Welcome to our first Compliance Jobs Report of 2024! This week we have news from Binance, Walmart, Wells Fargo, Bristol Myers Squibb, Amazon, and more. We also have job leads in telecommunications, imaging technology, and life sciences; and Meme of the Week goes out to would-be whistleblowers. Always remember that we need your help to…
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As we all settle into the new year, let’s begin by continuing to debate an age-old question: What is the proper relationship among the chief compliance officer, the general counsel, and senior management? This has been on my mind since last month, when I moderated a webinar on new guidance for compliance officers in the…
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Happy New year, fellow compliance enthusiasts! As you struggle to answer all those emails and calendar alerts you ignored last week, spare a moment contemplate those bigger issues — like, say, those listed in the Radical Compliance annual list of compliance issues worth watching in the next 12 months. Every January I try to identify…
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Well this is going to hurt: First American Financial Corp., one of the largest title insurance firms in the United States, suffered a cyber attack over the Christmas break that has left legions of homebuyers and sellers unable to close their sales — and it is the second significant cyber incident First American has endured…
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The former chief compliance officer of the largest hospital system in Delaware is set to receive a $12.1 million whistleblower award as his share of a False Claims Act settlement against his former employer. Ronald Sherman was chief compliance officer of ChristianaCare from 2007 to 2014, when he was fired and escorted out of the…
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Our last Compliance Jobs Report of 2023! We have personnel moves to report at Walgreens, Dollar Tree, Arm, Microsoft, and many more! Also news of an internal auditor suing his employer for intimidation, and job leads in technology, airlines, and government service. Happy holidays to all! Always remember that we need your help to make…
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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board plans to inspect more corporate audits in 2024, casting an especially watchful eye at audits of financial and IT companies, as well as businesses that engaged in mergers and acquisitions in 2023. So says an alert the PCAOB published earlier this week, previewing the agency’s priorities for 2024 audit…
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The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Rite Aid not to use an AI-driven facial recognition system to identify potential shoplifters, in the latest and most vivid example yet of regulators cracking down on how companies might put artificial intelligence to use. The settlement was announced on Tuesday. According to the FTC, Rite Aid deployed AI-based…
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Federal authorities served up a $98 million FCPA enforcement action at the end of last week against a commodities trading firm in Connecticut. Today let’s take a look at the details of that case to see what the firm did and what lessons the rest of the compliance world can learn. The company in question…
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A big Compliance Jobs Report as we barrel toward the end of the year! We have personnel updates from Smithfield Foods, Goldman Sachs, L3 Harris, Discover Financial, and lots more. Job leads are in energy, financial services, and municipal government, and Meme of the Week goes out to dopes getting fired. Always remember that we…
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