e-Corporate Compliance News | May 30, 2013; French oil giant Total to pay $398M in bribery case

French oil giant Total to pay $398M to settle U.S. bribery charges
Former SEC lawyer uses crowdfunding to bring whistleblower actions
Liberty Reserve founder indicted on $6B money-laundering charges
2 plead guilty in feds’ probe of truck stop chain
‘Ashamed’ ex-Michigan Justice Hathaway gets prison in fraud scheme
Research: Ethical environment at work impacts decisions to report wrongdoing
Ex-KPMG partner to admit fraud
Deloitte asks court to dismiss SEC audit case; cites China deal
U.S. justices agree to hear LCD display price-fixing case
Bausch & Lomb’s Ista pleads guilty over kickbacks

e-Corporate Compliance News | May 23, 2013; UK regulator fines JPMorgan £3 million

UK regulator fines JPMorgan £3 million
Auditor watchdog finds fault with Ernst & Young
ISS settles investigation into leaks of shareholder vote data
Brokerage firm to pay $7.5 million fine to regulators
Ex-Goldman Sachs banker to pay $100,000 in SEC pay-to-play case
Sarbanes-Oxley whistle-blower shield gets high court review
IG: Prosecutor retaliated against Fast and Furious whistle-blower
3 scientists conspired to take Chinese bribes for their U.S. research
CFTC criticized for handling of MF Global
UBS must face whistle-blower lawsuit

Press Releases | Recipients of the 9th Annual Compliance and Ethics Awards announced by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics

Minneapolis, Minn. ---May 22, 2013 --- Four compliance and ethics champions will be honored by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) during the 9^th Annual Compliance and Ethics Awards ceremony on October7, 2013 in Washington, DC, the SCCE announced today. This annual event takes place during the annual Compliance & Ethics Institute; it honors individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the compliance and ethics profession.

e-Corporate Compliance News | May 16, 2013; Dow Chemical damages hit $1.2 billion in urethane case

Dow Chemical damages hit $1.2 billion in urethane case
Level Global’s Chiasson gets 78 months in prison
UK lawmaker asks SFO and police to consider gas price rigging
SocGen unit CEO charged with bribery
Global accountants stick to plan to get leases on balance sheets
Survey: SOX compliance requires more scrutiny on high-risk processes
Rino International settles SEC case over executive looting
Feds: NJ man deceptively sold polished but discarded jet engine parts to airlines
Hong Kong’s anti-bribery agency investigates its former head

Press Releases | Compliance Risk a key focus at the 12th Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute

Minneapolis, Minn.--- May 16, 2013 --- The Society or Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) today announced the 12^th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute Risk Track. Since a key aspect of a compliance and ethics professional’s work is to identify, assess, and monitor compliance risks, each year the Institute offers specific “risk-related” educational sessions in its program.   

Press Releases | Compliance & Ethics Institute government speakers to address their expectations of private sector compliance programs as well as their own internal compliance programs

e-Corporate Compliance News | May 9, 2013; Skilling Strikes Deal for Shorter Sentence

Enron’s Skilling Strikes Deal for Shorter Sentence
SEC chief defends ‘neither admit nor deny’ but will review
U.S. charges firm with fraud in first criminal case for consumer protection agency
Study: Company bosses ‘cook the books’ to meet tough targets
IBM says Justice Department probing bribery allegations
BofA, Wells Fargo to be sued by N.Y. over mortgage accord
Venezuelan bank official charged in U.S. with two in bribe plot
SEC charges Pennsylvania’s capital city with fraud
Study: Auditors miss basic steps in corporate fraud cases

e-Corporate Compliance News | May 2, 2013; UK sets new cyber security standard

Press Releases | Leading industry experts headline 12th Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute

Minneapolis, Minn.---April 30, 2013—Five distinguished leaders in compliance, governance, ethics, and government enforcement will address compliance and ethics professionals from across industries and across the globe during the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) annual Compliance & Ethics Institute this fall, it announced today.

e-Corporate Compliance News | April 25, 2013; Wal-Mart ties executive pay to compliance overhaul

Wal-Mart ties executive pay to compliance overhaul
Capital One paying $3.5M to settle SEC charges
Ralph Lauren to pay $1.6 million to settle Argentine bribery case
VW faces compliance probe in T-Systems bribery case
ENRC: Serious Fraud Office launches criminal investigation
US sues Novartis, alleging kickbacks to pharmacies
FBI: Cleveland Browns owner’s Pilot Flying J has engaged in fraud for ‘many years’
New leader named for enforcement unit at SEC
Standard & Poor’s urges judge to dismiss U.S. ratings fraud suit
College president blames fraud by former CFO for school’s out-of-control finances