• Jonathan Armstrong discusses the Trump administration’s devolution of Privacy Shield, GDPR, and what they mean for American companies doing business in the UK and EU. He discusses the key differences in the DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in an FCPA analysis, under the Bribery Act, in the EU approach to conflict minerals, and under the Trump Administration. He concludes by giving us his thoughts on what Brexit means for compliance.

For the Cordery Compliance client, alerts see the following: EU conflicts minerals compliance legislation  DOJ Evaluation of Corporate Compliance: how does it compare to UK Bribery Act 2010? BREXIT Glossary

2. Jay Rosen considers what companies the intersection of business and politics under the Trump administration, the business response he has observed to Trump administrations steps and miss-steps, the comments made by DOJ representatives at Q1 conferences, and the vibe of compliance conference attendees.

For Jay’s posts, see,  Still, in the Enforcement Business and Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs “It Was the Best of Times, It was the Worst of Times,” or “Ignorance is Strength” Matt Kelly opens with a discussion of regulatory enforcement; under the Trump administration, how the ‘Trump Effect’ is negatively impacting corporations, industry responses to deregulation issues and lays down some markers around compliance issues under the new administration. For Matt Kelly’s posts, see Compliance in the Trump Era: More Markers Placed Trump Administration Whacks Telco Firm for $892 Million Drone Industry Pan Trump’s Regulatory Trump Risk Disclosures Start Rolling In First SEC Whistleblower Award of Trump Era Sessions Dodges, Weaves, Promises on FCPA.

4. Mike Volkov rounds out the discussion with a review of where the DOJ is currently under AG Sessions, remarks by DOJ officials on FCPA enforcement, the future of the Pilot Program, and DOJ Compliance Counsel Hui Chen.

For Mike Volkov’s posts, see the following: Yates, AG Sessions and Individual Criminal Prosecutions New E-Book — Moving the Goalposts: The Justice Department Redefines Effective Compliance FCPA Remediation Focus on Supervisory Personnel FPCA Pilot Program Motors On For Tom Fox’s posts on the Trump administration’s first 100 days see the following: The Trump Administration-Kaos is Bad for Business The Trump Administration-Failures in Leadership and Management The Trump Administration-Preparing for a Catastrophe The Trump Administration-the Business Response DOJ Enforcement of the FCPA and the International Fight against Corruption in the Trump Administration The members of the Everything Compliance panel include:

• Jay Rosen– Jay is Vice President, Business Development Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors. Rosen can be reached at JRosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.
• Mike Volkov – One of the top FCPA commentators and practitioners and the Chief Executive Officer of The Volkov Law Group, LLC. Volkov can be reached at mvolkov@volkovlawgroup.com.
• Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance, is the former Editor of Compliance Week. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com.
• Jonathan Armstrong – Rounding out the panel is our UK colleague, an experienced lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at armstrong@corderycompliance.com.