All articles by Jaclyn Jaeger – Page 73

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    OECD: Brexit to weaken U.K. economic growth

    2017-11-28T11:15:00Z

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development projected that Britain’s exit from the European Union will result in a sharp slowdown in economic growth in the United Kingdom.

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    Turmoil reigns at CFPB after Cordray resigns

    2017-11-28T10:45:00Z

    As both the CFPB itself and the White House clash over who runs the agency in the wake of Director Richard Cordray’s resignation, compliance officers should brace for one of the Trump administration’s uglier legal battles.

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    Pharmacy compliance director pleads guilty over mislabeled drugs

    2017-11-27T14:15:00Z

    The former director of compliance for a compounding pharmacy company pleaded guilty last week to introducing adulterated drugs into interstate commerce and conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the Food and Drug Administration’s lawful functions.

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    FINRA fines J.P. Morgan $1.25M for failing to screen thousands of employees

    2017-11-27T13:45:00Z

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined J.P. Morgan Securities $1.25 million for failing to conduct timely or adequate background checks on approximately 8,600—or 95 percent—of its non-registered employees, in violation of federal securities laws.

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    European Banking Authority to move to Paris

    2017-11-21T12:45:00Z

    The European Banking Association will move to Paris, France, in light of the U.K.'s intention to withdraw from the European Union.

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    European Medicines Agency to relocate to Amsterdam

    2017-11-21T12:15:00Z

    The European Medicines Agency, which has been based in London since its establishment in 1995, will move to Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The need to relocate is a consequence of the U.K.’s withdrawal from the European Union.

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    How compliance can demonstrate return on investment

    2017-11-21T10:45:00Z

    CCOs shared how they demonstrate to senior leaders and board members the compliance program’s return on investment during the recent virtual compliance conference.

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    Using metrics to gauge corporate culture

    2017-11-21T10:30:00Z

    At a recent ethics and compliance virtual conference, ethics officers shared their approaches for gathering and using metrics to gauge corporate culture.

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    Senate once again passes bill to protect whistleblowers in antitrust cases

    2017-11-21T09:00:00Z

    The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act to extend whistleblower protection for employees who provide information to the Department of Justice related to criminal antitrust violations. The bipartisan measure has passed the Senate the past two Congresses, but has yet to be taken up by the ...

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    Obsidian Energy to pay $8.5M for accounting fraud charges

    2017-11-17T14:45:00Z

    Obsidian Energy said it has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve accounting fraud charges filed earlier this year.

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    SFO charges two in Unaoil investigation

    2017-11-17T14:00:00Z

    The U.K. Serious Fraud Office this week charged two individuals in relation to the ongoing Unaoil investigation.

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    Walmart sets aside $283M for FCPA resolution

    2017-11-17T13:45:00Z

    Walmart-Stores has recorded an aggregate accrual of $283 million concerning the possible resolution with U.S. enforcement authorities of a longstanding Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case.

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    Kokesh impacting SEC enforcement program

    2017-11-15T11:00:00Z

    The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the case Kokesh v. SEC was a significant decision that has already had an impact on many parts of the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement program, according to a senior SEC enforcement official.

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    Wells Fargo Securities names co-heads of Investment Banking Coverage

    2017-11-14T12:45:00Z

    Wells Fargo Securities, the investment banking and capital markets business of Wells Fargo & Company, has named John Hudson and Kristin Lesher as the new co-heads of Investment Banking Coverage, effective immediately.

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    CBI: Adoption of existing technologies will solve productivity problems in U.K.

    2017-11-14T12:15:00Z

    CBI, the U.K.’s leading business group, finds that the slow adoption of existing technologies and management practices is fueling the U.K.’s deep-seated productivity problems, creating disparities in productivity and pay among businesses.

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    Employee amnesty programs: Strategic move or act of desperation?

    2017-11-14T12:00:00Z

    Employee amnesty programs are a successful investigative tactic to get to the bottom of ethics and compliance lapses. So why don’t more compliance programs offer them?

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    Compliance practices for Iran and Russia sanctions

    2017-11-14T11:30:00Z

    Looming deadlines and decision points concerning Iran and Russia may portend changes in the implementation of existing sanctions. The challenge for sanctions compliance professionals is how to manage these risks while still engaging in legitimate trade.

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    World Bank: FreeBalance faces six-month debarment

    2017-11-14T11:15:00Z

    The World Bank Group announced the debarment for six months of FreeBalance, a Canadian provider of financial-management-related software, connected to sanctionable misconduct under the Integrated Financial Management Information System Project for Liberia.

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    Survey: Office culture still a major barrier to whistleblowing

    2017-11-14T11:15:00Z

    Whistleblowing is becoming a more standardized practice in workplaces around the world, but workplace culture is still deterring large numbers of employees from engaging in the practice, new research by law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has revealed.

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    Two ex-SBM executives plead guilty in Petrobras bribery scheme

    2017-11-14T09:15:00Z

    Two former executives at Dutch oil and gas services company SBM Offshore have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for their roles in a scheme to bribe foreign government officials in Brazil, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea.