Accounting, auditing and tax consulting firm Haskell & White has announced six promotions from within the organization. They are: Jon Huckabay has been promoted to senior manager in the firm’s tax department. He joined the firm in January 2008 after five years with BDO Seidman. Paul Louis has been promoted to senior manager in the […]
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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Former BoA Exec Joins McDermott Will & Emery
The law firm of McDermott Will & Emery has announced that Deanna Newcomb will be joining the Energy & Derivatives Markets Practice Group in the firm’s Houston office on Aug. 25, as an energy and derivatives markets analyst. With more than 17 years of experience in senior compliance and finance roles at several leading energy […]
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Former House Chairman Michael Oxley to Lead ERC Board
Michael Oxley, a former member of Congress best known as co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the non-profit Ethics Resource Center. Oxley, who rose to chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee during a 25-year Congressional career, is currently of counsel in the […]
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Detainee Decision Casts Shadow on Corp. Lawsuits
Corporate legal departments are buzzing about a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling over federal detention policies for would-be terrorists that could inadvertently have profound consequences for corporate litigation. Lawyers increasingly suspect—or worry, depending on which side of the lawsuit you’re on—that the Ashcroft v. Iqbal decision handed down in May could sharply raise the standard […]
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Brightpoint Appoints New Director
$4.6 billion Brightpoint has appointed Cynthia Lucchese to its board of directors. She will serve on the audit committee. Lucchese has been the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Hillenbrand, since January 2008. Previously, she had served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Thoratec Corporation. Prior to that, she worked […]
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Two Hershey Board Members Resign
$5.1 billion Hershey Co. has announced the resignation of two of its directors following a disagreement based on the company’s decision to establish a finance and risk-management committee. The committee would be in charge of reviewing the company’s annual plan and strategic matters such as acquisitions and dispositions. Board members Charles Strauss and Arnold Langbo […]
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New Board Member at Meritage Homes
$1.5 billion Meritage Homes Corporation, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., has appointed Dana Bradford to the company’s board of directors. He will serve as a member of the board’s audit, executive compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees. Bradford is the president and managing partner of McCarthy Capital Corporation, a private equity firm based in Omaha, […]
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Minerals Technologies Names General Counsel
$1.1 billion Minerals Technologies has named Thomas Meek vice president, general counsel, and secretary, effective Sept. 1. He succeeds Kirk Forrest who will retire at year-end after having served as general counsel for five years. Meek joins Minerals Technologies from Alcoa, where he served as deputy general counsel. In that position he was chief litigation […]
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Grant Thornton Appoints New Executive Director
Accounting firm Grant Thornton announced the promotion of Jason Gitstein as executive director, effective as of Aug. 1. In his role as executive director, he will be responsible for administrative oversight of the firm’s development, monitoring, and enforcement of independence quality control policies, tools, databases, and other requirements to facilitate compliance with the PCAOB and […]
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Protective Life Creates Chief Risk Officer Role
$2.5 billion Protective Life has appointed Edward Berko to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief risk officer, effective Aug. 17. He will report to CEO John Johns. Berko most recently served as managing director and chief risk officer for MetLife’s Investments Department. Prior to joining MetLife, Berko served in a variety […]
