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National Defense November 2015 Bradel & Ralph	Justice Memo Calls for Absolute Cooperation The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is a statute aimed at eliminating corporate bribery of foreign government officials. A defense contractor doing work overseas must be familiar with its tenets.
National Defense September 2014 James C. Fontana	Attorney-Client Privilege in Fraud Suits at Risk Government contractors typically maintain ethics compliance programs, which are mandated by the Federal Acquisition Regulation and are part of the industry's best practices.
National Defense February 2009 David H. Laufman	Mandatory Disclosure Regime Raises Stakes for Contractors A new regulatory enforcement regime has now commenced that underscores the Department of Justice's aggressive approach to procurement fraud and dramatically increases the compliance and disclosure obligations of defense contractors.
National Defense October 2015 Berry & Hutchens	Creating an Ethics Compliance Program Government agencies and mature prime contractors expect emerging contractors to reflect the same "culture of ethics and compliance" that large companies commit substantial resources to implementing.
National Defense January 2014 Cannon & Scott	Anti-Bribery Law Demands Vigilance November marked the one-year anniversary of the release of the resource guide to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and should serve to remind all defense contractors of the critical importance of keeping their compliance program current and effective.
Managed Care January 2001 Mark D. Abruzzo	When Claims Are Audited, Following Compliance Laws Matters Ever since the government intensified its efforts to crack down on medical fraud, and asked the health care community to assist, compliance and compliance planning are the buzzwords. Unfortunately, compliance efforts are often misguided and can put the practice in an awkward position...
National Defense September 2012 Richard L. Moorhouse	Implementing Evolving Disclosure Rules Federal government oversight, scrutiny of contractors and enforcement actions are on the rise.
National Defense January 2012 David Hickey	Cutting Costs Does Not Require Cutting Compliance Lest anyone think the federal government will tolerate less contractor compliance, the current environment indicates that it is much more likely that the government will pursue allegations of non-compliance, fraud, waste and abuse with even greater vigor.
National Defense May 2013 Canni & Levy	Agencies Becoming More Aggressive in Pursuit of Contractor Wrongdoing After years of congressional complaints, federal agencies are responding to concerns about how they handle contractor debarments and suspensions. New civilian debarment offices have emerged and are becoming active.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Ben Comer	Compliance in the C-Suite Compliance officers have risen into pharmaceutical management's highest ranks, by choice in some organizations, and by government decree in others. Either way, their importance as a strategic partner can hardly be understated.
National Defense February 2009 McGrath & Connolly	Final Rules on Mandatory Disclosure Effective Dec. 12, 2008, government contractors will face what rule authors characterize as a "sea change" in how government enforcement authorities expect to govern in the future.
National Defense June 2008 D'Agostino & Parker	Self-Disclosure Rules Create Ambiguities It is unclear if a recently proposed disclosure regulation will become final, but the attention it has received from Congress suggests increased mandatory disclosure is likely to occur in some form.
Bank Systems & Technology February 22, 2007 Nancy Feig	A Happy Marriage: Finding the Right Technology Mate for Compliance Programs Banks are turning to GRC software platforms to maximize compliance technology's effectiveness and gain greater return on investment.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 William M. Aukamp	Should Your Bank Have a Lawyer on Staff? Understanding the roles of the counsel and the compliance officer can ensure your bank has all bases covered.
IndustryWeek March 16, 2011	Schooled By Scandals Manufacturers burned by foreign bribery scandals provide valuable lessons for companies expanding their global presence.
National Defense April 2014 Matt Cannon	Civil Litigation Can Sink Contractors Most people picture high stakes civil litigation taking place in a courtroom where a party has the chance to persuade a judge or jury to validate or reject huge claims for damages.
National Defense December 2009 McGrath & Connolly	Industry Should Prepare for Review of Ethics Programs Contractors may soon have more complete answers as to how the Defense Department will verify contractor compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation's recent ethics program requirements.
National Defense March 2004 Richard J. Bednar	Small Companies Need Ethics Programs Too The Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct (DII)-- focused on defense industry ethics and conduct programs since its inception in 1986--has developed a "tool kit" to help smaller defense contractors plan ethics and conduct program.
Bank Technology News October 2008 Kyle Duckers	Strategic GRC Yields Clear Payback Can a financial institution's governance, risk and compliance effort be a strategic tool, or is it simply a cost of doing business? Can best practices actually improve shareholder value? These are important questions that some financial services executives continue to ponder.
Insurance & Technology July 1, 2008 Nathan Conz	Lucido Named Chief Compliance Officer at MassMutual Bradley J. Lucido was named by MassMutual to succeed the retiring Margaret Sperry as senior vice president and chief compliance officer.
National Defense September 2005 Shaheen & Geren	Penalties Get Tougher For FCPA Violations The government is cracking down on bribes by government contractors to foreign officials.
Wall Street & Technology June 22, 2004 Steve Marlin, InformationWeek	Learning to Like Compliance Speakers at InformationWeek Media Network's compliance forum are achieving compliance without disrupting their businesses.
National Defense November 2013 John D. Altenburg	Winding Down War Zone Contracts As with any arduous task for which a completion date is announced, the government assumed the risk of Afghanistan defense contractor lethargy -- or worse -- when it announced when the war will end.
National Defense July 2010 Anderson & Goodwin	Anti-Bribery Case in China a Wake-Up Call The recent Rio Tinto case in China is a powerful reminder why a vigilant and robust Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) corporate compliance program is important.
National Defense January 2016 Thomas B. McVey	Executives: Be Wary of Export Regulations One of the important legal requirements facing defense contractors is compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations and export controls.
CFO January 1, 2005 David M. Katz	The Bribery Gap While foreign rivals may make payoffs routinely, U.S. firms face new pressure to root out abuses.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Cook & Leiken	Legal: Foreign Policy Drug companies doing business abroad face a special risk of running afoul of stepped-up enforcement of anticorruption laws.
National Defense July 2014 Chris Nagel	Whistleblowers Cash In On False Claims Act A startling trend in defense contracting is the recent rise in payments made by industry to government agencies and whistleblowers under the False Claims Act.
National Defense April 2009 Hickey & Parker	White House Kicks Off New Wave of Reforms Pledges and actions in the president's first few weeks in office, signal that increased ethics restrictions on government appointees, lobbyists and contractors have arrived.
Wall Street & Technology March 1, 2004	Getting Management on Board With Compliance Compliance and litigation readiness have blasted up the priority list of top management. Leading financial institutions have appointed general counsel into top management roles. Boards of directors are reviewing and approving technology solutions.
Investment Advisor August 2006 Thomas D. Giachett	Expert's Corner: A Process, Not a Destination With the advent of SEC Rule 206(4) 7, which requires SEC-registered investment advisors to implement and maintain policies and procedures appropriate for their investment advisory business, it is more critical than ever for all RIAs to recognize that compliance is an ongoing process.
National Defense September 2011 McGrath et al.	New Rules Give Incentives to Whistleblowers As more than 1,500 letters to the SEC during the notice and comment period confirm, the Dodd-Frank whistleblower requirements are complex and the program is controversial.
National Defense May 2011 Dawn M. Lurie	DHS Expands Monitoring of Federal Contractors This initiative includes a sharp focus on employer compliance along with higher fines for those hiring undocumented workers.
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Jane Worthington	Accounting for Compliance Instead of viewing compliance as a necessary evil, financial advisors should see it as a cost of doing business and learn how to quantify that cost.
National Defense January 2007 David Hickey	Companies Must Set and Review Compliance Priorities As 2006 closed, the Department of Justice's criminal division announced the formal creation of a national task force "to promote the prevention, early detection and prosecution of procurement fraud."
IndustryWeek August 1, 2008 David Blanchard	Portrait of Best-in-Class Global Trade Compliance Trade compliance is taking on more prominence in separating the best companies from the also-rans.
National Defense June 2015 Bruce J. Casino	All Government Contractors Subject to New Human Trafficking Rule Effective March 2, a new federal government rule concerning human trafficking went into effect, directly impacting all 300,000 plus government contractors and many more subcontractors.
National Defense January 2013 McGrath et al.	Tough Penalties for Failing to Comply With Immigration Rules Since 2009, the E-Verify Federal Contractor Rule requires most U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to verify the employment eligibility of employees assigned to federal contracts, and all newly hired employees.
National Defense March 2015 Grandon & Robbins	Suspension and Debarment of Contractors: Is It Going Too Far? Suspensions and debarments to exclude government contractors from the federal marketplace incite passions on all sides.
Investment Advisor February 2008 Papa & Marks	The New Paradigm Integrating operations and compliance.
Bank Technology News February 2009 Brian Longe	Customer Satisfaction Begins with a Single Compliance Solution Using a single technology platform to handle all of its compliance needs allows a bank to open new accounts and complete transactions more quickly through the solution's common database structure.
Investment Advisor June 2009 Thomas D. Giachetti	Not Just the CCO While the chief compliance officer (CCO) should be the main player in the compliance review process, whenever possible at least one other firm officer be involved.
Insurance & Technology March 18, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell	Hancock Eyes Global Needs Boston-based John Hancock made two appointments to its global compliance team. The carrier named Kevin Cloherty to the new position of VP and chief counsel of global and U.S. compliance and appointed Mitchell Karman to fill the existing position of VP
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009 John McHale	ITAR Compliance: Ignorance is no Excuse Navigating the labyrinth of export compliance is difficult for many companies regardless of their size. Those who fail to be vigilant may face hefty fines and criminal charges as well as see their businesses fail.
National Defense June 2012 David T. Hickey	Small Business Compliance Issues Receive Increased Scrutiny The president and his administration, lawmakers, prosecutors, inspectors general, auditors, reporters, whistleblowers, company compliance officers, and industry watchdogs all seek to identify and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse from federal programs.
National Defense October 2006 Fayad & Hickey	Internal Investigations: Accounting for In-House Costs This article examines the treatment of certain costs for an investigation and related corrective measures under the Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR"), and distinguishes those in-house costs that may be recovered from those that may not for government contractors.
Insurance & Technology August 12, 2005 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	The Compliance Challenge Industry experts offer opinions on what the biggest challenges carriers currently face in terms of regulatory compliance.
Investment Advisor April 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	A Compliance Culture Recent NASD actions have led to increased compliance efforts on the part of many independent broker-dealers.
Bank Systems & Technology November 24, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Agiliance Launches RiskVision, IT Risk, Compliance Management Platform San Jose, Calif.-based Agiliance, a provider of governance, risk and compliance software solutions, has launched RiskVision 4.0, a risk and compliance management platform.
Bank Technology News April 2006 Michael Sisk	Compliance: The New Rule Book Is Still Like A Maze There are so many new regulations that banks are having difficulty organizing their corporate structure to ensure these new rules are being adequately followed.