The need for reform and uniformity in unclaimed property practices
Failure to comply with the labyrinth of unclaimed property statutes that vary not just by property type but also from state to...
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Regulatory & compliance archive
Unclaimed property basics
Unclaimed property is a gray area of business compliance that too often catches finance and accounting professionals by surprise...
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Employers must prepare for overtime overhaul
Given all the anticipatory publicity about expanding exempt workers’ access to overtime pay, President Obama’s announcement on...
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Possible impacts of the Noel Canning decision
The NLRB vs Noel Canning legal case will decide a basic separation of powers issue: when can the president make appointments...
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Unclaimed Property: ensuring compliance and retaining shareholders
Publicly traded companies are facing increasing pressure from state regulatory agencies and their contract auditors to report and...
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Supreme Court extends SOX whistleblower protections to private firms
If you work for a private company that contracts with public ones, the Supreme Court has decided you can safely blow the whistle...
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FCPA enforcement: catch as catch can
On January 3 this year, the former co-CEO of PetroTiger, Joseph Sigelman, was arrested in the Philippines. He was brought before a...
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Ready for legal standards on data breach notification?
If, in the wake of major cyber-breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus, you haven't seen the writing on the wall about the regulatory...
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Economic crime rising with reliance on technology, PwC survey says
Awareness and incidence of fraud at US companies have risen over the past two years, according to the results of PwC’s Global...
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Cross-border litigation on the rise, says survey
Gone are the days when a company mostly had to face court battles with competitors or customers who were around the corner or...
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