Packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) is often treated as a sustainability, waste, or finance issue. For companies selling physical products across the EU, it is also a compliance process: the business needs to know where it has obligations, who owns them, what data sup…

A healthy organization depends on more than policies and procedures. It also depends on whether people feel they can raise a concern without being ignored, discredited, or labeled as difficult. Employees who are close to day-to-day operations are often the first to identify situ…

By Andy Mura Ask any incident responder about their worst night on call, and you will hear a story about time. The minutes lost confirming whether an alert was real. The hours spent paging the right people. The days between the first foothold and the moment someone finally said the word “breach�…

The hidden risk of Level 1 alert fatigue In banking and financial services, sanctions screening is reaching a critical inflection point. Level 1 (L1) teams face an overwhelming volume of alerts where, s. While often treated as a mere capacity constraint, chronic alert overlo…

When a serious allegation surfaces (whether through a whistleblower complaint, an internal audit finding, or a regulatory query), the Board of Directors and/or Audit Committee face a set of decisions that must be made quickly and correctly. Who investigates? Who oversees the invest…

The Women’s National Basketball Association was approved by the NBA Board of Governors on April 24, 1996, and began play in 1997 under NBA sponsorship. The origin matters because the WNBA did not emerge as a fully independent enterprise. It was created inside a larger institution…

and Vivien Yanni-Gan  Andy Burnham became the UK’s 59th Prime Minister on 20 July 2026.  He comes into office at a difficult time with an increasingly complex international agenda and a wide range of issues facing the UK including the cost-of-living crisis.  But why should…

AI is great at automating complex tasks, and product compliance has historically been a highly complex, manual task. At first glance, this might make AI seem like the perfect solution to modern product compliance challenges. And it can be, when approached in the right way. The probl…

A vacant governance role does not usually look like a compliance problem. Meetings continue. Papers go out. Filings are made. Someone takes the minutes, someone else follows up the actions, and legal or compliance colleagues cover anything urgent. On the surface, the organization m…

Media promotions and live events are a central component of modern-day marketing and advertising strategies. The need for brands and entertainment organizations to seek authentic consumer engagement has increased. From influencer-driven promotion and experiential campaigns to tic…

, Co-Founder & CEO of Regulativ.ai On 17 January 2025, DORA entered into application across the EU, closing two years of preparation that left most financial entities still working through what compliance required. Over a year later, many of those same teams manage record volumes of …

By SCCE & HCCA in partnership with Moody’s AI, changing regulations, and new business models are reshaping compliance programs, data analytics, and third-party risk management. More than half of the compliance professionals responding to Moody’s 2025 survey, “From reactive to proactive: How…

This spring, 50 compliance professionals were selected to participate in the SCCE/FBI Corporate Compliance Professional Outreach Event, a unique two-day experience designed to strengthen the relationship between compliance professionals and federal law enforcement. Hosted at FBI Headquarters in Wash…

and Brent Wible T. Markus Funk (mfunk@whitecase.com) is a Band 1 White & Case Partner, former federal prosecutor, and conflict-deployed State Department Section Chief. Brent Wible (brent.wible@whitecase.com) is a Partner at White & Case and a seasoned former federal prosecutor wi…

When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, it triggered what many described as a “sanctions storm.” Regulators rapidly expanded sanctions lists, designating thousands of individuals and entities within weeks. C…

By the time a fraud investigator walks into an organization, the money is usually gone. Wire transfers move within hours. Funds are routed through two or three intermediary accounts before the victim has finished their first call with the bank. What the investigator spends most of …

Most compliance teams are still running annual audits and calling it governance. But your security controls do not wait for audit season to fail. The average cost of a data breach in 2025 is USD 4.44 million globally. A big part of that cost comes down to timing—organizations a…

Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in business operations, influencing decisions related to hiring, customer interactions, financial assessments, and risk management. As adoption expands, the risks associated with AI are no longer confined to system performance. They …

Digital transformation is no longer optional; organizations across industries are adopting cloud platforms, automation, and AI-driven tools to improve efficiency, customer experiences, and competitiveness. While these innovations bring significant business advantages, the…

I’ve worked with compliance teams that passed every audit, maintained clean documentation, and still felt unsure about their real risk exposure. That disconnect shows up more often than we admit. In fact, 68% of organizations have experienced breaches through third-party risks,…