http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org Regulatory Compliance Consulting weblog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:50:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en FDA Part 11 compliance is a huge issue for all firms that are regulated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), including but not limited to food manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology organisations, and clinical laboratories.This regulation, introduced in 1997, states the terms and conditions required to ensure that electronic records ... http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org/2010/03/18/fda-part-11-compliance/ Having started my own business I am only to aware how important having a good business solicitor is. From the outset every business has responsibilities to its employees as well as the general public they are providing to. This being said from the outset it is worth looking at company ... http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org/2010/03/17/seek-the-advice-of-business-solicitors-if-setting-up-a-business-or-if-unsure-of-your-legal-standing/ If a property owner was in default with their mortgage payments and could not satisfy the outstanding debt or bring the mortgage and any outstanding penalties current during the pre-foreclosure stage, they were surely going to be faced with having to leave their home. In some cases, property owners that ... http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org/2010/03/16/foreclosures-how-code-enforcement-tackles-the-problem-of-abandoned-and-vacant-properties/ God forbid, but if you got hit by a bus tomorrow, do you have a trusted lieutenant who can keep your company on track?To help you answer this question, think about the following comments:Choosing a successor is one of the most important decisions that a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and ... http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org/2010/03/15/myths-truths-strategic-tools-for-thriving-in-a-new-decade-fiscal-quiz-16-succession-planning-16/ Harder laws and more rigorous enforcement cost nearly 200000 U.S. gun dealers their federal firearms licenses since the mid-1990s. Guided by abrupt declines in states including Washington D.C., CA and FL, the amount of federally licensed firearms traders fell seventy-nine percent across the nation since 1994, subsequent to Congress adopting ... http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org/2010/03/14/harder-laws-reduce-the-federal-firearms-license/ The states of Tennessee and Montana both authorised laws pertaining to firearms and ammo earlier this year. The jurisprudences from both states basically stated that firearms and ammo fabricated inside their respective state and not distributed or shipped outside of that state were exempt from the federal firearms license laws. ... http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org/2010/03/13/is-the-government-really-in-charge-of-federal-firearms-license-laws/ If you're in the electrical utility sector and you hear NERC Audit you're likely to start sweating. Not because you may not have a NERC compliance plan, but because of the simple fact that there really isn't any good information that exists that tells you everything you have to do ... http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org/2010/03/12/have-you-been-audited-by-nerc-yet-some-real-advice-for-a-nerc-compliance-plan-and-implementation/ An owner of a small trucking company contacted us this week to get some help with his safety management controls - he knows there are things he needs to do but he hadn't been doing them.He is a smart man and he knows his assets are at risk - the ... http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org/2010/03/11/some-dot-investigators-are-too-easy-on-trucking-companies-but-they-are-not-doing-you-any-favors/ The term 'grandfathering' is commonly used in many different circumstances when dealing with a possible exemption to a rule, requirement, or change to any existing conditions or standards that apply to a variety of situations such as businesses activities or occupational requirement. Often employees or tradepersons find themselves in a ... http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org/2010/03/10/a-review-of-the-limitations-of-the-grandfathering-clause-for-zoning-compliance/ Sometimes the hardest part of compliance, enterprise risk management (ERM) review or assessment, or due diligence is just getting started. Since the first thing needed to get started on any of these processes is information, data and a prioritized list, consider the example below as an example of priority items ... http://regulatory-compliance-consulting.legal-questions.org/2010/03/09/operational-review-due-diligence-or-enterprise-risk-management-starter-system/