Menu4/17/18: In less than a month, financial institutions will be required to follow FinCEN’s compliance guidance related to customer due diligence. The Final Rule comes in effect on May 11. Right on cue, Richard Bistrong provides a good resource for complying with the core elements
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Apr 17, 2018 •
4/17/18: Some compliance failures have far greater impact than others in the world outside a company’s walls. This one does. A Japanese fiber manufacturer and its US subsidiary entered a settlement agreement to pay $66 million to resolve claims under the False Claims Act.
Apr 17, 2018 •
4/17/18: An article by Josh Levy in Construction Executive aims attention at a core business risk: fraud. Levy notes that the construction industry ranks high in its vulnerability to fraud but cautions, “Contractors who have employees and work with vendors are vulnerable to misappropriation of money and assets.”
Apr 17, 2018 •
4/17/18: “In 2017, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) reported more than $8.2 billion held in its forfeited-assets fund …” write Joseph A. Valenti, Stefanie M. Lacy and Reymond E. Yammine of law firm K & L Gates in a recent article published by the firm. That’s a tidy sum but the risks to companies don’t stop with financial impacts.
Apr 03, 2018 •
4/3/18: In a case that highlights one aspect of today’s wide-ranging national discussion about sexual harassment, the US Justice Department recently announced a finding by a federal district court that the Wyoming Military Department
