Intrepid U.S.A. Inc., a Dallas-based home healthcare and hospice provider, has agreed to pay $3.85 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the settlement on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the independent regulator for data protection and information rights, has launched a new online tool to simplify privacy notice creation for small businesses.
Organizations today are increasingly turning to their internal audit teams to bridge the widening gap between risk demands and risk management capacity. A recent survey conducted by AuditBoard sheds light on this shift, revealing that the role of internal audit is expanding significantly as companies seek to bolster their resilience against emerging threats.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slapped Equiniti Trust Company LLC with an $850,000 civil penalty after the company’s inadequate cybersecurity defenses led to over $6.6 million in client funds being siphoned off in a series of cyberattacks. The debacle, which unfolded over two separate incidents in 2022 and 2023, underscores the critical need for transfer agents and financial firms to fortify their cyber defenses against increasingly sophisticated threat actors.
The latest annual benchmark study on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies and compliance conducted by Corporate Counsel in partnership with Morrison Foerster has revealed several notable trends in how organizations and their legal departments are approaching ESG.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a slate of changes proposed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to overhaul audit standards and liability rules.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken decisive action against two separate cases of derivatives market misconduct, issuing over $1.2 million in total penalties.