its enforcement of cross-border withholding taxes for foreign nationals working in U.S. companies. Corporate tax departments should be ready for the challenges and changes ahead. The IRS, which has been boosting its enforcement priorities in cross-border withholding for several years, formally designated the issue as a Tier […]
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Study Probes Increase in Class-Action Settlements
The pace of settlements in class-action securities settlements crept up last year and the actual payouts of those deals ballooned 35 percent, a probable harbinger of more litigation to come. 2009 saw a total of 103 court-approved settlements, up slightly from 97 in 2008, according to an annual report published by Cornerstone Research and the […]