Everything you need to know about VAT and expense reports
Value-added tax (VAT) is a somewhat familiar topic, yet very few people seem to know precisely what it is, or how to approach...
Read the ArticleSunshine Act compliance: All you need to know
What is the Sunshine Act? Its full name is actually The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PPSA) and it was designed to boost ...
Read the Article3 key takeaways from recent FCPA compliance actions
Three new FCPA enforcement actions were recently resolved with the SEC, totaling over $20.3M in fines. Quad/Graphics, a Wisco...
Read the Article4 compliance lessons learned from recent FCPA enforcement actions
Two companies recently resolved Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions, agreeing to pay a combined total of...
Read the ArticleFrom eco-damage, to defrauding NASA: Some of the craziest things that got companies debarred
Debarred companies lose the right to contract with the federal government, and are essentially blacklisted. Even if you don...
Read the ArticleFCPA draws a fine line between corporate hospitality and bribery
As discussed in a previous blog post, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) may classify normal business activities as br...
Read the ArticleGoogle and Facebook victim of $100 million in accounts payable fraud: How it could have been prevented
By now you may have heard about Evaldas Rimasauskas, the Lithuanian man who pled guilty in March of this year to scamming Fac...
Read the ArticleRecent FCPA enforcement action dishes up important compliance reminders
The U.S Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced a Foreign Corrupt Practices A...
Read the ArticleThe foreign corrupt practices (FCPA compliance) law is much broader than its name suggests
To the extent most people have heard of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, it’s like the FCPA’s anti-bribery provisions w...
Read the ArticleWhen are normal business activities deemed “bribery”?
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) was enacted in 1977 to prohibit US businesses and others subject to the law from bri...
Read the ArticleFCPA compliance: What you need to know
What is the FCPA? Its full name is actually the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) and it was designed to make it i...
Read the ArticleWhere to begin with GDPR compliance: The clock is ticking
Data is often a company’s most critical asset. Businesses globally are collecting increasing amounts of data on customers a...
Read the ArticleHow the FCPA can be harmful to your business
Mention the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to an executive at Nortek Inc. and you may well hear the sigh of someone who feels ...
Read the ArticleHow to transform compliance with artificial intelligence
Recently, I had the honor of writing a guest post for Corporate Compliance Insights. The article, “Artificial Intelligence...
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