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Just as compliance professionals across the U.S. were re-evaluating their programs to ensure they align with the DOJ’s latest updates to its compliance program guidance, the presidential election completely changed their calculus. And while the president-elect’s first nominee for attorney...

Internal audit has had quite a glow-up since the early part of this century. From compliance crusader to C-suite confidant, Protiviti’s Jim DeLoach takes a look at how leading professionals have redefined internal audit's role over two transformative decades.

The EU's new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is a mouthful, but it's about to become every global company's favorite phrase to lose sleep over. Even if your business isn't directly affected by the law's requirements, according to a group...

Corporate compliance, risk and governance teams face a potential sea change as Donald Trump reclaims the White House. From enforcement priorities to ESG programs, major shifts loom for regulated industries. Here's what compliance professionals should watch as the transition unfolds.

De-identification is a valuable tool for protecting consumer privacy, but the process requires diligent compliance with multiple state and federal standards. L. Hannah Ji-Otto and Julie A. Kilgore, both of Baker Donelson, and legal adviser David Chen explore the various...

For compliance professionals, most days can end up feeling like a nonstop game of whack-a-mole. A new regulation pops up and suddenly you're expected to be the expert on every aspect of it. Staying compliant is more than any one...

As artificial intelligence reshapes the business landscape, the SEC is gearing up for a new era of oversight. With a handful of cases already on the books and warnings from top officials, the message is clear: AI isn't just disrupting...

Employees have a right to express their political views on social media, but that doesn’t mean employers don’t also have rights to restrict certain speech. Allegra Lawrence-Hardy and Maia Taylor, labor and employment law attorneys at Lawrence & Bundy, give...

New York officials have advised financial institutions in the state to more regularly investigate the “character and fitness” of top executives — before and after they’ve been hired. Elan Parra of Guidepost Solutions explores what this means and why leaders...

Nearly 33 million U.S.-based business entities are obligated to file beneficial ownership reports with FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). But as of this summer, only a fraction — fewer than 10% — had filed, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...

For six months, I lived with Emberá communities in the Darien region of Panama. There, I saw the frightening pace at which Indigenous people, often dependent on the natural world, must adapt to deforestation and biodiversity loss.

Prosecutors in the DOJ’s Criminal Division are watching how companies use technology like AI and whether they have adequately mitigated risks associated with it, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri announced in a keynote address Sept. 23 at the...