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Business Crimes Bulletin

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There Are Limits to Congress’s Investigatory Powers Image

There Are Limits to Congress’s Investigatory Powers

Harry Sandick

Businesses across all sectors of the economy should be knowledgeable about how best to respond to a Congressional investigation, and ultimately, if the investigaory Committee is not satisfied with voluntary compliance efforts, the options available to them for objecting to a Congressional subpoena.

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Use a WISP to Detail Data Security Processes and Controls Image

Use a WISP to Detail Data Security Processes and Controls

Alfred R. Brunetti

The written information security plan (WISP) is not just another compliance document, it's a practical roadmap that turns abstract data protection duties into concrete business practices.

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SEC Halts Substantive Review of Public Company Requests to Exclude Certain Shareholder Proposals Image

SEC Halts Substantive Review of Public Company Requests to Exclude Certain Shareholder Proposals

Chris O'Malley

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission decision to halt substantive review of public company requests to exclude certain shareholder proposals has investor groups concerned their voices will be diminished in U.S. corporate governance.

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Proposed Regulation Would Ban Money Laundering As Pretext for Policing Banks’ Reputational Risk Image

Proposed Regulation Would Ban Money Laundering As Pretext for Policing Banks’ Reputational Risk

Dan Novak

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, in its proposed rule, said that the “broad nature” of BSA and anti-money laundering supervision creates “a risk that BS/AML focused supervisory actions could indirectly address reputation risk.”

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Ninth Circuit Pumps Brakes on CA Climate Change Disclosure Law Image

Ninth Circuit Pumps Brakes on CA Climate Change Disclosure Law

Cheryl Miller

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit pumped the brakes on a California law requiring the state’s biggest companies to disclose their climate change-related financial risks. The law, referred to by its legislative number, SB 261, was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.

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ACC Panel: Internal Investigations About Protection, Not Checking Boxes Image

ACC Panel: Internal Investigations About Protection, Not Checking Boxes

Trudy Knockless

At this year’s Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, a panel of experienced in-house counsel walked through the high-stakes realities of internal investigations. The panel stressed that investigations are less about checking boxes and more about protecting people, reputations and companies.

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