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IRS Warns About Refund E-Mail Scam
In an April 9 news release, the IRS identifies a new bogus email pretending to be from “IRS Refunds,” and containing a link that connects to a fake page where thieves try to steal personally identifiable information, such as Social … Continue reading
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Don’t Underestimate Quiet Team Members
Management often lose the benefit of valuable insights of quiet team members amid the din of input of more assertively expressive team members. Capture this input by structuring avenues to encourage and capture this quiet input. About The Author A … Continue reading
When the Company makes your Personal Life its Business
Leaders increasingly face risks from injudicious personal sexual or or other misconduct. See , w.g. Latham Managing Partner Resigns. Use care!
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Corporations As Human Bodies
People too often characterize corporation as if they are some amorphous entity disconnected from humanity. This is a mistake. Corporations by their very essence are collections of people interacting with and impacting other groups of people.. People run them. People … Continue reading
Check Patriot Act Controls For New FinCEN Rules Targeting North Korea Connected Transactions
Banks and other financial institutions need to review their current USA PATRIOT Act procedures and safeguards in response to an alert and a new final rule relating financial institutions published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement … Continue reading
Reconstruct Records After a Disaster
Are you trying to help your business or family clean up the mess and recover from a hurricane, flood, fire or other disaster? Reconstructing records to prove a loss for tax purposes, getting federal assistance, or insurance reimbursement often is … Continue reading
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Hurricane Impacted Financial Institutions Tell FinCEN If BSA Reports Delayed
FINRA Reporting by Hurricane Impacted Financial Institutions
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Posted in bank secrecy act, Bankruptcy, Board of Directors, CEO, CFO, Compliance, Director Liability, Internal Controls, Officers, Tax, Uncategorized
Tagged Bankruptcy, CFO, Compliance, Corporate Compliance, Fiduciary Liability, Fiduciary Responsibility, financial institution, Hurricane, Internal Controls, management, officers liability, Reporting, Risk Management
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Training For Performance
Effective training and coaching should be key tools in every organization’s performance enhancing toolkit. Unfortunately, many training and coaching investments fail to materially impact performance because the “solution” is so generic in content, delivery or both to work. Over the … Continue reading
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Use Lessons Of Past Mistakes or Injustice To Build Better Future
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Improving Education To Better Train US Workers To Fill US Jobs
What can the US do to better train and educate our workforce to have skills to fill US jobs? Continue reading
Leaders Find The Hidden Talents On Their Team
Leadership done right takes less management. Learn to lead better and hire and develop strong and effective leaders to succeed more reliably with less effort. About The Author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is a Martindale-Hubble “AV-Preeminent (Top 1%) rated practicing attorney … Continue reading
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Homeland Security Issues Urgent Cyber Warning To US Businesses
U.S. agencies are warning U.S. businesses to batten down their cyber security defenses to guard against a WannaCry ransomware cybersecurity threat sweeping the Globe. Continue reading
Posted in Board of Directors, CEO, CFO, Compliance, D&O, Data Security, Director Liability, Director Liabiloity, E&O, Employee Benefits, Employment, Fiduciary Responsibility, Fraud, Internal Controls, Leadership, Officers, Officers Liability, Privacy, Risk Management, Shareholder Liability, Uncategorized
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Millennial Management
If you or someone else you know would like to receive future management and leadership tips, updates about developments on these and other concerns, please be sure that we have your current contact information including your preferred e-mail by creating … Continue reading
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Real Leadership Speaks For Itself
Check out this discussion from Microsoft CEO about self-proclaimed “experts” and “leaders.” #cynthiamarcottestamer #solutionslawpreas #leadership #coaching
PATH Act Guidance Released
The Internal Revenue Service today (April 20, 2017) released an advanced copy of guidance under the Protecting Americans for Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH Act) regarding amendment to (i) expensing section 179 property, (ii) the additional first year depreciation … Continue reading
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Lead Right
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Leadership: Actions Not Talk
See how real Servant-Leadership happens here.
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Leaders Make The Tough Decisions
Learn to plan and execute decisions to promote success and preserve resilience.
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CG TechNology Nailed For $12M For Bank Secrecy Act Money Laundering Violations
The $12 million FinCEN civil money penalty (CMP) imposed against CG Technology, L.P., doing business as Cantor Gaming, reminds gaming and other U.S. regulated businesses of the importance of maintaining and administering appropriate policies and practices to comply with the anti-money laundering … Continue reading
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Tagged bank secrecy act, Corporate Compliance, Corporate Governance, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, patriot act
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Data Breach & Cyber Securities & Investor Risk Management
Corporations and their leaders to add reviewing prospectus and investor cyber security and data breach disclosures to their data breach and cyber security risk management and response to do lists help guard against post event shareholder claims and regulator investigations. … Continue reading
Posted in Board of Directors, CEO, CFO, Compliance, D&O, Data Security, Director Liability, Director Liabiloity, E&O, Employee Benefits, Employment, Fiduciary Responsibility, Fraud, Internal Controls, Officers, Officers Liability, Risk Management, Shareholder Liability, Turnaround Management, Uncategorized
Tagged Fiduciary Liability, Officers and Directors Liability, Securities, Shareholder, Shareholder Derivative Claims
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Evolving Rules Mean Execs & Employers Should Review Executive Comp
New SEC executive pay transparency IRS tax rules are the latest in a series of evolving executive pay and deferred compensation rules mean employers and executives can’t afford to assume their or their consultants’ or executives’ historical executive compensation, severance, … Continue reading
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U.S. Businesses & Their Leaders Face Rising FLSA Collective Action Liabiity Risks
Business leaders should take immediate steps to tighten the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) compliance and risk management of their organizations to reduce their personal exposure, as well as their businesses’ exposure to wage and hour, overtime or other FLSA … Continue reading
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Health Plan Sponsoring Employers, Insurers & Administrators Confirm Out-Of-Pocket Limits & Practices Up-To-Date
Health plan sponsorship carries big costs and big liability risks if not properly handled. Many businesses already face potentially huge excise taxes because their health plans violated health care reform or other federal mandates. Paying these bills will be particularly … Continue reading
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Heads Up On New & Proposed IRS Partnership Rule Changes
Partners, Partnerships & Advisors, check out new final and proposed partnership tax rules about determining distributive shares when partner’s interest changes and allocable cash basis and tied partnership items. Continue reading
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Prompt Business Action Needed To Mitigate Post-King Employer Health Benefit Costs & Liabilities
With the Obama Administration construing the United States Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision as a green light for its full implementation and enforcement of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA), U.S. businesses should brace for both increases…
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Texas Employers Top Target For EEOC Charges
Texas employers lead the list of employers that should act to tighten their employment discrimination compliance and risk management to prepare for heightened likelihood of charges, litigation and other enforcement. Texas employers remain the most frequent target of discrimination charges,…
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