HMI Industries Reaches Costly Settlement Agreement with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission over Defective Floor Cleaners

Expert Guest Entry by Jonathan Secrest , Originally p[ublished on  roetzelcompliance.blogspot.com The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published the terms of a settlement agreement reached with Ohio-based HMI Industries Inc. (HMI), over the company’s failure to properly inform the CPSC of defects with its Majestic 360 floor cleaners. HMI has agreed to pay a…

The Present and Future of GSEs and Examining Industry-Wide Servicing Data Standards for GSE Loans Under the Uniform Mortgage Servicing Dataset

During his presentation, Chris Christensen covered the following topics: Examining how Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have been working together at the direction of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to implement the Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP)? What steps have the GSEs been recently taking to expand the program to include industry-wide servicing data standards…

PPT Presentation: “BSA/AML Considerations for Digital and Virtual Currencies”

Highlights from this presentation: – Evolution of Virtual Currency – High Level Analysis for Virtual Currency Companies – Regulatory Landscape – Compliance Issues – AML Compliance – Compliance Program Checklist – Directors and Officers: When Are They at Risk for AML/BSA Sanctions? – Liability and Consequences – New Guidelines Forthcoming on Corporate Governance Impacting BSA/AML Compliance and more!

Brazil’s New Anti-Bribery Law

Expert Guest Entry by Carlos  Ayres , Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil In order to comply with international agreements for combating bribery to which Brazil is a signatory, the country has passed a new anti-bribery law (12.846/2013). The new law, which came into force on January 29, 2014, imposes civil and administrative liability on…