Prudential Life Insurance’s scandal in Japan attracted limited attention in the West when it broke in January, but six months on, it has become one of the most consequential compliance failures seen this year.
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The Reverse Information Paradox: The role of compliance in AI governance
AI use creates hidden knowledge transfer to providers, raising governance, IP, and third-party risk issues. Compliance officers need to define ownership boundaries and contract protections around AI interactions.
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Regulators are likely to pass laws on AI use in healthcare. Here’s how to prepare
Artificial intelligence tools hold breathtaking potential in the healthcare ecosystem.
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The hidden compliance cost of building AI-based AML tools in-house
“We can build that internally” sounds like control and savings — until the subject is AML risk assessment technology. A simple internal build can quietly become a governance liability. The real question isn’t whether the tool can be built, but whether it can be governed.
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AI in compliance: Are we still driving, or just riding shotgun?
AI may be able to detect risk faster than any compliance team—but it still cannot own accountability.
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The implementation of biodiversity footprinting: Examining supply chains
Biodiversity is foundational to human health, economic stability, and industrial resilience, particularly within the pharmaceutical sector, which is intrinsically dependent on natural ecosystems.
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AI, Data, and the Compliance Mandate: Lessons from APAC
AI governance is no longer a future-state exercise. It is a current control environment issue.
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The SEC’s crypto taxonomy changes everything. Pending enforcement targets should act now
The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance published a 68-page interpretive release in March that, for the first time, defines what is and is not a security in the digital asset space.
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From DOJ to in-house: Five mindset shifts for success in internal investigations
Hundreds of prosecutors and law enforcement agents have left the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) since January 2025. Many have landed or are seeking in-house jobs handling internal investigations of potential misconduct. But not all the instincts and skills they developed in DOJ will translate directly to the private sector. That was the message three […]
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CFPB’s Rohit Chopra is back, and California is his new bureau
Tech companies and fintechs, consider this your warning.
