As Donald Trump blames the California and Oregon forest fires on ‘trees gone bad’; Tom and Jay continue to brave the surge in Covid cases by staying safe at home. They are back to look at top compliance articles and stories which caught their eye this week.

1. How does Bluebell apply to cyber claims against a Board of Directors? Paul Ferllio, Bob Zukis and Christophe Veltsos in the Harvard Law School forum on Corp Governance.
2. VW Monitor closes out monitorship. Jack Ewing in the NYT. Mengqi Sun in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.
3. Tom takes a deep dive into Herbalife. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.
4. The intersection of anti-human trafficking and ABC compliance. Vanessa Hans in the FCPA Blog.
5. Does the DOJ have to turn in SEC investigative material in a criminal FCPA trial? Matt Kelly goes legal in Radical Compliance.
6. The intersection of compliance and internal audit? Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance.
7. Who is a PEP? Dick Cassin considers a plethora of definitions in the FCPA Blog.
8. Has Covid-19 changed the relationship between senior management and the Board? Dottie Schindlinger and Kira Ciccarelli in CCI.
9. This month on The Compliance Life, I am joined by DeAnna Nwankwo. In this week’s Part 2, DeAnna talks about some of the skills she needed in the CCO chair.
10. On the Compliance Podcast Network, on 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program, this month focuses on internal controls. This week saw the following offerings: Monday– Internal controls for 3^rd parties; Tuesday– Internal controls for GTE; Wednesday– BOD oversight as an internal control; Thursday– Code of Conduct as an internal control; and Friday– What is the COSO Internal Controls Framework. The month of August 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.
11. Join Jay and Tom at Converge20. Convercent’s top compliance conference is going virtual this year. Check at the agenda and register here.
12. Join a great upcoming K2 Intelligence FIN webinar. Robin Henry on how investigators can use social media, Thursday, 9-24 at 1600 GMT. Registration and information here.
13. Join Tom, Charlie Voelker, Legal Compliance Solutions, Skillsoft and Stephen Martin, Partner, StoneTurn for a joint Skillsoft/StoneTurn webinar on evolving your compliance program under the 2020 Update to the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs. Wednesday, September 23, from 12 PM – 1 PM EDT. Information and registration 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.