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Editors

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

Root Cause Analysis: Does ‘5 Whys’ work for compliance?

Corporate FCPA defendants hoping for declinations must demonstrate that they’ve performed a root cause analysis and remediated the underlying conduct. The DOJ doesn’t tell companies how to do the root cause analysis, and there are many methods to pick from — Scatter Plot Diagram, Fishbone Diagram, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Pareto Chart, among others.… Continue Reading

What does the IRS say about bribery?

It’s tax season in America. For law-abiding citizens and residents, that means meticulously counting income and deductions. For the crooks out there, the IRS wants you to know: If you received a bribe, you need to report it as income.Continue Reading