All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 464
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Third Circuit Continues the Marathon Battle Over Delaware’s Unclaimed Property Law
Delaware’s unclaimed property law continues to face challenges in federal court.
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CORRECTION: Theranos executives charged by SEC for 'massive fraud'
Correction: In a recent post that appeared in the Filing Cabinet, we incorrectly connected a recent enforcement action against Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes with Mylan, the maker of the EpiPen. Any implication or connection between the two companies was incorrect.
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SEC doles out its largest ever whistleblower awards
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced its highest ever Dodd-Frank whistleblower awards, with two whistleblowers sharing a nearly $50 million award and a third whistleblower receiving more than $33 million.
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World Bank Group debars Innogy Solutions
The World Bank on March 19 announced the debarment of Innogy Solutions and its president for more five years in connection with collusive and fraudulent practices during the selection process for contracts under the World Bank-financed Integrated Persistent Organic Pollutants Management Project in the Philippines.
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Mossack Fonseca closing its doors
Mossack Fonseca, the offshore law firm at the center of the Panama Papers investigation, announced that it will be closing its doors by the end of the month.
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Twists and turns in the road driving toward GDPR
May 2018, the effective date of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, is almost here and promises to establish the most sweeping changes to EU data privacy laws in more than 20 years.
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U.K. co-op compliance failures raise regulatory questions
A series of compliance setbacks at prominent U.K. co-ops have brought increased scrutiny to both the co-ops … and their regulators.
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Event
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Former Siemens executive pleads guilty in $100M foreign bribery case
The former technical manager of the Major Projects division of Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OGH, has pled guilty to conspiring to pay tens of millions of dollars in bribes to Argentine government officials.
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Mars, Inc. appoints new general counsel
Mars, Incorporated has promoted Stefanie Straub, current vice president and general counsel for Mars Wrigley Confectionery, to the role of vice president and general counsel for Mars, Incorporated.
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Starbucks names general counsel, secretary
Starbucks has appointed Rachel Gonzalez as executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary. She reports to Chief Executive Officer Kevin Johnson.
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Dyadic International names chief accounting officer
Dyadic International, a global biotechnology company, has promoted Ping Rawson to the role of chief accounting officer on March 14.
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Former McDonald's executive to join Welbilt board
Welbilt, a global provider of commercial foodservice equipment, has nominated Janice Fields to stand for election to its board of directors at its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 27, 2018.
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SEC pitches changes to liquidity risk disclosures
The SEC is looking to amend liquidity-related disclosure requirements for certain open-end investment management companies. Under the proposal, funds would discuss, in their annual report, the effectiveness of their program.
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Former FDIC counsel joins BitcoinIRA.com as senior compliance officer
BitcoinIRA.com, the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency IRA conduit that allows customers to purchase Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies for their retirement accounts, has appointed Maryann Bullion as general counsel and senior compliance officer.
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Novartis strengthens executive committee further
Novartis this week announced changes to its senior leadership team to support the implementation of its strategic priorities. These changes include the appointment of Shannon Klinger in the elevated and expanded role of chief ethics, risk, and compliance officer, effective April 1.
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Theranos executives charged by SEC for 'massive fraud'
The SEC has charged Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and its former President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, with raising more than $700 million from investors “through an elaborate, years-long fraud.”
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What is the price for profits?
LaFargeHolcim, a global construction materials and solutions company, is facing an investigation after it was uncovered that its Syrian operations funded terrorist groups to keep a cement plant operating.
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Post-breach, Equifax remains in a harsh spotlight
For a company embroiled in one of the nation’s largest data breaches, things have been relatively quiet in recent weeks on the Equifax front. That has changed with an insider trading charge, and inclusion in controversial Senate legislation.
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Of Saudi princes and gilded cages
If you have done business in Saudi Arabia or with wealthy Saudis over the past few years, now might be a very good time to review not only those business relationships, but also your FCPA compliance program, writes The Man From FCPA.