Compliance Training - PowerPoint Course vs Paid Options A corporate contact recently asked me to help justify paying for an online compliance training course when the company had a good PowerPoint slide deck that employees and partners could review and sign upon completion. The question of PowerPoint deck vs professional training courses really depends on [...]
There's a new European data privacy regulation coming into full effect in May 2018 called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - will your organization be ready? The GDPR is designed to establish a single set of rules for data protection across Europe, replacing the patchwork of national data protection laws that were enacted [...]
With President Obama’s recent historic trip to Cuba, there has been a lot of focus on the future of the longstanding US embargo on Cuba. Obama’s trip capped off an 18 month period during which the US Government amended some of the embargo rules in an effort to begin charting a new course in US-Cuba [...]
In the world of data privacy law, when we refer to the “Privacy Shield,” we aren’t talking about a cardboard contraption to keep people from looking at your laptop screen. If you haven’t heard about it yet, the EU-US Privacy Shield is a newly proposed set of rules and regulations governing the legally authorized transfer [...]
Andrew Ceresney, Director, SEC Division of Enforcement, recently spoke at the 31st International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Andrew discussed the latest developments in the SEC’s FCPA enforcement. His remarks focused on four areas: Focus on Individuals Individual accountability is critical to FCPA enforcement — and imposing personal consequences on bad actors, including through [...]
Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Leslie R. Caldwell, recently spoke at the 22nd Annual Ethics and Compliance Conference and the FCPA Conference and the 2014 FCPA Conference. There were three themes to her comments in the two speeches: Aggressive prosecutions International cooperation between countries has increased Cooperation with the DOJ is is a factor in [...]
Recent 'memory' research shows that students forget 70% of what we teach within 24 hours of a training event. This is part of a concept called the 'Forgetting Curve' where over a period of given time you forget things that your brain determines as no longer useful. (Learning Solutions Magazine) That is a daunting thought if you are [...]
In this video webinar, Michael Volkov, CEO of The Volkov Law Group, examins FCPA compliance program best practices: Best Practice #1 - Leadership Commitment to Compliance and Ethics Best Practice #2 - Communicating Tone Throughout Organization Best Practice #3 - Governance Structure Best Practice #4 - Empowered Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Best Practice #5 - [...]
The grace period is over. While health care providers and health plans were already following the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) now, as of October 1, 2013 business associates who work with patient health information must also legally follow the rules. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, also known as HIPPA, [...]
Does your company have a social media policy? Does the policy explain how and when to use social media? Are employees allowed to utilize social media during working hours? A recent survey found more than 20% of companies surveyed did not have a social media policy, and almost 30% said they didn't know if their [...]
