Hannukah came early this year and we are now in the full holiday swing of things. Tom and Jay are back to look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories this week in the Happy Holidays edition.
Stories
1. New Biden Administration anti-corruption strategy revealed. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance.
2. Mike Volkov asks where are the FCPA enforcement actions? In Corruption Crime and Compliance.
3. Global ESG efforts and compliance. Mike Munro in explores in the FCPA Blog.
4. More on the OECD recommendations. Jessica Tillipman in the FCPA Blog.
5. DOL proposal may change ESG game. Melissa Khan in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
6. Nurturing ethical culture. Matt Kelly in Risk and Compliance Matters.
7. Is Italy a safe haven for bribe payors? Rick Messick asks in GAB.
8. How to avoid a dystopian office culture. Rob Shavell in CCI.
9. Top ethics and compliance failures in 2021. Jaclyn Jaeger in Compliance Week (sub req’d).
10. When is a potential fine a threat? Keith Paul Bishop in California Corporate and Securities Law.
Podcasts and Events
11. The recent announcement by DAG Monaco on the refocus of the DOJ’s use of monitors has caused much consternation. To analyze, Affiliated Monitors sponsored a 5-part podcast series this week Not Your Father’s Monitor. In this Episode 1, Bethany Hengsbach considers this change in monitorships from the white-collar enforcement and defense perspective. In Episode 2, Mikhail Reider Gordon looks at global aspects of the new DOJ monitor’s focus. In Episode 3, Cristina Revelo discusses how E&C assessments help drive more compliant companies. In Episode 4, Jesse Caplan brings his views on the intersection of the twin topics of antitrust and healthcare compliance. In Episode 5, Vin DiCianni looks at where monitors and monitorships are going in 2022 and beyond.
12. Are you exasperated? Then check, F*ing Argentina. In this podcast series co-hosts Tom Fox and Gregg Greenberg, author of F*ing Argentina explore the current American psyche of being overworked, over leveraged, overtired and overwhelmed. Find out about modern America’s exasperation with well…exasperation. In our final episode, we wrap up what we learned from the series.
13. In November on The Compliance Life, I visit with Matt Silverman, Director of Trade Compliance at VIAVI. Matt is the first Trade Compliance Director I have hosted on TCL. In Part 1, Matt details his academic career and early professional life.
14. The Compliance Podcast Network welcomes Professor Karen Woody and her new podcast, Once Upon a Trading Law: The History of Insider Trading. In this most unique pod, Karen interviews some of her student to tell the history of insider trading. Check out Episode 1, which looks at the beginnings of insider trading.
15. Join Tom, Mike Volkov, Carrie Penman, Dr. Pat Harned and Skip Lowney (an all-star panel if there ever was one) for the ECI webinar on the intersection of compliance and E&C programs. Wednesday, December 15, from 2-3:30 ET. Registration and information here.
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.
