Recent changes to global sanctions regimes—along with some high-profile and costly sanctions violations—illustrate the importance of mitigating sanctions risks. With increased compliance focus on companies outside of the banking and financial...
LexisNexis, a leading provider of content and technology solutions today announced that LexisNexis Newsdesk ® was named the Best News Media Monitoring Solution in the 2017 SIIA CODiE Awards. Finalists represent the best products, technologies, and...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) brings together leaders of government and business in the Alpine town of Davos in Switzerland this week. They are discussing the latest trends in business and society. The participant list is revealing—this year, some...
Last month, a news alert came through that the European Union slapped Google with a $2.7 billion fine for breaking antitrust law. The EU judged that Google had “abused its dominate position by systematically favoring” its own shopping comparison...
In today’s climate terms like ‘due diligence’, ‘being risk averse’ and ‘risk assessment’ might seem like jargon and barriers to productivity, but in reality, addressing third-party risk through onboarding due...
Last month, the inaugural Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) was launched. The Benchmark analysed 98 of the Global 500 largest publicly listed companies on their human rights performance. In this blog, we give insight into the results of the first...
Every day, professionals look for the proverbial ‘needle in a haystack’ when it comes to monitoring the media. LexisNexis Newsdesk is like a powerful magnet that quickly pulls those needles out and arranges them neatly in one place for review...
Undertaking mergers and acquisitions demands confidence, especially in the arena of high risk-high reward emerging markets. Yet according to a poll of 1,300 professionals across industries ranging from financial services to technology and manufacturing...
A war was started over fake news. Granted, what we now call ‘fake news’ was called ‘yellow journalism’ back in the 1890’s—and the Spanish-American War cannot be laid solely at the feet of media muckrakers. But following...
F ictional detective Sherlock Holmes is frequently quoted in forums and blogs related to competitive intelligence (CI). After all, he was obsessed with data. In The Boscombe Valley Mystery, for example, Holmes says, “You know my method. It is founded...
Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) can be among a bank’s riskiest customers. Their public positions and ability to divert funds make them prime targets for bribery and corruption. But the financial services industry doesn’t face the risk alone...
The value of having real-time access to what people are saying about your company is essential to anyone involve in communications. LexisNexis Newsdesk ® delivers just that. Launched in April 2015, Newsdesk is designed to work as a versatile media...
This year’s race for the Republican presidential candidacy started out with many (perhaps too many) candidates vying for attention and splitting media coverage. Enter Donald Trump who quickly captured the attention of the media, voters and few late...
It’s not often that college students embrace an early start to the day, but this week’s rare solar eclipse brought out the early birds at Oregon State University, which had ringside seats as the sun began its path of totality across the U...
After three years of negotiations, the European Parliament—and subsequently the EU’s Council—approved a new regulation requiring importers of certain minerals from conflict-affected countries to meet supply chain due diligence requirements...
Are your executives, clients or other stakeholders in an uproar because of something they read on social media—that ultimately turned out to be untrue? And do you have to add extra research to your workload to help counteract the frenzy? If so...
How quickly can a trickle of negative news accelerate into a flood of financial and reputational risk? These days, the answer is fast—at least when it comes to sexual harassment allegations. As more women (and a few men) come forward to share their...
When Bill C-31 to amend Canada’s Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) goes into effect on June 17, 2017, regulated entities will likely embrace some aspects, such as the amendment to the definition of “signature...
In October, Twitter announced its decision to test a new 280-character limit on tweets and officially started rolling out the new extended word cap during the first week of November. Over the next few months, all users will have 280-character tweeting...
A goldfish has a longer attention span than your audience. A goldfish? Yep, a goldfish. You may have seen the story as it got picked up by a variety of media outlets. It seems some scientists (purportedly with Microsoft Canada) studied the brain...
College basketball in the United States is watched by millions and has become lucrative for the universities who compete and the companies who sponsor the teams. But college sport can also carry reputational, legal, and financial risks. We have seen the...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Anti-Bribery Convention was signed on 17 December 1997. It required its member countries to create legislation to make bribing a foreign public official illegal. In this blog, the...
It’s no secret that social media has pushed the PR industry to evolve. For many professionals, what started as a career built on sharing positive news with stakeholders and building relationships with editors and reporters has turned into managing...
In such a fast paced world, it is important to continuously develop a skill set that helps you remain career-relevant, especially in the PR world. Recently, we hosted a webinar with three PR experts: Lauren Doyle, Vice President of Wordsworth Communication...