Compliance Communications Blog

 

Corruption as the Glue of Human Rights Violations

12/3/19: The SB (Sustainable Brands) website recently featured a post by Richard Howitt that draws on resources ranging from the International Chamber of Commerce to the UN Global Compact to examine the link between sustainability, human rights and business performance...

VIEW THE FULL POST


 

Cannabis in the Workplace & Employer Liability

12/03/19: Employers around the country – and around the world if they have US operations -- are struggling with the “how, when, where” of employee use of recreational marijuana. Illinois’ legislators have taken a couple of important steps in clearing up confusion in their state, according to a blog posted on a website hosted by law firm Seyforth Shaw LLP...

VIEW THE FULL POST


 

Learning FCPA Lessons From the Past

11/18/19: We’re often told to learn from the past. That’s what Jaclyn Jaeger, an editor with Compliance Week, helps us do in an article entitled, “Compliance Lessons from Recent Nine-Figure FCPA Settlements.” In the article, Jaeger quotes Kara Brockmeyer, former chief of the SEC Enforcement Division’s FCPA Unit to frame the evolving perspective of federal enforcement agencies...

VIEW THE FULL POST


 

Antitrust, Sanctions, FCPA and Compliance Risks

11/18/19: Doreen M. Edelman of law firm Lowenstein Sandler, Zarema A. Jaramillo wrote an article published on Bloomberg Law’s Big Law Business website. In the article, she explains that companies need to “… adopt and implement broad policies and programs that are detailed and comprehensive enough to incorporate compliance with U.S. antitrust laws; Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions policies, and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).”  

VIEW THE FULL POST


 

Guilty Verdict in $100 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme

11/18/19: One hundred million dollars is serious money. Recently the manager who controlled multiple medical clinics in Brooklyn and Queens was found guilty for his role in a money laundering and kickback scheme that cost Medicare and Medicaid nearly that amount over a period of almost ten years...

VIEW THE FULL POST