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Unpacking Recent Federal Enforcement Developments & the Rise of State Attorneys General

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Unpacking Recent Federal Enforcement Developments & the Rise of State Attorneys General

As federal enforcement developments in 2025 gain momentum, companies face a dual challenge: evolving DOJ priorities and rising action from state attorneys general. This webcast, featuring former high-level government officials, breaks down recent federal enforcement developments, including:

  • National security and AML enforcement shifts
  • The “foreign terrorist organization” designation under the Total Elimination of Cartels initiative
  • Expanding investigative powers of state attorneys general
  • Recent DOJ policy memos impacting corporate compliance

Morrison Foerster’s Experts:

  • David Newman, former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s National Security Division
  • Deborah Connor, former Chief of the DOJ’s Money Laundering & Asset Recovery Section
  • Carrie H. Cohen, former Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Southern District of New York & Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau for the New York Attorney General
  • Margot Benedict, former Senior Counselor to the Attorney General

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Ethicast Reacts: Embezzlement at the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

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Ethicast Reacts: Embezzlement at the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

Ethicast Reacts is a special Ethicast series where host Bill Coffin talks to Ethisphere’s Chief Strategy Officer Erica Salmon Byrne, about E&C incident that have made headlines.

An embezzlement case of epic proportions shines a bright light on the importance of internal controls and speak-up culture, as federal prosecutors seek a sentence of 18 years for the former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith for embezzling $44.3M from the nonprofit over 10 years.

In this episode of Ethicast Reacts, Ethisphere’s Chief Strategy Officer, Erica Salmon Byrne, offers some much-needed ethics and compliance context on what we can learn from this oversight failure, and how to prevent it at your organization.

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2025 E&C Trends: What the Data Tells Us About Programs & People

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2025 E&C Trends: What the Data Tells Us About Programs & People

This webcast takes an inside look at the findings from the 2025 E&C Program Trends & Employee Perceptions Report. The session unpacks the most timely and relevant 2025 ethics and compliance trends, offering a dual-lens view into program structure and how employees experience those efforts on the ground.

Watch the replay to learn:

  • How program practices and employee experiences align—and where critical gaps remain
  • What’s driving progress in areas like leadership engagement, risk assessments, and program measurement
  • Practical steps to strengthen ethical culture, increase trust, and position E&C as a strategic asset

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Ethicast: Inside Convatec’s Next-Level Compliance Week

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Ethicast: Inside Convatec’s Next-Level Compliance Week

As a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer in the highly regulated medical products industry, Convatec invests a considerable amount of time and energy into its Compliance Week program as a keystone event to advancing compliance across the organization and furthering their culture of integrity. In this episode, Convatec’s Deputy Chief Compliance Officer Chris Corallo explains how his team executes it.

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BELA Asks: How Should I Manage Material Risk-Takers?

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BELA Asks: How Should I Manage Material Risk-Takers?

In our BELA Asks series, we address questions posed by members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) about wider issues facing the ethics and compliance community. BELA members who have any questions at all about ethics and compliance can send them to us, and then our internal experts will provide an answer and/or direct them to a helpful resource for more information.

Our latest question from the BELA Community asks, what are ethics and compliance best practices when it comes to managing an organization’s “material risk-takers?” BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne has the answer and shares tips.

To learn more about BELA, please visit https://bela.ethisphere.com to request guest access to the BELA Member Resource Hub and to speak with a BELA Engagement Director.

If you have a question that you’d like answered on BELA Asks, be sure to use the BELA Concierge Service, and we will get to it as soon as we can.

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