Risk Management

Marijuana, Hemp & CBD-Related Businesses: It’s Complicated (Part 1)

In a new two-part blog series, “Marijuana, Hemp & CBD-Related Businesses: It’s Complicated”, we will examine how financial institutions are trying to sort through various…

Gina Jurva August 22, 2019

Cop on the Street: What Can a Cop Learn about Counter-Terrorism from a Fighter Pilot?

In a new, occasional blog series titled, “Cop on the Street”, we will explore practical insights on matters critical to law enforcement officers. Today’s cop…

Ray Guidetti August 08, 2019

Casinos: Keeping In Line With Title 31 (Part 1)

In a new two-part blog series, we examine how casinos are on the front lines of money laundering investigations amid rising government enforcement actions. Will…

Thomson Reuters Institute August 06, 2019

INTERVIEW: Marijuana Firms Slowly Gain Bank Access, Says Ex-U.S. Treasury Official

A "fear factor" that has kept banks from serving marijuana-related businesses in the United States is easing amid changing attitudes on Capitol Hill. As a…

Brett Wolf July 25, 2019

Rising Trends: Inspector General Cites the Top Healthcare Fraud Concerns in New Report

Fraud, waste and abuse related to healthcare continues to soar in the U.S. Losses are in the tens of billions of dollars, according to estimates…

Melissa D. Berry July 17, 2019

Ambient Computing: Technology is All Around

Computers are everywhere and have gotten smaller and faster. With easy availability of the Internet, these little and powerful computers grew to form an “Internet…

Don Philmlee July 17, 2019

The GAO’s Investigative-Forensics Team: A Watchdog with Sharper Teeth Than Most

In the federal government’s ongoing effort to combat fraud, waste, and abuse, few agencies have more powerful tools at their disposal than the Government Accountability…

Tad Simons July 09, 2019

Cost of Compliance Survey 2019: After 10 Years of Regulatory Change, Nothing Is Certain Except More Change

It has been 10 years since the great financial crisis and its aftermath led us into an environment that has been characterized by change, change,…

Susannah Hammond June 27, 2019

Forum Magazine: In Germany, GCs Navigate a Changing Role

What keeps in-house lawyers awake at night? The answer to this question changes over time and varies across companies and countries. Summarized below are my…

Mari Sako June 24, 2019

Crypto-Crime Continues to Surge, But There are Ways to Prevent It

Financial fraud and criminal schemes tend to go where the action is, so it’s no surprise that cryptocurrencies are seeing a spike in related crimes,…

Gina Jurva June 20, 2019

In the Realm of Science and Technology, the GAO Reports on the Good, Bad & Sometimes Ugly

For almost a century, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been providing Congress and the American people with independent oversight of the federal government’s programs and operations,…

Tad Simons June 11, 2019

Forum Magazine: Crisis Is Our Day Job — King & Spalding’s Phyllis Sumner Helps Clients Stay Ahead of Cybersecurity Incidents

Target, eBay, Yahoo!, Equifax, Marriott… . This is not just a list of successful American companies, it’s also a list of companies that have experienced…

Gregg Wirth June 05, 2019