Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has reorganized its compliance department and hired a global chief compliance officer.
A Reuters report says that its compliance, ethics, investigations and legal units will all report to Wal-Mart's general counsel, Jeff Gearhart, starting on December 1. Jay Jorgensen, who once served as a law clerk to former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and was most recently a partner at the law firm Sidley Austin, was named global chief compliance officer.