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Compliance and Third-Party Risk Management Image

Compliance and Third-Party Risk Management

Chris Zohlen & Johnathan Prewitt

To gauge the level of risk and uncover potential gaps, compliance and privacy leaders should collaborate to consider how often they are monitoring third parties, what intelligence they are gathering with and about their partners and vendors, and whether their risk management practices have been diminished due to cost and resource constraints.

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Navigating the SEC's Marketing Rule: Compliance Challenges and Legal Insights Image

Navigating the SEC's Marketing Rule: Compliance Challenges and Legal Insights

Colleen Corwell, Shannon Nolan & Nikolas Simonlacaj

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has underscored the critical importance of Marketing Rule compliance through a series of recent enforcement actions and risk alerts. This article delves into the challenges that investment advisers must navigate when marketing their services. It also explores how legal counsel and compliance consultants can effectively support their clients in adhering to both the explicit requirements and nuanced aspects of the Marketing Rule.

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The DOJ's Whistleblower Pilot Program Adds Incentives for Robust Corporate Compliance Programs Image

The DOJ's Whistleblower Pilot Program Adds Incentives for Robust Corporate Compliance Programs

Jonathan New, Patrick Campbell & Sydney Park

By incentivizing individuals to report misconduct through its Whistleblower Pilot Program, the DOJ has expanded its arsenal and the means by which it can identify misconduct. So wrongdoers beware — although this is not the Old West, everybody loves a good bounty.

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Why High-Quality Data is Crucial to Fighting Financial Crime 

Tom Bock, Paul Connolly, Fernanda Barroso & Maria Evstropova

The fight against financial crime is becoming increasingly complex. The increasing prominence of AI also means that firms may leave themselves exposed to unexpected risks if they do not carefully consider the quality of the data that fuels the AI system.

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DOJ's Cyber Fraud Initiative: A Wake-up Call That Keeps Ringing Image

DOJ's Cyber Fraud Initiative: A Wake-up Call That Keeps Ringing

Randy S. Grossman, Kareem A. Salem & Kayla LaRosa

DOJ's Cyber Fraud Initiative has been a wake-up call for companies to prioritize cybersecurity and adhere to stringent standards. By leveraging the FCA, DOJ has used a powerful enforcement tool to target a wide range of cybersecurity failures and misrepresentations. The increasing focus on cybersecurity by enforcement agencies means that robust cybersecurity practices are becoming a standard expectation, not just a best practice.

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Second Circuit Holds No Special Standard for Charging Campaign Contributions As Bribes, Reinstates Charges Against Former NY Lieutenant Governor Image

Second Circuit Holds No Special Standard for Charging Campaign Contributions As Bribes, Reinstates Charges Against Former NY Lieutenant Governor

Paul Tuchmann

We now have an opportunity to see whether the volume of campaign contribution bribery cases in the Second Circuit increases, and whether the government brings any cases that appear to infringe on the First Amendment interests of campaign contributors and candidates.

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OFAC, Commerce, and DOJ Emphasize Pursuit Of Enforcement Actions Against Non-U.S. Persons and Entities Image

OFAC, Commerce, and DOJ Emphasize Pursuit Of Enforcement Actions Against Non-U.S. Persons and Entities

Harry Sandick & Sarah Hardtke

The guidance mirrors the recent, broader impulse among U.S. prosecutors and regulatory agencies to extend application of U.S. law to foreign persons and entities, even when those persons and entities have only threadbare connections to the U.S.

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Common Pitfalls In Personal Device Collection

Marjorie Peerce & Marguerite O'Brien

Both the DOJ and the SEC have made it clear that they will look at company BYOD policies when assessing how to resolve matters under their purview. To avoid pitfalls — and sanctions — counsel must take proactive steps to ensure proper preservation and collection of personal mobile data and verify that clients comply.

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Decoding DOJ's New 'Justice AI' Initiative

James D. Gatta, Allan J. Medina & Ian Q. Rogers

The DOJ is likely to face many practical challenges and novel issues as it begins coding its own algorithm for AI-related enforcement. This article briefly examines three areas of AI-related enforcement where such practical challenges and novel issues may arise.

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Artificial Intelligence: The New Weapon of Insider Threats Image

Artificial Intelligence: The New Weapon of Insider Threats

Peter Collins

It is imperative that every organization acknowledges and takes seriously the potential harm that can be caused by insiders who misuse AI as a weapon for personal gain or to settle scores.

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