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Donna Boehme, Principal at Compliance Strategist, joins us for a blog posting on risk and leadership lessons from the pandemic. Donna's profile is here and she can be reached at dboehme@compliancestrategists.com. I look forward to all the books to be written about the crisis we are
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Janet Longo, Regulatory Compliance Analyst at The Volkov Law Group, joins us for a posting on videoconferencing and compliance export controls. Janet can be reached at jlongo@volkovlaw.com. As the Covid-19 virus is proliferating, so is the practice of conducting business through videoconferencing from home. While many commentators
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The Justice Department and the FBI have acted to focus on fraudsters who are preying on the public panic in response to the pandemic. The Justice Department has alerted US Attorneys' Offices, and federal, state and local law enforcement of many of the common fraud schemes. DOJ already has
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My relationship with Judge Sporkin started in the 1990s when I served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia. I prosecuted a number of criminal cases before Judge Sporkin. In 1996, my colleague, Jim Dinan, and I prosecuted a RICO and Continuing Criminal Enterprise gang case
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Judge Stanley Sporkin was a mentor, a professional colleague and a friend. I admired Judge Sporkin, respected his commitment to integrity and valued our professional collaboration and personal friendship. Judge Stanley Sporkin died on March 23, 2020. He was 88 years old. I am compelled to write about my friend.
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The Volkov Law Group is proud to announce the addition of two talented professionals to our firm. Virginia Suveiu has joined as Of Counsel. Virginia counsels on ethics and compliance, regulatory compliance and commercial law matters. She is currently editing a handbook on Risk Management and the Law for Routledge.
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Dawn Delia, a tax practitioner, joins us today for a helpful posting on IRS tax requirements during the COVID-19 crisis. Dawn can be reached at dawn@deliataxattorneys.com. Her blog is located at https://deliataxattorneys.com/tax-blog/. Postponed Tax Deadlines for 2020 in Response to the Coronavirus One
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Steele Webinar: Top 6 Due Diligence Best Practices Third-Party Risk Management April 16, 2020, 11 AM EST Sign Up HERE Faced with complex, global third-party networks, it's more critical than ever for companies to have an effective strategy for evaluating and monitoring third-party risk. Without
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The Justice Department and the FBI have quickly acted to focus on fraudsters and hoarders seeking to profit from the public panic in response to the pandemic. DOJ issued a memo to U.S. Attorneys prioritizing investigations and prosecutions in this area. (Here). To combat hoarding and price gouging for
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Companies are struggling. Many have shut down. Some are surviving from a remote workforce. Some critical businesses – healthcare providers, food, pharmacies and essential services (e.g. utilities) – are continuing to operate. Employers have given large numbers of raises and have to adapt to a new marketplace with COVID-19 risks
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Congress recently enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) (Copy Here), which included a number of important changes. Given the disastrous impact of the pandemic on the workplace, businesses that are still operating have to adhere to health and safety requirements. OSHA guidelines require companies to sanitize the workplace,
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Corporate boards and management face serious challenges in navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. In this difficult environment, companies have to be mindful to apply best practices and exercise care to fulfill their duties of loyalty and care. The challenges are complex and the risks are exponential. Corporate boards have to