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News BriefChina-based PwC affiliates fined $7M in historic PCAOB actions
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed $7 million in total penalties against two PwC affiliates under its first settlements with mainland Chinese and Hong Kong firms since the passage of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.
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News BriefFinCEN adopts beneficial ownership reporting extension for 2024 companies
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network finalized a rule to extend the deadline for companies created or registered in 2024 to file their initial beneficial ownership information reports.
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Pipedrive welcomes general counsel
Pipedrive, a customer relationship management software tool, announced the appointment of Phillip Mellet as its new general counsel.
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PremiumBinance’s compliance past, future detailed
There are a slew of compliance lessons to be learned from the $4.3 billion settlement that Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, reached with the U.S. government.
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News BriefBank of America fined $12M over demographic data reporting lapses
Bank of America will pay a $12 million penalty for allegedly reporting false mortgage lending data to the federal government, under a settlement reached with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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News BriefFirst American fined $1M by NYDFS over 2019 cybersecurity breach
First American Title Insurance Company agreed to pay a $1 million fine and implement stronger compliance measures for not securing customers’ personal data, the New York State Department of Financial Services announced.
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NNN REIT names new general counsel
Real estate investment trust NNN REIT announced the appointment of Gina Steffans as executive vice president and general counsel.
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Solar Integrated Roofing hires general counsel
Solar Integrated Roofing Corp. announced the hiring of Jason Ostendorf as its new general counsel.
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GTT announces general counsel
GTT Communications, a provider of managed network and security services, announced Valerie Green as its general counsel.
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Modine appoints general counsel
Thermal management technology and solutions provider Modine appointed Erin Roth to the role of vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.
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VUMC names chief privacy officer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center appointed Sondra Hornsey as its new chief privacy officer.
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News BriefTD Bank unit fined $600K by FINRA over email review lapses
TD Private Client Wealth agreed to pay a $600,000 penalty levied by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for allegedly failing to review millions of employee emails as required by the self-regulatory organization’s rules.
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PodcastDigital Transformation of Compliance podcast: GWU Professor Kyle Welch
In this episode of the Digital Transformation of Compliance podcast series, Kyle Welch, a George Washington University associate professor of accountancy, discusses findings from his research on internal whistleblowing and compliance dashboards built by publicly traded U.S. companies to leverage hotline data.
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PremiumMore companies enter ‘discovery phase’ of ESG reporting in 2023
Climate-related disclosure efforts are amplifying year over year, despite persistent and persnickety pain points, as more organizations widen the scope of their ESG journeys, our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey found.
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News BriefSEC continues Dodd-Frank run, passes conflicts in securities trading rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission moved quickly to adopt an unfulfilled mandate of the Dodd-Frank Act to prevent the sale of certain securities if there is a conflict of interest.
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Elation Health adds general counsel
Elation Health announced Seth Cedars joined the company as general counsel.
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Virtus Investment Partners names chief legal officer
Virtus Investment Partners, which operates an asset management business, announced Andra Purkalitis has joined as executive vice president, chief legal officer, general counsel, and corporate secretary.
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2U’s chief legal officer appointed CFO
Online education platform company 2U appointed its Chief Legal Officer Matt Norden as chief financial officer.
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Cincinnati Children’s names chief human resources and diversity officer
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital named Peter Adebi as senior vice president, human resources and chief human resources and diversity officer.
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Novavax announces chief legal officer
Biotechnology company Novavax announced the appointment of Mark Casey as chief legal officer and corporate secretary.