Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog March 19, 2021 Transition Service Agreements: Early Planning Avoids These 10 Common Pitfalls Divestitures and carve-outs are a big change for an organization and can bring a great amount of disruption to its operations. During this disruptive period, transition service agreements (TSAs) – temporary agreements to continue to provide services to the carved-out organization until it is up to speed on its own – typically serve as the focal point of divestiture planning, bringing both… Blog March 22, 2021 TMT Executives Identify Pandemic Policies, Cyber Threats and Data Privacy Among Top Risk Issues for 2021 and Beyond Even with COVID-19 cases plummeting and vaccinations ramping up, many organizations worry about aggressive actions by the government to stem the virus and its new variants. Operational challenges posed by the lingering impacts of the pandemic remains a top concern identified by technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry group directors and executives in the ninth annual top risk… Blog December 15, 2020 Australia’s Responsible Lending Reforms: A Step in The Wrong Direction Australia’s lending standards and responsible lending practices have been prominent topics amongst banks and regulators in recent years, with potentially broad implications for both lenders and borrowers. Based on the critical issues raised by the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Royal Commission) in 2019 and the recently… Blog December 15, 2020 Recharging Your Agile Transformation The seismic shift in project management functions from administrative to a consultative business partner is helping organizations transform across the enterprise and all areas of the project life cycle. In many companies, these transformational efforts are progressing well, coordinated by new lean-agile program management office (PMO) leaders. But for others, transformation is still out of reach… Blog December 16, 2020 CFPB Provides Further Guidance on MSAs Under RESPA Section 8 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a compliance aid in October 2020 to provide regulated entities greater clarity around the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and certain provisions of Regulation X. The compliance aid, presented in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), focuses on RESPA Section 8, which prohibits certain actions related to federally related… Blog December 18, 2020 FinCEN and OFAC Put Financial Institutions on Notice About Processing Ransomware Payments The U.S. government has officially put financial institutions on notice: It is watching and may impose anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions on payment facilitators if they violate federal laws on engaging in transactions, such as ransomware payments, with sanctioned individuals or entities – intentionally or otherwise. For as long as ransomware incidents have occurred, the controversial issue… Blog December 18, 2020 SolarWinds Vulnerability Update – Indicators of Compromise and Recommended Actions The news of the cyber attacks being experienced by government agencies and an expanding list of organizations continues to grow and change on almost an hourly basis. This is proving to be potentially one of the most significant cyber breaches in recent times. Following up on our December 14, 2020, Flash Report on the CISA advisory, and in response to numerous questions and inquiries we continue… Blog December 21, 2020 A Farewell to Paul Sarbanes Almost four years ago, I wrote a blog, “A Farewell to Michael Oxley,” paying tribute to the former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives who died on January 1, 2016. Today, it is fitting that we issue another farewell. On December 7, the family of Paul Sarbanes announced the death of the former Democratic senator the previous day. Together, these two men co-authored the landmark… Blog December 30, 2020 PPP 2.0 – A Renewed Opportunity (and New Set of Headaches) for Lenders As the old saying goes, the best deals are made when neither side gets exactly what it wants. By that standard, the most recent federal pandemic relief bill that finally passed into law in late December certainly qualifies as a great deal. Democrats who for months had been seeking a bill in excess of $3 trillion were certainly disappointed by the final price tag of slightly more than $900… Blog January 8, 2021 SPACs Are Hot But Be Well Prepared – The SEC Is Watching The prevalence of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) has expanded dramatically over the past year as organizations capitalize on a more streamlined path to public ownership. But key steps still must be taken and regulatory requirements still must be observed to protect shareholders. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is watching, and SPAC sponsors need to be ready for… Load More
