In this episode, the Kitchen reviews an OFAC license extension, allowing for certain education materials to be exported to Iran.
August in Compliance Week
Welcome to From the Editor’s Desk, a podcast where Tom Fox and Dave Lefort, Editor in Chief at Compliance Week unpack some of the top stories which have appeared in Compliance Week over the past month, look at top compliance stories, talk some sports and generally try to solve the world’s problems. In this month’s episode, we look back at top stories in CW from August including the new Chinese Data Privacy/Data Protection law, the T-Mobile data breach and employee issues around vaccinations. We look at the upcoming CW ESG Summit and conclude with a look at some baseball, football and the Patriots releasing Cam Newton.
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As Jay returns from an extended road trip, he and Tom look forward to an extended Labor Day weekend and are back to look at some of this week’s top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA in the Labor Day edition.
Stories
1. Is ESG on your radar? Vince Walden in Fraud Magazine.
2. The intersection of business and compliance. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance.
3. China to set world standard for data privacy? Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week (sub req’d)
4. Is Covid-19 the biggest challenge to compliance ever? Calvin Gordon in CCI.
5. UK signals different approach on data transfer from EU. Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week (sub req’d)
6. 3 compliance officers get SEC whistleblower award. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance.
7. Email break-ins sanctionable. Dylan Tokar in WSJ Risk & Compliance Journal.
8. ISO 37002 and EU Whistleblower standard. Kelly Maxwell in Convercent by One Trust blog.
9. Trial of the Century in Mozambique, Part 2. Rick Messick in GAB.
10. Diversity training that fosters acceptance and collaboration. ComplianceLine blog.
Podcasts and Events
11. On Innovation in Compliance this week I interviewed Ethisphere’s Erica Salmon Byrne and Doug Allen on the opening of submissions to the World’s Most Ethical 2022 awards. You can listen to the pod here. You can find out more about the submission process here.
12. On The Compliance Life, in August I visited with Kortney Nordrum CCO at Deluxe. In Episode 1, from Red Wing to Israel. In Episode 2, From Freddie Mac to the law. In Episode 3, how Kortney found her professional passion – Compliance. In Episode 4, Kortney moves into the CCO chair.
13. Breaking News features The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition. Check out the Breaking News feature here. Purchase The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition here.
14. Join K2 Integrity September 15 for a round-table discussion as we reflect on the 20th Anniversary of September 11 and consider its impact on countering terrorist financing and illicit financing, and the continuing risks to national security. The roundtable will include members of the team that spearheaded the post-9/11 counter illicit finance regime: Juan Zarate, Chip Poncy, Danny McGlynn, moderated by Dr. Michele L. Malvesti. Information and Registration here.
15. The week of 9/11, Tom will run a 6-part special podcast series on Looking Back on 9/11. In this series he will visit with professionals from a variety of compliance perspectives who will discuss how 9/11 changed our profession, including three who were in NYC during the attacks. Check it out on the Compliance Podcast Network.
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.
In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
· First Varsity Blues trials to begin in September. (WSJ)
· What’sApp fined €225m by EU for data privacy violations. (CorderyCompliance)
· How should you talk about an employee’s criminal history? (WaPo)
· State of Texas on business outs. (NYT)
EU Blocking Statute
In this episode, the Kitchen looks at the EU’s Blocking Statute and the recent amendment initiative by the European Commission.
In this episode Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox are back to discuss issues relating to data privacy, data protection and GDPR. In this episode we consider due diligence in mergers and acquisitions from the data privacy/data protection perspective. What should you review? Who should you talk to? What reps and warranties should you consider? These questions and much more on this edition of Life with GDPR.
Resources
Check out the Cordery Compliance, client alert on this topic, click here. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.
In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
- US and Ukraine agree to fight corruption. (DOC Press Release)
- More Trump organization employees go before Grand Jury. (WSJ)
- Mike Richards out as Jeopardy producer. (Blaze)
- Sackler family skates all liability in bankruptcy settlement. (NYT)
The Kitchen reviews a new Executive Order in regards to the NordStream 2 pipeline. Next, we take a look at more sanctions against Nicaragua’s political actors.

In part 2 of this series, we continue to discuss the tools that cybersecurity teams use to combat ransomware attacks.
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Join us each week as we take a deep dive into the various forms of fraud across the world and discuss crime families, penny stock boiler rooms, international money launderers, narco-traffickers, oligarchs, dictators, warlords, kleptocrats and more.
Scott Moritz is a leading authority on white-collar crime, anti-corruption, and in the evaluation, design, remediation, implementation, and administration of corporate compliance programs, codes of conduct. He is also considered an authority in the establishment, training, and oversight of the investigative protocols carried out by financial intelligence, corporate security, and internal audit units.

Episode 077 – Rory Sheriff

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Rory Sheriff, CEO, playwright, producer, and director of Brand New Sheriff productions, to the show.