News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
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Andy Spalding
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Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
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Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
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Bill Waite
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Shruti J. Shah
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Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
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Bill Steinman
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As long as U.S. federal law enforcement priorities remain the same, licensed cannabis operators are unlikely to be prosecuted if they are completely compliant with state laws.… Continue Reading
As somebody who has argued that open public corporate registers of Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) information are a flawed concept, I was somewhat surprised when one of the UK overseas territories suddenly decided to go it alone, after many arguments that the territories offered more robust company register systems than the UK.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Policy Coordinator, Public Contracting
Employer: Transparency International
Location: Berlin, Germany… Continue Reading
The UK’s HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has recently published a report on case progression in the Serious Fraud Office.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts brought more charges this week against eleven parents who refused plea deals in the college admissions cheating scandal, including Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli.… Continue Reading
A central topic to the investigation and prosecution of corruption is the criminal offense of money laundering. In the past years, the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force or FATFA has noted that Mexico has an adequate system to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing, but should step up efforts in pursuing launderers and confiscating their assets.… Continue Reading
Join the GW Law Anti-Corruption and Compliance Association for a panel discussion on prosecuting and defending high-profile white-collar criminal cases.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Legal & Compliance Technology Specialist/Project Manager
Employer: Endeavor
Location: New York, New York USA… Continue Reading
During my time as a sales executive — working alone, remotely and thinly supervised — I sadly thought of my conduct as a win-win.… Continue Reading
Nearly a third of employees in Singapore were aware of misconduct at work during the past year but many of them didn’t report it to management.… Continue Reading
Behavioral ethics is a well-known field of social science which shows how — due to various cognitive biases — “we are not as ethical as we think.” Behavioral compliance and ethics (which is less well known) attempts to use behavioral ethics insights to develop and maintain effective compliance programs.… Continue Reading
Among the weird facts about the FCPA is who can decide to launch a criminal investigation or bring an enforcement action, and which government lawyers along the way will do the heavy lifting.… Continue Reading