Gatekeepers in SEC’s crosshairs, Latham & Watkins alert reports
As US public companies continue to wrestle with the need to pursue dual-track internal investigations to comply with the SEC’s...
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Big jump in US senior managers’ culpability in internal crimes, new PwC survey finds
More than one in three US organizations report having been the victim of economic crime and cybercrime has risen to become the...
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Revised ‘joint-employer’ standard exposes firms to more labor demands
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ruling last summer to refine the standard for determining joint-employer status could...
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Supreme Court cases may hit business law
The degree of protection companies have from consumer class actions and employee lawsuits could radically change as the result of...
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OTC Markets Group initiates new governance standards for US firms
OTC Markets Group, which operates the OTCQX trading venue, has upped its governance requirements for US companies and banks. From...
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NASDAQ to change rule on shareholder votes in takeovers
NASDAQ wants to eliminate or change a rule that requires a vote by shareholders in certain situations where a company is carrying...
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Regulators pushing more personal liability for senior officers, Thomson Reuters says
A pervasive belief that regulators have not held senior executives accountable for conduct and events that led to the financial...
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Vatican Bank: big assets, questionable governance
In the first days of his papacy, Pope Francis declared: 'How I would like to see a church that is poor and is for the poor' —...
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Proxy advisers' role: who's happy now?
Public companies and proxy advisers have been engaged in a heated feud from almost the moment ISS and Glass Lewis arrived on the...
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Compliance lessons for JVs from Bristol-Myers FCPA settlement
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) recently settled Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) charges with the SEC for $14 million. The...
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