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 in 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:

• Sarkozy’s trial shows the insidiousness of corruption. (Just Security)
• Brussels to loosen merger rules for the defense industry. (FT)
• Bye-bye, Whole Foods. (Business Insider)
• MyPillow founder Mike Lindell was ordered to pay $2.3MM for defamation. (NYT)