Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center for Social Justice was honored on May 9 by the American College of Trial Lawyers for its work on behalf of the Dilley Pro Bono Project.In a ceremony held at the Lincoln Center campus, the group presented Feerick Center founder and director Professor John D. Feerick and executive director Dora Galacatos ’96, with a check for $100,000. The center will use the funds to expand its involvement with the Dilley Pro Bono Project in its efforts to assist asylum-seeking women with children detained in the South Texas Family Residential Center, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility…
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When illicit activity lurks in the workplace, someone needs to speak up. During the symposium “What Would We Do Without Them: Whistleblowers in the Era of Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank,” presented by the Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law on Oct. 27, several legal experts discussed the importance of whistleblowers and the laws needed to protect them. Whistleblowers—individuals who report illegal undertakings in the workplace—maintain the integrity of the U.S. financial system and safeguard the rights of employees, according to the symposium’s speakers. While responding ethically, whistleblowers risk the anger and contempt of their bosses and colleagues. As a result,…
How can a financial services firm utilize surveillance technology to monitor employees’ performances and increase its success? A panel of industry, regulatory, and legal experts addressed this question during “Sustainable Surveillance,” part of the Accenture Compliance Series, on Oct. 25. According to Jacob Bukhsbaum, senior compliance officer of Global Infrastructure Partners, surveillance is defined as “what you do on a daily basis to check whether your employees are actually following the rules, the ranks, the policy, and the procedures that you’ve put in place.” Because surveillance helps detect bad and non-compliant behavior, along with identifying positive behavior and business-building insights,…