Oct 07, 2026

The Impact of Trump 2.0 Policy Changes on Internal Investigations

In a compliance environment shaped by shifting enforcement priorities, companies may need to reassess how they evaluate complaints, triage allegations and decide when an internal investigation is warranted. This article distills insights offered by three former prosecutors, all with significant in-house investigations experience, on how they are rethinking their internal investigations playbook to account for emerging areas of risk. The discussion, which took place during a webinar co-hosted by the Anti-Corruption Report and the American Conference Institute (ACI) as a lead-up to ACI’s 43^rd Annual Conference on FCPA and Global Anti-Corruption to be held in December 2026, offers concrete guidance for compliance teams on escalating concerns and allocating investigative resources. See “Adapting Compliance Programs to Manage Criminal and Civil FTO Risk” (Aug. 12, 2026).

Sep 23, 2026

Five Key Culture Indicators to Measure Compliance

Compliance programs have traditionally relied on activity metrics such as training completion rates, policy attestations and hotline volumes. Increasingly, however, organizations – and regulators – are seeking deeper insights into compliance culture, including whether employees understand their obligations, feel empowered to raise concerns and trust the organization’s compliance framework. To answer these questions, companies can collect quantitative data about five key compliance culture indicators to understand the strengths and weaknesses of their programs. This article synthesizes insights from a panel at the SCCE Data Analytics for Compliance Programs conference, held in August 2026, about how to transform employee perceptions into measurable indicators that can help legal and compliance teams identify risks, target remediation efforts and demonstrate program effectiveness. See “A Step-by-Step Approach to Upleveling Compliance Analytics” (Jul. 2, 2025).

Aug 12, 2026

Insights From SAP on Using Data Analytics for Sanctions Compliance

In the sensitive and fast-changing field of sanctions, driven by today’s shifting geopolitical environment, data analytics can help take compliance to the next level. Compliance professionals can harness ever-more diverse data sources to build a clearer picture of a company’s risk, SAP chief legal counsel Keith Huffman explained during a panel hosted by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. This article addresses how companies can use data analytics to improve their sanctions compliance efforts, distilling insights from Huffman and fellow SAP export controls and sanctions professionals Anisa Makarova and Maria Balan. See “Thoughts From DOJ Experts on Using Data Analytics to Strengthen Compliance Programs” (May 22, 2024).

Jul 29, 2026

Covering the Bases to Manage Conflicts of Interest

Conflicts of interest can have enormous implications for the culture of ethics and compliance at any organization because they pose reputational and financial risk, especially to organizations lacking appropriate safeguards. Adequately managing conflicts is, therefore, an essential component of any strong corporate compliance program. This article distills insights from a June 2026 Practicing Law Institute panel that discussed the various types of conflicts that often arise and how companies can manage them. See “Managing Conflicts of Interest With Consistency and a Can-Do Attitude” (Feb. 12, 2025).

Jul 29, 2026

Former SEC and CFTC Officials Unpack the 2026 Enforcement Landscape

Leadership transitions at regulatory agencies are inevitable following a change in presidential administration. In recent years, however, such turnovers have brought about wholesale reversals of enforcement approaches, policies and focus areas. At the May 2026 White Collar Crime Conference presented by the New York City Bar Association, blue-ribbon panels of former enforcement directors from the SEC’s Division of Enforcement and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement examined the significant changes and current enforcement landscape at each agency. This article synthesizes their observations. See “International Defense Counsel Reflect on the 2026 State of Global Enforcement” (May 20, 2026).

Mar 25, 2026

Contracting With Vendors to Mitigate Third-Party AI Risk

When companies and law firms purchase an AI tool from a vendor, they need to consider the risks and controls they can put in place to mitigate them. They will have no control over associated risks unless their contracts with those vendors provide such rights. “Your AI governance program cannot work unless the vendor agreement gives the rights needed to enforce that governance,” William Galkin, partner and founder of Galkin Law, LLC, said during a recent program from Strafford (now part of BARBRI). This article synthesizes insights from Galkin and technology executives at BillingNav and MorriganAI regarding risks from use of third-party AI tools and considerations for approaching contracting with vendors. It also offers practical advice on six key AI vendor contract clauses to help companies transform an AI governance program from policy statements into enforceable operational safeguards. See “Risk and Compliance Survey Highlights the Role of Compliance in AI Governance” (Oct. 22, 2025).

Jul 16, 2025

Cybersecurity and AI Are Top Global Business Challenges Identified in Kroll Study

Business professionals from more than 20 countries identified cybersecurity and AI integration as their most pressing challenges, according to Kroll’s 2025 Global Business Sentiment Survey. Kroll asked respondents about how they are approaching uncertainty and upheaval around the globe, and their perspectives on key challenges and risks, including economic instability, data privacy and geopolitical and trade risk. This article synthesizes the survey results and insights shared by Kroll leaders during an online program on key findings from the survey, strategies for mitigating the identified risks, and approaches to governance and compliance. See “In-House Perspectives on Compliance’s Role in Managing New and Emerging Risks” (May 22, 2024).

May 07, 2020

ACR and CSLR Spring Update 2020

The Senior Editors of the Anti-Corruption Report and the Cybersecurity Law Report teamed up to present an update on the trends and hot topics in the anti-corruption, cybersecurity and data privacy spaces since the beginning of the year and what the publications will be focusing on in the coming months. A complimentary download of the webinar is available here.

May 02, 2019

The Art and Science of Transaction Monitoring: A Google Perspective

Transaction monitoring can help a company identify problem areas and assess how well its compliance program is working. In a May 2, 2019, webinar, ACR Senior Editor Megan Zwiebel interviewed Google global ethics & compliance senior counsel Therese Lee and forensic program manager Aditya Yerramilli about how Google handles the art and science of transaction monitoring.

Apr 23, 2019

Mitigating Risk in Argentina After the Notebooks Scandal

Doing business in a country that is embroiled in a mega-scandal can be treacherous. This is particularly true when the local business community is slow to get on the compliance bandwagon, as has been the case in Argentina while the Notebooks Scandal has been unfolding. The Anti-Corruption Report hosted a complimentary webinar on April 17, 2019, in which Editor-in-Chief Nicole Di Schino discussed how to mitigate risk in light of the developing scandal with Argentinian attorney Guillermo Jorge, a partner at Bruchou, Fernandez Madero & Lombardi, and Barrick Gold’s Jonathan Drimmer. 

Apr 01, 2019

Mitigating Risk in Argentina After the Notebooks Scandal

Doing business in a country that is embroiled in a mega-scandal can be treacherous. This is particularly true when the local business community is slow to get on the compliance bandwagon, as has been the case in Argentina while the Notebooks Scandal has been unfolding. The Anti-Corruption Report hosted a complimentary webinar on April 17, 2019, in which Editor-in-Chief Nicole Di Schino discussed how to mitigate risk in light of the developing scandal with Argentinian attorney Guillermo Jorge, a partner at Bruchou, Fernandez Madero & Lombardi, and Barrick Gold’s Jonathan Drimmer. 

Mar 27, 2019

How HPE Is Using Its New T&E System to Generate Compliance Metrics

Measuring the effectiveness of a compliance program can be tricky, but some companies are finding ways to use their existing internal controls to generate useful data. In this webinar, Senior Editor Megan Zwiebel interviewed Becky Rohr, vice-president of anti-corruption and global trade at Hewlett Packard Enterprises, about how they are using their new T&E tool to measure and improve compliance. 

Nov 13, 2018

Tackling Anti-Corruption Challenges in China and Singapore

This webinar covered the current corruption landscape in Asia, with a focus on recent activity in China and Singapore. Panelists Cindy Hong, a partner at K&L Gates in Shanghai, Pamela Kiesselbach, a senior registered foreign lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills in Hong Kong, and Angela Xenakis, a partner at Sidley Austin in Singapore, joined Rebecca Hughes Parker of The Anti-Corruption Report to shed light on international and domestic corruption risks in the region, local nuances, how to synthesize compliance programs to cover these risks and overcoming challenges when conducting internal investigations.

Nov 13, 2018

ACR Spring Webinar Series: Creative Approaches to Compliance Messaging

Nov 13, 2018

Enforcing Third-Party Audit Rights: Overcoming Common Hurdles

Oct 26, 2018

DOJ Expectations for Data Retention

The DOJ’s FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy contained a surprise for some companies: a requirement to retain business records to receive full cooperation and remediation credit when settling anti-corruption issues with the DOJ. In this webinar, James Koukios, a former Senior Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section at the DOJ and current partner at Morrison Foerster, and Jennifer Joyce, a data governance specialist at EY, joined Megan Zwiebel of the Anti-Corruption Report to discuss the purpose of the policy, the types of business records covered by the DOJ’s policy, the options a company has available when formulating a data retention policy and how to perform a risk assessment to determine the type of data retention policy that best suits a company’s needs.

Oct 26, 2018

DOJ Expectations for Data Retention

The DOJ’s FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy contained a surprise for some companies: a requirement to retain business records to receive full cooperation and remediation credit when settling anti-corruption issues with the DOJ. In this webinar, James Koukios, a former Senior Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section at the DOJ and current partner at Morrison Foerster, and Jennifer Joyce, a data governance specialist at EY, joined Megan Zwiebel of The Anti-Corruption Report to discuss the purpose of the policy, the types of business records covered by the DOJ’s policy, the options a company has available when formulating a data retention policy and how to perform a risk assessment to determine the type of data retention policy that best suits a company’s needs.

Jul 26, 2018

Enforcing Third-Party Audit Rights: Overcoming Common Hurdles

Without regular enforcement, third-party audit rights are useless – and even potentially dangerous. This webinar focused on several common obstacles that companies face when exercising their third-party audit rights and provided strategies for overcoming them. Palmina Fava, a partner at Paul Hastings, Edward Fishman, a partner at Nossaman, and Marc Shanker, managing counsel at Oracle, joined Nicole Di Schino of the Anti-Corruption Report to discuss how to address resource issues, overcome concerns from the business, negotiate with third parties and conduct an audit after the right is challenged.

May 02, 2018

ACR Spring Webinar Series: Creative Approaches to Compliance Messaging

In-house experts Gwen Romack, the senior director of legal and regulatory compliance at VMware, and Nichole Pitts, the former vice president and compliance & ethics officer at Louis Berger, shared their unique strategies for spreading the compliance message across a company with the Anti-Corruption Report’s Nicole Di Schino during this webinar. The discussion included enhancing the compliance department’s relationship with the rest of the company, creative training techniques and how to incorporate an approachable tone into the company’s compliance tools and processes.

Mar 22, 2018

Tackling Anti-Corruption Challenges in China and Singapore

This webinar covered the current corruption landscape in Asia, with a focus on recent activity in China and Singapore. Panelists Cindy Hong, a partner at K&L Gates in Shanghai, Pamela Kiesselbach, a senior registered foreign lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills in Hong Kong, and Angela Xenakis, a partner at Sidley Austin in Singapore, joined Rebecca Hughes Parker of the Anti-Corruption Report to shed light on international and domestic corruption risks in the region, local nuances, how to synthesize compliance programs to cover these risks and overcoming challenges when conducting internal investigations.