Assent Compliance is proud to introduce Supply Chain Insight. This two-day conference inspires supply chain and compliance professionals from around the world through education and networking. Subject matter experts and thought leaders in product compliance, corporate social responsibility and vendor management will share insights to drive innovation and efficiency in your supply chain programs. Join me at the Supply Chain Insight conference this November as...

I always loved Tarzan movies, especially the movies starring Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan.  (Here is a sample).  Tarzan always had a nice house, a great tree house with vines swings for diving and jumping into the water. In the 1990s, Bill Gates of Microsoft fame correctly predicted that computing power and capabilities would eventually move from the desktop to the Internet.  In essence, Gates was...

Deepak Chopra, one of  my favorite “thinkers” (if that is a word) reminds us that there is no such thing as a coincidence – there is what he terms a “synchronicity of the universe.”  (See here and here for some additional explanation). Not to say, I told you so, but around the same time that the Capital One data breach occurred, I was reminding clients...

Juniper Networks agreed to pay the SEC $11.7 million to settle FCPA violations for conduct occurring in Russia and China.  See Order Here.  Under the settlement, Juniper Networks agreed to disgorgement of $4 million, a $6.5 million civil penalty, and pre-judgment interest of $1.3 million. The Juniper Networks investigation was initiated approximately six years ago in 2013.  The Justice Department had declined to prosecute Juniper...

If there ever was a poster-child for reputational damage for a financial institution, Deutsche Bank would be the first and only candidate.  Talk about a bank that is in trouble and continues to fall under government scrutiny. Last week, Deutsche Bank agreed to pay the SEC $16 million for its hiring of relatives of public officials in China and Russia.  (Here). Deutsche Bank joins a...

The Volkov Law Group is proud to contribute to the compliance media in order to promote compliance ideas and issues. Stephen Cheng, an Associate at The Volkov Law Group, recently published an article on the Justice Department new Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs. The article is available Here. Matt Stankiewicz, a Senior Associate at The Volkov Law Group, was quoted in a recent article on...