Compliance Archive

Change Healthcare’s legal and compliance team has, in a relatively short period of time, proven itself to be adept at tackling major compliance and ethics challenges in a highly regulated industry. The department began work in 2017 when the company was created in a joint venture between McKesson Corporation and the Blackstone Group. With general counsel Loretta Cecil at the helm, the team integrates all parts of the business that deal with governance, compliance, ...

The SEC has adopted amendments to the business description, legal proceedings and risk factor disclosures required by reporting companies in annual and quarterly reports and registration statements. The amendments are intended to modernize disclosure requirements, including by eliminating certain duplicative requirements and improving the usability of filings for investors. The SEC expects the amendments to elicit disclosures that are tailored to each registrant’s partic...

– CNBC reported that SEC chair Jay Clayton announced he will step down at the end of the year. ‘Working alongside the incredibly talented and driven women and men of the SEC has been the highlight of my career,’ Clayton said in a statement. His term would have expired in June 2021. SEC chairs traditionally step down when an administ...

High-profile fraud can have a massive impact on public companies, so the pressure is on for transparency across multiple geographies and jurisdictions. It’s a crucial part of the corporate secretary’s role. Jarrod Simpson, CEO of governance services at Computershare, and Connor Kuratek, chief corporate counsel and assistant corporate secretary at Marsh & McLennan Companies, speak to Corporate Secretary about why entity management matters and outline the infl...