compliance

Compliance Program Priorities That Endure

By Matt Kelly | December 10, 2024 |

’Tis the season for speeches from Justice Department officials, as they reflect on the year’s enforcement activity — and these days, try to establish some sense of continuity even as the incoming Trump Administration portends a very different approach to corporate compliance and regulatory enforcement. Which brings us to a Justice Department speech delivered late…

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Questions for Incoming SEC Chairman

By Matt Kelly | December 9, 2024 |

Last week President-elect Trump said he will nominate Paul Atkins to be the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Now compliance and audit professionals can start considering how an Atkins-led SEC will shape corporate compliance for the next few years, and there are lots of questions to contemplate here.  Start with the biographical…

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Compliance Jobs Report: Dec. 6

By Matt Kelly | December 6, 2024 |

The Compliance Jobs Report this week has new hires at TD Bank, Western Union, Green Dot, BioNTech SE, Fidelity, and lots more. We have a bunch of promotions and workplace anniversaries to note too, and job leads are in consulting, higher ed, and drones. Meme of the Week goes out to Squid Games! Always remember…

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Double Blast of FCPA News

By Matt Kelly | December 5, 2024 |

Keep up, compliance officers! A subsidiary of global consulting giant McKinsey agreed today to pay $122.8 million to settle FCPA charges in South Africa; and the Justice Department says it might allow some companies currently under corporate integrity agreements to exit those agreements early.  Those are very different news stories, so we’ll take each one…

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About Us

Technically, Radical Compliance is the personal blog of Matt Kelly, long-time writer and observer of the corporate compliance and GRC scene. I was a writer, editor, and publisher at Compliance Week, 2003 through 2015; some of you may know me from my career there. I also speak frequently at compliance conferences and other events, and will pretty much shoot the breeze on any compliance topic with anyone who asks.

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