Sue Reisinger

June 24, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Jay Jorgensen, former executive vice president and global chief ethics and compliance officer at Walmart, said the in-house lawyers and compliance team showed monitor Louis Freeh how they had built a state-of-the-art compliance program to remediate the problem. The DOJ, however, was not impressed.

By Sue Reisinger

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June 21, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The documents also paint a picture of top Walmart executives, including its general counsel at the time, who were more concerned with growth than with exploring the red flags around them. At least eight Walmart executives have left the company in the wake of the scandal.

By Sue Reisinger

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June 20, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

In the criminal part of the settlement, the company signed a nonprosecution agreement with the DOJ in which it agreed to pay a $138 million penalty to settle violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The SEC announced that the company also agreed to pay another $144 million to settle related claims.

By Sue Reisinger

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June 19, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Jerry Blakemore, National Association of College and University Attorneys chair-elect of the board of directors, spoke with Corporate Counsel about the legal issues facing higher education lawyers today.

By Sue Reisinger

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June 18, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Graham joined the university in 1993 as assistant general counsel and moved up through the ranks to associate vice president and deputy general counsel in 2017. Last November she was named interim general counsel when then-GC Philip Harris left abruptly.

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June 17, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

His son, Thomas Fowler, said he died May 19 from complications following coronary bypass surgery.

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June 14, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The rate of cyber-related suspicious activity reports has grown to nearly 80,000 per year, according to the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in the U.S. Treasury Department. That number includes 13,500 reports per year on suspicious business email alone, up 95% from 2016.

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June 13, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The order released Wednesday against DealerBuilt contains several new provisions that general counsel will want to consider in any risk assessment, including one requiring executives to take more responsibility for compliance.

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June 12, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz said she'd consider punishing individual executives with criminal fines and prison time over the world's largest cruise line failing to implement meaningful compliance reforms with a chief compliance officer.

By Sue Reisinger

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June 11, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

UCLA is the latest example of campus doctors being accused of sex crimes, and the consequences have included internal investigations, lawsuits and multimillion-dollar legal fees at other schools.

By Sue Reisinger

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