The Importance of a Risk and Compliance Program Assessment Wednesday, July 13, 2017, 12 noon EST Sign Up HERE An effective ethics and compliance program requires a careful assessment of risks and existing controls. In order to design and implement an effective program, a chief compliance officer has to identify and prioritize company risks. In addition, a CCO has to review and understand how existing compliance...
June 6, 2017 12 PM EST Sign Up HERE Global companies face a variety of risks — anti-corruption, sanctions, export controls, antitrust and money laundering are just a few. Many of these risks, if not all, can be present in the company’s supply chain. In response to this increasing set of risks and enforcement, global companies are integrating compliance strategies to manage its supply chain...
Webinar: DOJ Issues New Compliance Evaluation Guidance Tuesday, March 21, 12 Noon Sign Up Here The Justice Department recently released an important list of questions used by prosecutors to evaluate corporate compliance programs. The questions focus on important issues relating to a company’s tone-at-the-top, role of its Chief Compliance Officer, risk assessment, due diligence, training, investigations, and monitoring and audit functions. The Justice Department’s release...
March 1, 2017, 12 Noon EST Sign up HERE The Justice Department continues to reap great benefits from its aggressive False Claims Act — civil and criminal — enforcement program. 2016 was another multi-billion dollar year for False Claims Act recoveries, especially against healthcare providers, hospitals, skilled nursing and hospice facilities. The Supreme Court also delivered an important decision on False Claims Act implied certification...
Lessons Learned from 2016 — Strategies to Improve Your Compliance Program Tuesday February 7th, 9AM PST/ 12 PM EST SIGN UP HERE The United States Department of Justice and regulatory agencies continued to beat the drum on aggressive enforcement and the importance of compliance. The Trump Administration is unlikely to alter this effort, except in certain areas like civil antitrust and environmental and labor regulation....
Join us for this free webinar where we’ll discuss how a new administration and anticipated enforcement and regulatory changes will impact your third party due diligence programs. Register HERE Register to hear information on: Potential impacts of the Trump administration on compliance Changes to FCPA enforcement approaches Disgorgement trends Yates Memo impacts Upcoming regulatory changes Not only will we discuss what’s happening in the world...
2016 FCPE Enforcement and Compliance Year in Review January 10, 2017 12 Noon EST Sign Up HERE The Justice Department and the SEC returned a big year in 2016 FCPA enforcement. In April 2016, DOJ adopted its FCPA Pilot Program to encourage companies to self-disclose FCPA violations and cooperate with government investigations. Despite a slowdown in 2015 and early 2016, DOJ and the SEC brought...
Sign Up for Three-Part Webinar Series: Internal Investigations Systems (Part I): November 29, 2016, 12 PM EST Sign Up Here Interviews and Internal Investigations (Part II): December 6, 2016, 12 PM EST Sign Up Here Speak Up Culture (Part III) December 13, 2013, 12 PM EST Sign Up Here Companies are struggling to establish and embed a Speak Up culture. Companies need...
I was honored to participate with Ted Datta and Bill Hauserman from Bureau Van Dijk concerning unraveling corporate structures. Beneficial ownership is a critical issue that companies have to address in their due diligence and compliance programs. Watch the webinar here — register first and then get access to the webinar, slides and contact information.
Thursday September 22, 2016 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CST Sign Up HERE Join Michael Volkov, CEO of The Volkov Law Group, LLC, and Farzad Barkhordari, President of Workplace Answers, for a complimentary webinar to discuss how human resources and compliance can improve collaboration and more effectively monitor and promote an ethical workplace culture. Topics Covered in the Webinar How to resolve complaints that...
