The Kitchen reviews the recent Moneygram settlement with OFAC and introduces the WTO’s new Trade Cost Index database. We then touch on the new and far-reaching UK National Security and Investment Act.
Day: May 21, 2021
As the Rosen Family returns to DisneyLand, with Jay still podcasting from a still undisclosed location, he and Tom take a look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA in the Back to DisneyLand edition.
Stories
- $28MM whistleblower award in FCPA case. Menqui Sun in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal. SEC Press Release.
- Will investigations on China become even more difficult? Helen Hwang and Eric Carlson in the FCPA Blog.
- Ephemeral messaging guidelines. Rebecca Cronin in JDSupra.
- What is moral equilibrium? Vera Cherepanova in the FCPA Blog.
- Great series on the VW monitorship. Aly McDevitt in Compliance Week Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 (sub req’d).
- Using neuroscience in leadership. Dr. David Rock in Flexworks.
- Corruption and soccer. In Risk and Compliance Platform Europe.
- Underarmour settles EC charges. Mike Volkov in Corruption, Crime and Compliance.
- How do you mind the data gap? SEC Commish Caroline Crenshaw in the Havard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
- Judge admonishes Paul Wiess and Alex Oh. Mike Volkov comments in Corruption Crime and Compliance.
Podcasts and Events
- In this episode of Survive and Thrive, Tom and Korney Nordum discuss how to naviage an SEC review of your Code of Conduct.
- In the most recent episode of Integrity Through Compliance, recorded before the recent Colonial Pipeline Ransomware attack, Affiliated Monitors, Inc.’s MD Dionne Lomax, sat down with Dentons’ Kelly Graf to discuss Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues for 2021 and Beyond. Now that cybersecurity is in the news more than ever, this conversation couldn’t be more relevant. Check it out here.
- In a special K2 Integrity Matters podcast, Tom visits with Gabe Hidalgo on the latest on cryptocurrencies and their issues.
- Join K2 Integrity’s team on the latest DOLFIN Webinar: Ask an Expert FINQuiry on High-Risk Banking. Chip Poncy, Gabe Hidalgo, Gail Fuller, and Archana Bea will lead the discussion on high-risk banking, businesses, and products; emerging risks in the virtual assets space; and financial crime risk management for fintechs. Learn more and register here.
- Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, Eric Young joins Tom for a deep dive into the role of internal controls in a best practices compliance program.
Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.
