One ruling is all it took for the U.S. Supreme Court to slaughter the independent, bipartisan operations of a federal agency and introduce significantly more regulatory upheaval for the compliance profession.
Opinion
Posted inWhistleblowers
National Whistleblower Day: Closing the gap between policy and practice
Every year around this time, I think back to conversations I’ve had with employees who chose to report a concern, and what it actually took for them to make that call. Almost none of them describe the decision as simple.
Posted inSanctions
Sanctions are evolving fast. Ashurst Perkins Coie’s Jamie Schafer on why compliance is more critical than ever
Jamie Schafer, co-chair of the regulatory compliance and disputes practice at Ashurst Perkins Coie in Washington, D.C., explains why compliance teams must be involved at strategic and product level and where to expect new risks to emerge.
Posted inBest Practices
Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority: How regulators investigate and enforce its data protection law
In June of this year, Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority opened an administrative enforcement proceeding against Claro, one of the country’s largest telecom carriers, over the sharing of customer data with Serasa, the largest credit bureau in Latin America.
Posted inBest Practices
Practitioner lessons from Prudential Life of Japan’s scandal
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.
Posted inBest Practices
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.
Posted inOpinion
Chris Clarke, CCO at Bloomsbury Money, explains why asset tokenization and risk-based compliance are key FS trends
An early role in AML and due diligence in a client-facing role gave Chris Clarke his first taste of compliance. His background in Jersey, an international financial center that services global markets, made financial services an obvious choice.
Posted inBest Practices
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.
Posted inBest Practices
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.
Posted inBest Practices
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.
