Dave Lefort
Dave Lefort is Editor in Chief of Compliance Week. Before joining CW, he spent nearly two decades in digital leadership roles with ESPN and The Boston Globe.
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ArticleWells Fargo gives us another reason to doubt their culture comeback
While Wells Fargo ends up with yet another “Failed It” this week, we salute the principled Deutsche Bank whistleblower whose refusal to accept “dirty money” cost him everything.
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Salary data: Women getting CCO opportunities, but pay disparity pervades
A crunching of numbers from our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey showed the same gender pay disparity that pervades corporate America also exists in compliance.
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Enjoy ‘Compliance Officer Day’—you’ve earned it
In a 2020 full of Blursdays that all run together, it’s perhaps appropriate that the day created in your honor this year happens to fall when you don’t have to be in the office (otherwise known as your bedroom/kitchen table).
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Compliance Week presents: ‘A Tale of Two Storms’
Our first-ever case study is the story of Carnival’s quest for compliance redemption, set in the context of not only new leadership and a court-appointed monitorship, but in the midst of a global pandemic.
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‘Tale of Two Storms’: Carnival compliance case study to launch Sept. 14
CW is excited to announce the upcoming publication of its first-ever case study, a deep dive into the history of environmental transgressions at Carnival, its path back to compliance under new leadership, and its shift to crisis management mode when COVID-19 hit.
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Q&A with Kara Brockmeyer: How pandemic has impacted third-party risk
In advance of her keynote at Compliance Week’s upcoming TPRM virtual event (Sept. 17-18), former SEC official Kara Brockmeyer discussed with CW the heightened risk third parties have during a pandemic and what companies can do about it.
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Q&A: New training takes compliance leaders on ‘non-technical’ cyber-journey
A new training offered by renown expert Paul C. Dwyer helps non-technical practitioners gain confidence in dealing with all aspects of cyber-security or cyber-risk.
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FTC, DOJ issue modernized guidance on vertical mergers
The FTC and DOJ jointly issued long-awaited vertical merger guidelines that will replace decades-old parameters to more accurately represent the agencies’ merger review process.
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Market forces, not regs, leading the charge for data privacy
Data privacy is about to become a more tangible concept to Americans not due to regulation like the CCPA, but because the most influential brand in the nation is making it a pillar of how it does business.
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Don’t let Trump’s actions lower the bar for checks and balances
The fact that President Trump is so unabashedly bold about holding his finger on the scales of justice should remind CCOs that ethics and rules can’t be bent for political (or business) gain.
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Why a principles-based regulatory approach works for CFTC
CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert seeks to let the evolving commodities market breathe with a “principles-based” regulatory approach.
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Law enforcement reform should take a cue from compliance
Just as companies must answer to their stakeholders, our public leaders and institutions need to be held more accountable to their constituents.
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CW2020 wrap-up: Tips for CCOs on leading in a crisis
The themes of honesty and integrity defined the leadership best practices shared by more than 40 speakers across 15 sessions at Compliance Week’s first-ever Virtual Conference.
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Coronavirus has made CW2020 a (virtual) gathering like no other
The coronavirus pandemic has made getting together for our annual National Conference impossible, but it’s also made this virtual gathering (Monday and Tuesday) perhaps the most important one we’ve ever had.
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Amb. Power, Carnival CECO Anderson to headline CW Virtual Conference
Conversations with former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and Carnival Corporation Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer Peter Anderson will headline Compliance Week’s first-ever Virtual Conference from May 18-19.
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VEON’s Joshua Drew wins Compliance Comeback of the Year award
Compliance Week is proud to announce Joshua Drew as the winner of its inaugural Compliance Comeback of the Year award after he successfully navigated VEON through to the recent conclusion of its three-year compliance monitorship and deferred prosecution agreement.
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Carrie Penman named Lifetime Achievement in Compliance winner
Compliance Week is proud to announce Carrie Penman as the winner of its inaugural Lifetime Achievement in Compliance award, the top honor in the first annual Excellence in Compliance Awards program.
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Introducing finalists for Compliance Week’s ‘CCO of the Year’
Day 2 of Compliance Week’s rollout of the Excellence in Compliance Awards finalists features the short lists for 4 categories, including the prestigious Chief Compliance Officer of the Year.
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First round of finalists named for Excellence in Compliance Awards
Compliance Week has pared down its list of more than 300 nominees for its first annual Excellence in Compliance Awards and is pleased to announce the finalists for nine of the 15 categories.
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Update on Compliance Week National Conference
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, CW has decided to reimagine its National Conference: We will host our first-ever virtual conference online from May 18-19, with at least a dozen interactive sessions. In addition, we are working on plans to hold a smaller, more exclusive event in the fall.
