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Daily Compliance News

November 12, 2019, the CEOs and Trust edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • CEOs need to regain American’s trust. (Houston Chronicle)
  • Square drops non-GAAP metric only after SEC decision. (MarketWatch)
  • Was killing of Jamal Khashoggi equal to death of a woman who was hit by a self-driving car? (NYT)
  • Najib Razak to enter a defense at his first corruption trial. (MarketWatch)
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FCPA Compliance Report

Episode 452, the Hoskins Jury Verdict

In this episode I visit with Mike Volkov about the Hoskins verdict, which was announced on Friday, November 8. In it Lawrence Hoskins was found guilty on six counts of violating the FCPA, three counts of money laundering, and two counts of conspiracy. Hoskins was acquitted on one money laundering count. We explore this case from the trial perspective. Some of the highlights include:

  • What was the significance of the verdict?
  • What evidence did the prosecutors have to put forward to prove agency?
  • How do prosecutors think through jury presentations?
  • Did the fact that Hoskins basic defense was that he was in charge of a criminal conspiracy and not an agent play poorly in front of the jury ?
  • What might all this mean for FCPA prosecutions going forward? How about internal investigations?
  • What does this case say about being the first to cooperate?
  • What signal does this case say about DOJ prosecution of individuals under the FCPA?
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Daily Compliance News

November 11, 2019, the Veteran’s Day edition

NOVEMBER 11, 2019 2019 BY TOM FOX

 
In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Boeing seeks to move 737 Max lawsuits out of US. (NYT)
  • Kaiser Permanente CEO dies at 60. (Washington Post)
  • Leading suspect in Mexico corruption case disappears. (Washington Post)
  • For the entrepreneur, just as for the CCO, execution is where the rubber meets the road. (Houston Chronicle)
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Daily Compliance News

November 10, 2019 Sunday Book Review

In today’s edition Sunday Book Review edition of Daily Compliance News:

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Daily Compliance News

November 9, 2019, the Just a Little Game edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • French court dismisses charges against LaFargeHolcim. (FT)
  • UK audit watchdog urges breakup of Big 4. (FT)
  • Romantic relationships at work, the rules are a-changing. (FT)
  • Claiming no responsibility for its part in the opioid crisis, Teva reserves another $468MM for opioid claims settlement. (FT)
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ComplianceLIVE

ComplianceLIVE Episode 3: Compliance In The News


Cailyn, David, and Darielle hit the hot topics in compliance and ethics.

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Daily Compliance News

November 8, 2019, the Hope You Kept Your Pants on edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
·       Google Board investigating wide-ranging allegations of sexual misconduct within the company.  (NYT)
·       Golden Passport program ending in Cyprus?  (FT)
·       Hoskins goes to the jury. (WSJ)
·       Did Uber shortchange its own drivers? (Washington Post)

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12 O’Clock High-a podcast on business leadership

Alyson Van Hooser on Leadership Lessons from Grey’s Anatomy

Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Alyson Van Hooser. Alyson is passionate about leadership. She has her own consulting practice on leadership as well as her own podcast on leadership. She recently wrote an article on leadership lessons from Grey’s Anatomy and I asked to come on 12 O’Clock High to expound on some of her thoughts. Highlights of this podcast include:

  1. Why did Alyson write the article on Grey’s Anatomy Leadership Lessons?
  2. How does Alyson see useful leadership lessons from movies, books and TV?
  3. If you stumble as a leader, why is it important to get back up?
  4. When looking for leadership opportunities, why should you not take the first opportunity?
  5. Why is it important to push through hard things and how does someone do so?
  6. Why did you end your article with “It’s not about Jo, it’s about you”?

Resources
Read Alyson’s article Grey’s Anatomy Leadership Lessons
If you are looking for tangible action steps and refreshing insights to help ignite the power of your own leadership journey, sign up for Alyson’s weekly leadership blog HERE.
If your business would benefit from higher-performing leaders, check out more information about the comprehensive leadership development training I do HERE.
If you want to reach out to Alyson directly, email her at alyson@vanhooser.com
Check out Alyson’s podcast on leadership, STAKE: a Podcast on Leadership, on the Compliance Podcast Network.

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This Week in FCPA

This Week in FCPA-Episode 179 – the Live from São Paulo edition

In an international podcast, Tom rings in from São Paulo Brazil where he has been speaking and training to hear Jay mourn the Patriots first loss of the seaon. They then reflect on some other of this week’s top compliance and ethics stories which caught their collective eyes.

  1. The Hoskins trial goes to the jury. Dylan Tokar reports in WSJ. Clara Hudson on GIR-closing arguments (sub req’d).
  2. What are the implications from the Unaoil guility pleas? Tom takes deep dive the entire week on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog, Part 1-Unaoil Settlement Day Coming? Part 2-Are You on the List? Part 3-the Corruption Schemes. Part 4-the Fraudulently Obtained Certifications. Part 5-what does it all mean going forward? Mike Volkov provides his always insightful former DOJ prosecutor perspective in Corruption, Crime and Compliance.
  3. Will the Supreme Court do away with profit disgorgement? Sullivan & Cromwell lawyers opine in NYU’s Compliance and Enforcement Adam Dorbrik reports on GIR. (sub req’d)
  4. CCI starts a great new section, New Voices focusing on the young Compliance Professional. The first piece is by Margarita Derelanko on Confessions of a New Mom and Compliance Professional.
  5. Management repution risk does not have a start or end date. Jonathan Marks explains in Board and Fraud.
  6. More fallout from the Connelly Frederick Davis in NYU’s Compliance and Enforcement Journal.
  7. Planning a post acquisition integration. Jay explores in his continuing series on CCI.
  8. Spain brings a corruption prosecution. Jonathan Rusch in Dipping Through Geometries.
  9. New DOJ taskforce on procurement fraud. Matt Kelly delivers sharp thinking in Radical Compliance.
  10. What about the other FCPA trial going on? Matt Bernardi reports in Law360.
  11. Tom and Ronnie Feldman celebrated Corporate Compliance and Ethics week with a 5-pasrt series of podcasts on creative things you can do to communicate compliance; all on their Creativity and Compliance Podcast on the CPN. Check out the following lineup: Monday-the Petting Zoo; Tuesday-Talk Shows; Wednesday-Contests and Games; Thursday-Keynotes and Speakers; Friday –Going Forward.

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. For more information on how an independent monitor can help improve your company’s ethics and compliance program, visit our sponsor Affiliated Monitors at www.affiliatedmonitors.com.

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ComplianceLIVE

ComplianceLIVE Episode 4: An Introductory Conversation about Diversity


Cailyn and Amanda break down diversity in the modern workplace, including Diversity Management and Diversity Enhancement.
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