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Everything Compliance

Everything Compliance: Episode 152, The Season Opener Edition

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Karen Moore, and Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist, will appear as panelists.

1. Karen Moore examines EU changes in reporting on ESG and CCCD and rants about the anxiety caused by the Trump Administration.

2. Matt Kelly reviews the off-channel messaging scandal. He rants about the Trevor Milton pardon.

3. Jonathan Armstrong takes a deep dive into Agentic AI and its implications for compliance. He shouts out to Russell Brand for unmasking British actor Penelope Keith as JFK’s assassin.

4. Tom Fox examines the world’s response to Trump’s suspension of FCPA enforcement. He shouts out to Opening Day of the 2025 MLB season and highlights his hometown heroes, the Houston Astros.

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The host and producer, rantor (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: April 3, 2025, The Tribute to Ice Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News—all from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • End of SEC FCPA bribery unit. (Reuters)
  • Ex-Shell boss tasked with cleaning up Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC).  (BBC)
  • The judge dismisses Adams’s case with prejudice. (NYT)
  • DOJ moves to dismiss FCPA trial of former Cognizant execs. (Law360) sub req’d
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Red Flags Rising

Red Flags Rising: S01 E04 – FRESH LOOKS: Export Controls Penalties

In Episode 4, Mike and Brent revisit another of their prior “Fresh Looks” posts on the NYU Law School’s Program on Corporate Compliance & Enforcement (“PCCE”) blog. This one concerns export control penalties and what to make of recent statements attributed to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Undersecretary Jeffrey Kessler. Mike and Brent discuss the context for the original November 14, 2023, post (00:30), how historical FCPA penalties compared to U.S. export controls penalties prior to the April 2023 Seagate resolution (01:26), what current official statements and enforcement trends mean for c-suites and boards (02:59), a recent Export Compliance Daily article regarding internal BIS discussions about enforcement priorities (04:57), how to prepare (07:23) for high probability-based enforcement (08:52), the role of the DOJ’s National Security Division (11:01), and conclude with Brent Carlson’s “Managing Up” segment (12:30).

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Mike & Brent’s “Fresh Looks” Series