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By Ronald Jacobs, Lawrence Norton |
May 23, 2012
Compliance is an essential component to any political activity. The risks of noncompliance involve not only civil and criminal sanctions, but also reputational harm and bad publicity.
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By Sponsor: Copyright Clearance Center |
May 10, 2012
Companies today are under increased pressure not just to perform well, but also to be socially responsible and fully compliant with laws and regulations. The pressure comes from all sides: from government regulators and prosecutors; from shareholders, activists and the media; and from consumers and a general public that is...
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By Lee O'Connell |
May 10, 2012
It is important to gain a perspective of the wider, more inherent challenges to risk management on a global scale, through a clearly defined business risk and compliance strategy.
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By Cathleen Flahardy |
May 9, 2012
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has named Robert L. D. Colby as its new chief legal officer.
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By Lee O'Connell |
April 30, 2012
It is evident in today’s global and economic environment that corporate counsel still view regulatory compliance as one of their highest legal risk areas, and when coupled with the increase in regulatory action, it is now presenting legal departments across the globe with many different challenges.
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By Alex Vorro |
April 18, 2012
There’s plenty of toxic air spouted in Washington on any given day, but at least this time, the foul emissions were coming from truck engines and not pundits, politicians and the like. The U.S. government decided to take Swedish truckmaker Volvo Powertrain Corp., a unit of Volvo AB, to task...
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By Jaime Guerrero |
April 11, 2012
Multinational companies and their executives operating in Brazil have increased cause to tread carefully with respect to anti-corruption compliance.
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By Mary Swanton |
March 27, 2012
GCs must improve internal policies and processes to encourage internal reports
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By Jeremy Hawpe |
March 26, 2012
For a corporation to receive the benefits of having a compliance policy, it must be effective.
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By Mark Diamond |
March 19, 2012
The great debate on who should own information governance continues. Legal believes that IT should own the information governance, including record retention, archiving and data deletion. “Most records are electronic, so it should be IT’s job,” argues legal. The IT organization is equally certain this project should be owned by...
