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Question of the week: How can compliance teams ‘do more with less’ and ensure their companies avoid the existential threat of a compliance breach, while fighting to avoid the existential threat that is the coronavirus (COVID-19)?

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Published on: 19 June 2020

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This week’s question of the week is how can compliance teams ‘do more with less’ and ensure their companies avoid the existential threat of a compliance breach, while fighting to avoid the existential threat that is the coronavirus (COVID-19)? Read our Q&A to learn more about this topic and what issues law firms may face.

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