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The Importance of Sound Corporate Governance for Virtual Asset Service Providers: Lessons from Past Failures

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In recent years, the virtual asset industry has experienced exponential growth, bringing about innovations in digital payments, tokenisation and decentralised finance (Defi). While highly innovative, the volatile nature of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

DOJ Updates Its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs to Address New Technologies, Reinforce Promoting a “Speak Up” Culture,...

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On September 23, 2024, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri announced updates to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) guidance relative to its Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

People and Policy: Building Compliance and Ethics into Your Company’s DNA

It’s not enough to have the right policies in place — you have to embed those policies into the fabric of your organization. In today’s fast-paced and interconnected business world, ensuring compliance and building an...more

Burr & Forman

What To Do Before Adopting Generative AI in Your Business

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Your business may want to jump on the Generative AI (GAI) bandwagon and discover how your company may become more productive, competitive, reduce costs, and make the most of new technology. There are many intriguing and...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Managing Reputational Risk In Corporate Transactions

For an organization to succeed in the market, it must have a solid reputation; negative public perception resulting from unethical conduct, adverse legal and regulatory actions, and harmful business practices can result in...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Setting the Tone at the Top in Star Trek: Devil in the Dark

In the world of compliance, the tone at the top is paramount. It sets the stage for the organizational culture, influencing every business layer. As an award-winning compliance blogger, I often seek examples from popular...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC Adopts Long-Anticipated Final Rules on Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements

The rules impose standardized disclosure requirements on public companies beginning as early as 2026 (for fiscal year ending 2025, depending on filer status). Climate-related disclosures, including in financial statement...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Making Waves: The SEC Publishes Final Climate Disclosure Rules

Key Points - On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the SEC in a 3-2 vote adopted “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” (Final Rule). The Final Rule will require public companies to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Investor Directors in the Hot Seat as Enforcement Risk Grows

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Greater focus on strong corporate governance and transparency is placing company directors in the UK and elsewhere under growing scrutiny and increased risk of individual civil and criminal liability. As new case law and...more

WilmerHale

Avoid Contributing to Ecocide - Know Your Supply Chain

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Sustainability has risen to the top of the agenda for businesses around the world. Governments, investors and the public demand that organisations play a part in the global push to eliminate, or at least limit, the...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] ESG and Compliance Conference - April 26th, 7:55 am - 3:15 pm CDT

Discover how to set and accomplish your ESG goals - Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) is no longer an isolated function within a company, nor is it an issue only for publicly traded companies. It’s front and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Quienes y cuándo se deben presentar estados financieros ante la Supersociedades en Colombia

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Por medio de la Circular 100-000016 de 2021 la Superintendencia de Sociedades de Colombia (Supersociedades) publicó los plazos para la presentación de Informe 01 Y 01A – Estados Financieros fin de ejercicio con corte a 31 de...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] ESG Think Tank - November 30th, National Harbor, MD

Closed-Door, “Off the Record” Benchmarking on Critical ESG Issues! ACI’s inaugural ESG Think Tank is scheduled for November 30th in Washington, DC! This in-person “boardroom-style” forum will provide meaningful...more

WilmerHale

Green Swan Conference Highlights Emerging Central Bank Consensus on Supervisory Approaches to Financial Risks Arising From Climate...

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From June 2 to June 4, leading central bankers, policymakers, regulators, private sector CEOs, civil society members and academics gathered for the Green Swan 2021 Global Virtual Conference. The conference was co-hosted...more

NAVEX

[Webinar] 2021 Top 10 Trends in a New World of Risk & Compliance Priorities - January 14th, 9:00 am - 10:15 am PT

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While hindsight may be 20/20, how can we use this to gain foresight into 2021? The last twelve months have permanently altered the role of risk and compliance—increasing it in scope and elevating the function to a...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

GRC 2021 Predictions: Being Fully Digital in a Hybrid World

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) teams started 2020 with a clear picture of what they were going to focus on. GRC initiatives that were firmly in play typically covered enhancing capabilities around accountability,...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

OCC Steps Up Scrutiny of EUCs at Financial Institutions

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EUCs – End User Computing applications – have hit the headlines again, after the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) levied a $400 million fine on an American-based bank. It found issues in the institution’s...more

NAVEX

The ESG Imperative

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It is cause for celebration when corporate responsibility and sound business decisions are perfectly aligned – and that is where we find ourselves today with respect to environmental, social and governance (ESG) awareness and...more

NAVEX

Supply Chains Under Scrutiny: Targeting Human Rights and Forced Labor Risks

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This summer, one of the UK’s best-known online brands found its supply chain at the center of a high-profile modern slavery investigation. Within hours of the story breaking the company’s share price plummeted, as...more

Akerman LLP

Corporate Responsibility: Board's Role in COVID-19 Risk Management

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As states start to lift restrictions and allow people to “return to work,” companies are left to grapple with the specifics – the when, where, and how. The decisions to be made are not merely operational; they go to the core...more

BCLP

Assessing Slavery and Human Trafficking Risks

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The Modern Slavery Act (“MSA”) was introduced in the United Kingdom in October 2015 introducing criminal offences of slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking. However, its most profound impact has...more

WilmerHale

Report Finds Clear Trend Toward Increased Transparency in Corporate Political Spending

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A recent report by a pro-transparency group and The Wharton School found a clear trend among S&P 500 companies toward increased disclosures and oversight regarding their political spending. Per the report, more than half of...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

How Can We Accelerate the Rebuilding of Trust and Confidence in Financial Services?

According to the annual Edelman Trust Barometer, the banking and financial services sector is routinely rated as the least trusted of all sectors. That’s a serious and systemic problem for a sector that needs to be trusted to...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services: Tips for Risk Management

Technology is rapidly changing the way investment advisers deliver services to their clients. Funds are now using a range of technology solutions, from advanced trading algorithms to artificial intelligence and machine...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Innovation in Compliance Episode 12: How ESG Factors will Change Compliance with J.R. Lowry

When trying to understand the environmental, social, and governmental dimensions of a potential investment, what kind of approach will provide the clearest picture? In this episode, Tom Fox talks to J.R. Lowry, a senior vice...more

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