Compliance Communications Blog

 

The Prospect of Compliance with GDPR

5/8/18:  Is your company ready for the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect on May 25?  Maybe not.  According to a recent survey, some 60% of organizations subject to GDPR are not confident that they will be compliant with the new regulation by that time. 

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An Update on Competition and Deregulation from DOJ

5/8/18:  On April 26 Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General for DOJ’s Antitrust Division, delivered remarks at the Second Roundtable on Competition and Deregulation.  His comments focused on the deregulation

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Small Businesses Pack an Enforcement Punch

5/8/18:  Small businesses are intended to be beneficiaries of government contracts.  While most fraud cases involve large schemes, this one involves small business – proving that there’s risk of fraud anywhere in government contracting.   

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Coming Up: FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence Rule

4/17/18:  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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When Compliance, Quality and Impact Intersect

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. 

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