Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 151
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IBM Resilient Helps with GDPR preparedness
IBM recently released new incident response capabilities, from its IBM Resilient security portfolio, designed to help clients rehearse, prepare for, and manage the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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EPA retreats from Obama-era methane emission rules
The Environmental Protection Agency is putting a freeze on 2016 rules intended to reduce methane emissions and the release of other pollutants by the oil and gas industry.
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Group claims fake net neutrality comments filed with FCC
A conservative non-profit is alleging that thousands of pro-net neutrality comments submitted in recent weeks to the Federal Communications Commission Website are fake.
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Legislation seeks to outlaw ‘micro-unions’
The Representation Fairness Restoration Act seeks to prohibit unions from forming individual bargaining units within the same company that include as few as two or three workers.
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Fiduciary rule not dead yet, compliance begins June 9
Thought the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule would be dead in the water or substantially revised under the Trump Administration? You may need to wait a while longer, and a June compliance deadline remains as scheduled.
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GreySpark and OXIAL partnership offers continuous compliance service for global capital markets
Capital Markets firms can now benefit from a new continuous compliance service for algorithm risk management, thanks to a partnership from new-generation GRC solution provider OXIAL, and financial markets specialist GreySpark.
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NICE Actimize launches AI tool to improve investigation efficiency
NICE Actimize has launched NICE Actimize Robotic Process Automation, a sophisticated technology that frees up investigators from low value, high volume manual tasks so that they may better focus on more important and strategic tasks.
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Change to CHOICE Act is a victory for merchants over banks
When the Financial CHOICE Act, a Republican plan to repeal and replace the Dodd-Frank Act, heads to a House floor vote on June 5, a controversial repeal of limits on debit card transaction fees will not be included.
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Seclore launches agentless data-centric security solution
Seclore, a browser-based data-centric security solution, announced this month the launch of a complete agent-less Enterprise Digital Rights Management solution, giving companies the ability to leverage the full power of data-centric security without requiring downloads or agent installs.
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CCH Tagetik launches IFRS solution portfolio
CCH Tagetik, part of Wolters Kluwer, announced this month the availability of its IFRS solution portfolio, created to help finance teams meet the significant new and evolving reporting standards.
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Facebook and the EU: a compliance failure or skirting around the truth?
Facebook’s record of complying with EU data and merger regulations is not looking good, as the company has racked up violations and fines from the European Commission and regulators in Italy and France.
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FASB warns Codification to undergo reconstruction
The FASB is advising accountants to sit tight through some reconstructive work in the coming months in the online Accounting Standards Codification.
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Global report suggests better leveraging audit committees
Audit regulators are pondering how audit committees can be better leveraged to raise the bar on audit quality, including whether audit committees should have a more direct line of contact with audit regulators.
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Banamex USA combined penalties reach $237.4M for Bank Secrecy Act violations
Total combined penalties paid by Banamex USA following criminal and regulatory investigations for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering laws and regulations reached $237.4 million this month.
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Lumber Liquidators names new chief accounting officer
Lumber Liquidators, a specialty retailer of hardwood flooring in North America, has appointed Timothy Mulvaney as chief accounting officer. Check out the CW Grapevine for more.
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Under FCPA investigation? Reconsider travel to the U.S.
The arrest of VW’s former top emissions compliance manager, Oliver Schmidt, who was departing the United States after a Christmas holiday and was thrown in jail and denied bail, will make it less likely for foreign countries to send their citizens to face U.S. justice.
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The case for robust FCPA enforcement
Two recent corruption scandals emanating from Brazil highlight the direct impact corruption can have on U.S. citizens and serve as telltale examples of why a robust FCPA enforcement regime is in the interest of the United States.
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How Rome and Athens inform today’s company
The differences in roles between a corporate legal department and a corporate compliance function are akin to the differences between Rome and Athens.
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SEC: Trading scheme involved confidential government information
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced alleged insider-trading charges in a plot that used non-public government information to affect the value of publicly traded medical stocks.
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CFTC strengthens protections for whistleblower
The CFTC is bolstering whistleblower protections. New rule amendments provide enhanced anti-retaliation measures, streamline the reporting process, and better align agency's program with one at the SEC.