At first I hesitated to write something about the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis this weekend, because it felt trite to tie his death to the corporate compliance world. What lesson were we supposed to unpack here? That federal agents shooting a disarmed and subdued man shows the importance of proper employee training? Analysis…
This week the Compliance Jobs Report notes new hires at Cencora, EyePoint, Mondelēz International, American Express, Amkor Technology, Eramet, Walmart, and many more. The head of audit at MIT is retiring; lots of promotions to note; and job leads are in cancer treatment, the Olympics, and anime. Meme of the Week goes out to horsies! …
The Justice Department is apparently changing course on its recently announced new assistant attorney general for fraud investigations, telling Congress that the person holding the job will report to the deputy attorney general’s office — not directly to the White House, as the White House had previously said. According to an article published Wednesday afternoon…
It happened to me again the other day. I was writing up an item for the Compliance Jobs Report, and got confused about who reports to whom in the compliance team pecking order: Does a compliance director report to a compliance manager, or vice-versa? A quick call to a chief compliance officer who has done…
Businesses are drowning in a deluge of three things: cybersecurity risk, regulatory compliance demands, and risk management frameworks. So when I moderated a webinar recently on how you could simplify all that effort by building your GRC program on a foundation of strong cybersecurity, I took lots of notes. First, what do we even mean…
Another big Compliance Jobs Report this week. We have several folks leaving CCO roles for new jobs, but won’t say precisely where; plus other news at Gunvor, Tyson Foods, GE Healthcare, Zoom, Kellogg, and many more. The former head of the Justice Department Fraud Section has a new gig; job leads are in pharma, housing…
Who’s looking for some consumer privacy news? Because General Motors just agreed to an overhaul of how it collects and uses driver geo-location data, in a settlement that has almost all the hallmarks of a traditional privacy enforcement action. (Minus any monetary penalties, of course; this is still the Trump 2.0 era we’re talking about.)…
I had another one of those unfortunate conversations the other day: talking with a compliance officer who had tried to do the right thing at their organization, and suffered retaliation for it. With that person‘s permission, I wanted to relay a few thoughts about how compliance officers can anticipate these ordeals. First, why was I…
Don’t look now, but corporations and compliance teams already have yet another Trumpian trend tripping up your plans for 2026: chaos capitalism, as President Trump barks out new demands for mandatory overseas investment, price caps, price cuts, executive compensation, shareholder compensation, and lord only knows what’s next. Seriously, who can even keep up with all…
The Trump Administration is creating a new Justice Department division to fight fraud in government funding. All you government contractors out there, tread carefully; this idea raises thorny legal and political questions and further undermines the Justice Department’s reputation for integrity. Vice president J.D. Vance announced the news on Thursday, and said the new division…
