FCPA Compliance Report

Today I want to consider a couple of failures at the Board level around bribery and corruption.    VimpelCom  Board of Directors and Senior Management Involvement  VimpelCom sought to enter the...

17 Helmi 201714min

What are metrics for a Board around compliance? Former Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell laid out some that the Justice Department would consider in a review of compliance programs. These met...

16 Helmi 201713min

This episode is dedicated to the chaotic (at best) first three weeks of the Trump administration.  Jonathan Armstrong leads a discussion of the Trump administrations devolution towards Privacy Shiel...

16 Helmi 201749min

In an article in the Corporate Board magazine, entitled “Successful Board Investigations” by David Bayless and Tammy Albarrán, partners in the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP posited seven conside...

15 Helmi 201715min

Many companies have an investigation protocol in place when a potential Foreign Corruption Practices Act (FCPA) or other legal issue arises? However, many Boards of Directors do not have the same rigo...

14 Helmi 201711min

In this episode, I visit with Linda Lattimore, developer of Cross Sector law which assists lawyer and companies in developing expertise around corporate social responsibility.  Learn more about your a...

14 Helmi 201722min

One of the ongoing questions from members of Board of Directors is how to resolve the tension between oversight and managing. I recently had the opportunity to visit with Joe Howell, the Executive Vic...

13 Helmi 201712min

James Doty, Acting Commissioner of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was once asked if the Board or its sub-committee which handles audits was a part of a company’s internal financ...

10 Helmi 201713min