The urgency for companies to maintain effective compliance programs has never been greater. Civil liability exists for boards of directors that fail to exercise appropriate oversight of compliance, ...

In today’s increasingly complex regulatory environment, organizations across many industries face escalating scrutiny from government enforcement agencies. These agencies are no longer evaluating ...

In the world of investment company compliance, one can have all of the essential elements of a great compliance program, but without the intangible ingredient of a highly-experienced and attentive ...

Global compliance programs often feature codes of conduct, policies, training, hotlines, investigations, and risk assessments. While these “seven elements” are essential, they do not guarantee an ...

On June 1, 2020, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued an updated version of its “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (the “DOJ Guidance”), available here. The DOJ Guidance is an update to ...

Response to detected offenses (including remediation of harm caused by criminal conduct) and corrective action plans (including assessment and modification of the compliance and ethics program); and ...

Melissa advises companies on a range of issues involving export controls, embargoes and economic sanctions, customs laws and regulations, anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance, and other ...

The term "compliance" emerged in the '80s but gained notoriety in the mid-2000s. Now, keeping companies on the right track has become one of the biggest challenges for managers, but adopting a ...

The importance of compliance needs to come from the top down in order for businesses to avoid white-collar crime, corruption and other missteps. Compliance and legal departments are working overtime ...

Fortreum has won Best Compliance Program Management Platform in the 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards, the recognition program from The Hacker News, which is ranked the world's top cybersecurity ...

As the regulatory state has expanded, governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) has become a major new field of expertise with its own methods of critical thinking, risk assessment, and ...