By Debra Rade on November 8, 2013
The State of Washington recently adopted an amendment to their Children’s Safe Products Act – Reporting Rulerequiring manufacturers of children’s products, under certain conditions and scenarios, to report Chemicals of High Concern to Children (CHCC) to the State. Whether you are a manufacturer that must report is determined by the size of your gross revenues […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory | Tagged #childrens products, 3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate, CHCC, chemicals of high concern to children, Children's Safe Products Act, consumer product safety commission, cpsc, CSPA, large company, largest company, product regulatory, safety compliance, TDCPP, tier 1, tris, tris (1, Washington State
By Debra Rade on May 6, 2013
Does your company do business in Nigeria or any other country perceived as a high risk for corruption? Does your company work with “consultancy agreements” to acquire or maintain business in these countries? Compliance professionals know the challenges of helping to ensure that a corporation and all its officers, salespersons, staff and consultants stay on […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate | Tagged #FCPA, corporategovernance, eduador, governance, Nigeria, Transparency International, UK Bribery Act, Willbros
By Debra Rade on March 13, 2013
There is a useful product in your home that can be very, very dangerous to children, and some adults, if it is ingested or inserted into an eye, nose or ear. Indeed, you may have dozens of this product in your home — in use, in storage or sitting in the grocery bag you just […]
Posted in General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory, Uncategorized | Tagged #childrens products, alkaline batteries, button batteries, child safety, children, coin cell batteries, coin cell battery, consumer product safety commission, cpsc, Energizer, esophagus, home safety, intertek, lithium batteries, safe kids, The Battery Controlled, toddler safety
By Debra Rade on March 12, 2013
Another word of warning, especially to smaller businesses. The phishers are trolling for you, placing new lures for their malware (malicious software) aimed toward your computer. Larger and global companies tend to have more sophisticated spam detection but the “spaminator” doesn’t always work at your local Outlook mailbox. Here is the most recent attempt […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Not for Profit, Uncategorized | Tagged ADP, ADPpayroll, compliance, Corporate Governance, general counsel, General Counsel & Corporate, governance, payroll, payroll invoice, phish, phishing, Policies & Compliance
