News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
The Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday announced an award of nearly $4 million to a whistleblower who tipped the agency and helped with the follow-on investigation.
The SEC said the whistleblower provided “detailed and specific information about serious misconduct.”… Continue Reading
Job Title: Chief Compliance Officer
Employer: DJO Global, Inc.
Location: Vista, California USA
Description: The DJO Chief Compliance Officer is responsible for overseeing and managing DJO Global’s (“DJO”) longstanding Corporate Compliance and Ethics Program (“Program”) throughout DJO and its subsidiaries, both domestically and internationally, and is responsible for the promotion of an on-going culture of compliance and prevention of illegal and unethical conduct.… Continue Reading
An oil and gas or mining company can avoid all kinds of reputational and legal challenges by swearing off deals with certain corruption warning signs. This month’s developments in an evolving scandal might have Royal Dutch Shell wishing it had done so.… Continue Reading
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday that enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is critical to protecting honest companies from competitors who choose to pay bribes.
Sessions, speaking at the Ethics and Compliance Initiative Annual Conference in Washington, DC, said corruption “increases the cost of doing business and hurts honest companies that don’t pay these bribes.”… Continue Reading