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
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
One of the astounding facts to emerge from the crypto crash — aside from $200 billion in losses during one 24-hour period last week and overall losses of more than $1 trillion so far — is that before the crash, investors had more than 15,000 cryptocurrencies to pick from.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Wednesday it fined Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. $4.2 million after a subsidiary based in Turkey knowingly violated OFAC’s sanctions against Iran.… Continue Reading
Journalism professors will rap my knuckles for leading with a question (or two), but here goes: Are we designing our compliance programs all wrong? Are we programming our compliance programs for failure?… Continue Reading
What does the failure of the Kraft Heinz attempted hostile takeover of Unilever portend for the greater world of global anti-corruption enforcement specifically and compliance programs more generally?
As with most business issues during the new administration, things are in flux.… Continue Reading
Our contributing editor Richard Bistrong was named one of Ethisphere’s 100 Most Influential in Business Ethics for 2015.
Each year, Ethisphere recognizes 100 individuals who have made a material impact in the world of business ethics and compliance.… Continue Reading
Dr. Andrea Bonime-BlancTransparency International recently published its first analysis of corporate transparency, measuring the amount and quality of corporate disclosure by the world’s largest 120 enterprises. The results? Not a single U.S.… Continue Reading
Forbes magazine today released its latest ranking of America’s richest people.
Larry Ellison ranked third on Forbes’ list with $41 billion. Last month, his company Oracle paid $2 million to settle civil FCPA charges.… Continue Reading
The deep-thinking Kevin LaCroix at the D&O Diary had a post last week called On Blogging. Concerning the use of technology, he had this to say:
… Continue ReadingIt is easy to set up a blog.