Corporate America is facing significant new challenges this spring over pay discrimination lawsuits, thanks to a new law that opens the door to discrimination complaints and makes them significantly more difficult to defend against. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law in January to undo the U.S. Supreme Court’s widely publicized Ledbetter […]
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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Family Dollar Names New General Counsel
$7 billion Family Dollar Stores, Inc., has named James Snyder to the position of senior vice president of general counsel and corporate secretary. He succeeds Janet Kelley, who left the Matthews, N.C.-based retailer to pursue other opportunities. Snyder most recently was vice president and associate general counsel for legal and risk management with The Home […]
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ConocoPhillips Makes Senior Management Changes
$246 billion ConocoPhillips today announced the appointment of Gary Russell as general auditor and chief ethics officer of finance. Russell, previously general manager of investor relations, finance, replaces Glenda Schwarz, who will become vice president and controller of finance. The company also appointed E.L. Batchelder as senior vice president and chief administrative officer. Batchelder, previously […]
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Director of Trading and Markets Division to Leave SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that Erik Sirri, Director of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets, plans to leave the agency at the end of April to return to academia. Since coming to the SEC in September 2006, Sirri has overseen the Commission’s programs related to securities exchanges, brokers, dealers, clearing agencies, […]
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CA Appoints Five to Law Department
CA has announced five senior appointments in its law department, including the appointment of Gary Brown as chief compliance officer, and Joel Katz as chief ethics officer. In his new role, Brown has responsibility for the handling of compliance issues and management of compliance improvement programs. Brown, who joined CA in 2005 after serving for […]
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New Chief Risk Officer at National Penn
National Penn Bancshares has named Sandra Bodnyk, currently group executive vice president, as chief risk officer. In this position, she will report to President and CEO Glenn Moyer. In her new role, Bodnyk will be responsible for continuing to strengthen National Penn’s risk management processes including commercial credit, fraud and loss prevention, security, loan review, […]
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Compliance on a Budget: Five Industry Perspectives
For all the talk of stronger, better compliance programs, chief compliance officers still face the ugly reality of managing their departments in difficult economic times. In a recent Webcast, five chief compliance officers at large companies offered their views on how to do that. The session, sponsored by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, […]
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Proposed EPA Rule Requires Greenhouse Gas Disclosure
The Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled its first proposal to force companies to monitor and report their greenhouse gas emissions, opening a new realm of compliance headaches for Corporate America. The EPA has said the March 10 proposed rule—all 818 pages of it—is a critical first step toward providing a factual background for more comprehensive […]
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Hain Celestial Hires New General Counsel
The Hain Celestial Group, a natural and organic products company, has appointed Kim Azzarelli as general counsel and senior vice president of legal and public affairs, effective April 27. Azzarelli also will serve as corporate secretary and will report directly to President and CEO Irwin Simon. Azzarelli joins Hain Celestial from Avon Products, a global […]
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New Board Member at Cintas Corporation
$4 billion uniform maker Cintas Corporation has elected James Johnson to its board of directors. He also will serve on a newly formed special litigation committee to investigate allegations in a previously disclosed shareholder lawsuit. Johnson most recently served as the chief legal officer of The Procter & Gamble Company from May 1991 until his […]
