FCPA Compliance Report

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...

7 Jun 201711min

In the case of Kokesh v. SEC, the US Supreme Court held the profit disgorgements operate as a penalty under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As such “any claim for disgorgement in ...

7 Jun 201718min

One of the things that I learned from the television series M*A*S*H was the need for triage. In the hospital setting, triage is the process of determining the priority of patients’ treatments based on...

6 Jun 201711min

In this episode, I visit with Chris Morton, the SVP, Marketing and Corporate Development for Navex, about the firm's new resource for the Compliance Community, ComplianceNext.com. It is a free, compli...

6 Jun 201722min

Your company should have a detailed written procedure for handling any complaint or allegation of bribery or corruption, regardless of the means through which it is communicated. The mechanism could i...

5 Jun 201711min

In this episode, I visit with Robyn Bew, the Director of Strategic Content Development for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Henry Stoever, the Chief Marketing Officer for the...

5 Jun 201732min

This week, Jay and I have a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories. We discuss:  Brazilian meatpacker JBS agrees to the largest fine ever for fine for bribery a...

2 Jun 201733min

In an article in the Compliance and Ethics Professional Magazine, entitled “Foxes and henhouses: The importance of independent counsel”, Dan Dunne discussed what he termed a “critical element” in any ...

2 Jun 201712min