As the SFO finally garners convictions at trial, Tom and Jay brave the surge in covid cases to stay safe they are back to look at top compliance articles and stories which caught their eye this week.

1. SFO finally garners convictions. Susan Hawley reports in the FCPA Blog. Did the SFO get played? Kristen Ridley considers in Reuters.
2. EU Court of Justice invalidates Privacy Shield. Catherine Stupp in WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal. Cordery Compliance with a client alert.
3. The SEC and its China Problem. Francine McKenna in The Dig.
4. The biggest gold scandal ever? Jon Rausch in Dipping Through Geometries.
5. UK imposes Magnitsky sanctions. Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog.
6. SEC has $3.8MM whistleblower payout. SEC Press Release.
7. Is compliance in the need for a digital transformation? Adam Shinder shows the way in CCI.
8. How to conduct an audit engagement in a high risk region. Alex Movchan in Risk and Compliance Platform Europe.
9. How much did ego and greed lead to Wirecard scandal? Michael Tobee in CCI.
10. This month on The Compliance Life, I am joined by Scott Sullivan, Chief Integrity and Compliance Officer at Newport Mining. In Part 1, we discussed the need for empathy in a CCO. In Part 2, we look at reading the tea leaves and staying ahead of the (corp) wolf pack.
11. On the Compliance Podcast Network, Tom started the topic of 3^rd party risk management this month.This week saw the following offerings: Monday-the how question in due diligence; Tuesday-metrics on 3^rd party management, Wednesday-managing 3^rd parties; Thursday-auditing of 3^rd parties; and Friday-ongoing monitoring of 3^rd parties. The month of July is being sponsored by Affiliated Monitors. Note 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program now has its own iTunes channel. If you want to binge out and listen to only these episodes, click here.
12. Great Upcoming Webinars:

Navigating the Risks of Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain in the COVID-19 Era, Wednesday, July 22, 2020 12:00 PM EDT; with Jesse Caplan, Deb Waugh and Amy Fogelman, M.D. Registration and Inforamtion here.
Computer Say ‘No’: Mitigating Legal & Ethical Risks in Public Agency Use of Automated Decision-Making Tools, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 12:00 PM EDT; with David Shonka, Mikhail Reider-Gordon and Jonathan Redgrave. Registration and Information here.
ECI’s Best Practice Forum, a Q&A Session with Brian Rabbitt, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division on the FCPA Resource Guide, 2^nd edition, Thursday, July 30, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT. Registration and Information here.
Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.