Jay returns from a lengthy holiday assignment to join Tom to look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories this week in the Holmes Found Guilty edition.
Stories

1. Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty. The Verdict (WSJ), What does it mean for Silicon Valley? (NYT), What about the victims? (Bloomberg), Will Holmes serve any time? (Fortune)
2. 2022 to be a critical year in ESG reporting. Mike Munro and Guido Van Druen in a CCI.
3. Top D&O stories from 2021. Kevin LaCroix in D&O Diary. 
4. Airbnb spanked over Cuba. Mengqi Sun in WSJ Risk & Compliance Journal.   
5. MorganStanley fined $60MM over a data breach? Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week (sub req’d).
6. China’s new ABC guidelines. Andrew Reeves and Rongxin Huang in the FCPA Blog.  
7. The ‘G’ in ESG. Lawrence Heim in PracticalESG.
8. Key areas for BOD oversight in 2022. Holly Gregory in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. 
9. Audrey Harris joins AMI.
10. Broadcat sold. Broadcat Press Release.

Podcasts 

1. Want some fun? Join Tom and One Stone Creative co-founder Megan Dougherty to explore the full MCU. In their most recent posting, check out Episode 3, Iron Man.  
2. In January on The Compliance Life, I visited Valerie Charles, a partner at StoneTurn. Val has one of the most interesting journeys in compliance. In Part 1, she discusses her academic background and early professional career. 
3. The Compliance Podcast Network welcomes Professor Karen Woody and her new podcast, Classroom Insider. Karen interviews some of her students to tell insider trading history in this unique pod. Check out Episode 1, where they discuss the history of insider trading. In  Episode 2, the disclosure or abstain rule. Episode 3 will take up narrowing the scope of the disclose or abstain rule. 
4. Mikhail Reider-Gordon returns in Lies, Spies & Corporate Crimes: The Wirecard Saga, with Season 2, Episode 2 The Vagabond Rapping At Your Door.
5. Check out 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program returns, which runs from January 1 to January 31. Available on the Compliance Podcast Network, Megaphone, iTunes, and other top podcast platforms. 

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.