All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 394
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Grant Thornton forms audit quality advisory panel
Grant Thornton is joining the Big 4 in appointing more leadership to its firm governance to drive more focus on audit quality.
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Rubio introduces new, FTC-focused data privacy legislation
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is the latest legislator to move forward with a bill to establish a national consumer data privacy law. His proposed American Data Dissemination (ADD) Act, uses the Privacy Act of 1974 as its framework.
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Warren wants worker protections amid Sears bankruptcy
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has sent a letter to Eddie Lampert, chairman of Sears Holdings, asking him for “a long-term plan to protect workers” as the legendary retailer faces bankruptcy proceedings.
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ResourceMicrolearning: The New Standard For Compliance Programs
Traditional compliance training methods are no longer effective at reaching today’s employees.
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General Electric reaches $1.5B ‘agreement in principle’ with DOJ
General Electric has reached “an agreement in principle” with the Department of Justice, with GE to pay a civil penalty of $1.5 billion concerning its now-defunct WMC mortgage business, the company announced in an earnings report today.
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Humana names general counsel
Health insurance company Humana has named Joseph Ventura as general counsel and Douglas Stoss as interim lead for Humana’s Office of Corporate Affairs . Both will report to Humana President and CEO Bruce Broussard and serve as members of the company’s management team.
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Software demoDataRails - Spreadsheet Management Solution
As a financial expert, you know full well that data integrity is essential. A single mistake has the potential to harm your company’s reputation, revenue, and business insights.
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Opus launches new KYC solution
Global compliance and risk management solutions provider Opus announced the launch its new know your customer (KYC) workflow automation and risk intelligence solution.
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New Deloitte solution aids privacy management
Deloitte recently launched a workflow management platform designed to help clients manage information requests and data privacy.
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SEC settles with 4 companies over prolonged control lapses
Apparently thumbing their noses at internal control requirements, four public companies have now settled charges with the SEC over prolonged failures to maintain ICFR.
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Software demoExpense Compliance Software – Resolvr (avoid $30M Fines & enjoy more profit)
Resolvr is an expense allocation, invoice management, and compliance tool with dynamic expense apportionment.
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House passes bills targeting insider trading, human trafficking
The House of Representatives has passed three bipartisan bills, previously advanced by the House Financial Services Committee, that aim to curb insider trading and human trafficking.
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Podcast: Compliance with new Opportunity Tax Zones rules
Qualified Opportunity Zones were created by tax reform legislation to incentivize investments in economically distressed communities. In this podcast, we discuss their complexities with Mayer Greenberg and Kevin Matz, tax experts and partners at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.
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Churchill Mortgage appoints chief compliance officer
Churchill Mortgage, a privately owned company that provides residential mortgages, has named Liliana Nigrelli as chief compliance officer.
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U.S. Treasury sanctions Petroleos de Venezuela
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela under Executive Order 13850 for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy.
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World Bank debars Odebrecht subsidiary
The World Bank has imposed a three-year debarment on Brazil-based construction and engineering company Construtora Norberto Odebrecht for fraudulent and collusive practices during its participation in the World Bank-financed Río Bogotá Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project in Colombia.
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BlogTreasury lifts sanctions on Rusal, En+, ESE
The U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it has lifted sanctions on three companies controlled by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska: power company EuroSibEnergo, aluminum producer UC Rusal, and Rusal’s parent company, En+ Group. Following this news, En+ Group announced an overhaul of its board of directors.
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Huawei Technologies and U.S. affiliate indicted for theft of trade secrets, wire fraud
In court documents unsealed Jan. 28, a grand jury this month returned a 10-count indictment by two affiliates of Chinese telecommunications conglomerate Huawei Technologies for theft of trade secrets, wire fraud, and obstruction of justice.
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FASB hears CECL concerns, plans March meeting date
Making no promises about what action, if any, it will take, FASB will meet in March to discuss the CECL standard on credit losses.
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SEC starts slow post-shutdown process of returning to normalcy
As the government reopens after a month-long shutdown, the SEC is among the agencies returning to normal operations. Companies, however, should expect to vie for assistance on a "first come, first served" basis.