Federal Regulations

False Claims Act

False Claims Act

If you do any business of any kind with the US government, you need to be thinking about the FCA. Why? Because ever since 1863 when Abraham Lincoln was working diligently to hold our great nation together, the FCA has

Hatch Act

Hatch Act

The Hatch Act prohibits people from engaging in political activity on the job, using their office to affect elections, using their office to solicit campaign contributions, running for office in partisan elections, and engaging in political activities with someone doing

Anti-Bribery – Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

Anti-Bribery – Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 addresses accounting transparency requirements and bribery of foreign officials. Corrupt business practices diminish the integrity of our worldwide business community. This matters to you because governments all over the world have created anti-corruption

Anti-Human Trafficking

Anti-Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. There are over 25 million people currently enslaved as either sex workers or laborers. Not at one

Antitrust

Antitrust

Antitrust laws.  Whether it’s the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, or the FTC Act, if you’re doing business of any kind in the US, you need to understand the fundamentals.  Why? Well, competition is critical to us. It keeps prices

Confidential Reporting (Whistleblowing)

Confidential Reporting (Whistleblowing)

Whistleblowing is alerting authorities that a business, government agency, or individual is engaged in some type of illegal, unsafe, or, corrupt activity.  And, anyone can be a whistleblower.  In fact, the world needs more whistleblowers.  From top to bottom, whistleblowers

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Laws

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Laws

EEO laws prohibit discrimination in the workplace based on race, religion, age, disability, or even genetic information.  Discrimination in your living room is a little problem, but discrimination in the workplace is a big, expensive problem.  And make no mistake about it,

Export Control Laws

Export Control Laws

Export Control Laws restrict the use and access to controlled information, goods, and technology for national security or protection of trade. Why do you need to know about these? There are national security reasons like keeping weapons and technology out of the