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[Video] Trekking Through Compliance-Episode 54 – Bread and Circuses

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/19

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Bread and Circuses which aired on March 15, 1968, Star Date 4729.4. Compliance Takeaways: 1. Begin a CCO requires many soft skills? 2. Do you translate your key documents? 3....

[Video] Compliance into the Weeds: Episode 132-Internal Control Palooza

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/19

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly (the coolest guy in compliance) and I go into...

[Video] Daily Compliance News: July 24, 2019, the ‘I think we’re responsible for something’ edition

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/19

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: 1. Epstein moved money out of US. (NYT) 2. McKesson compliance chief-“I think we’re responsible for something”. (Washington Post) 3. Facebook settlement requires Zuckerberg to certify compliance. (WSJ) 4....

An (Easy) August LinkedIn Challenge for Better Relationship Development

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/19

In most of the world, it’s been pretty hot, and many of you are either on holiday, or getting ready to leave for holiday. I know that the LAST thing you want to think about is building relationships for business development. But I’ve got an easy...

Corporate-led internal investigations become a prerequisite to enter into a French DPA

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/19

France is aligning itself with the US model of corporate prosecution - The new guidelines released by both the French Anticorruption Agency ("AFA") and the National Financial Prosecution Office ("PNF") on 27 June, 2019 regarding the implementation...

IRS Releases Proposed Tax Regulations on PFICs, Including Guidance for Foreign Insurance Corporations and Their Investors

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/19

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on July 10, 2019, released proposed regulations relating to the tax treatment of investors that own stock of a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) and withdrew prior...

Adapt to the Online Brain

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/19

Many to most of my readers will be old enough to remember when there was no Internet. Or, perhaps, you’ll remember a time when “going online” meant connecting through a noisy modem and a telephone line. Even more of you will remember a time when you...

Culling & Review: Driving Down the Cost of Ediscovery Part 6

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/19

Culling and Reviewing Data Efficiently - Responding to your discovery obligations is all about effectively and efficiently culling your data to separate the wheat (non-duplicative and non-privileged documents that are responsive to a discovery...

Phantom Debt Brokers and Collectors Settle FTC and New York AG Charges

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/19

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York recently issued orders against two New York-based phantom debt operations and their principals, resolving allegations of the companies’ “deceptive and abusive debt collection practices,...

FER1 Decree 2019: Incentives Regime for Renewable Energy Plants

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/19

On July 8, 2019, the Italian Government signed a Ministerial Decree that will grant new incentives to renewable energy sources (so-called “FER1 Decree”). Six years after the expiry of the fifth Conto Energia, also photovoltaic plants can now again...

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