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The Wirecard Saga

Blast Zone, Part 2


Welcome to The Wirecard Saga. In this series, I am joined by Mikhail Reider-Gordon, Managing Director of Institutional Ethics & Integrity at Affiliated Monitors. In this episode which is Part 2 of Episode 20, we continue our exploration of those persons, entities and governments who have been damaged, some beyond repair, by Wirecard and the nuclear fallout from its scandal. Some of the highlights include:

  • Hessenthaler Makes Connections
  • Ibiza, Wirecard and Casino Scandals Come Together
  • Novomatic, FPO and OVP Scratch Backs
  • Text Messages Tell All
  • ORFG Senators Share Secrets
  • Former Stasi Officer Joins the Party
  • The Fight for CASAG
  • GRECO Gives Thumbs Down
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MoForecast

MoForecast: Predictions on National Security


In this episode of MoForecast, Morrison & Foerster partner James Koukios speaks with fellow partner Brandon Van Grack about what to expect in the National Security space under the new Biden Administration.

Morrison & Foerster LLP (MoFo) · MoForecast: Predictions on National Security

The MoForecast podcast series, produced by global law firm Morrison & Foerster, looks into what we saw in the legal landscape under the Trump administration and how policies might change under President Biden by leveraging the firm’s decades of private practice experience and insight from former government roles. Discover more MoForecast episodes.
About the Speakers
James Koukios is co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White Collar Defense Group and serves as co-head of the FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption Practice. James represents companies and individuals in high‑stakes government enforcement actions and complex internal investigations. He previously served as a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he was the lead prosecutor in two landmark FCPA related trials: United States v. Esquenazi and United States v. Duperval. While at DOJ, James also served as lead prosecutor in United States v. AEY Inc., a defense procurement fraud and export licensing case that served as the basis for the 2016 film War Dogs. He also previously served as Special Counsel to then-FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III.
James is joined in this episode by:

  • Brandon Van Grack, partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office and former Chief of DOJ’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)

The Morrison & Foerster team is made up of talented defense lawyers, including many who once served as prosecutors and regulators. The team helps firm clients resolve their legal issues by immersing themselves in how their clients think and operate. Learn more about the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense, National Security, CFIUS, FARA, Sanctions + Export Controls, and Global Risk + Crisis Management groups.
 

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Uncovering Hidden Risks

Predicting Your Next Insider Risks

In this podcast we explore the challenges of addressing insider threats and how organizations can improve their security posture by understanding the conditions and triggers that precede a potentially harmful act. And how technological advances in prevention and detection can help organizations stay safe and steps ahead of threats from trusted insiders.

Welcome to Uncovering Hidden Risks, a broader set of podcasts focused on identifying the various risks organizations face as they navigate the internal and external requirements they must comply with. We’ll take you through a journey on insider risks to uncover some of the hidden security threats that Microsoft and organizations across the world are facing. We will bring to surface some best-in-class technology and processes to help you protect your organization and employees from risks from trusted insiders. All in an open discussion with topnotch industry experts!
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Everything Compliance

Episode 76, the Confirmation Hearings edition


Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. Today, we have a quartet of Mike Volkov, Jonathan Marks, Matt Kelly and Jay Rosen for a deep dive into plethora of topics related to Confirmation Hearings. We end with a veritable mélange of rants and shouts outs.

1. Mike Volkov discusses the intersection of anti-trust and compliance.  He shouts out to Merrick Garland and Gary Gensler for their performances in their Senate confirmation hearing.

2. Matt Kelly considers the confirmation hearing of Gary Gensler and debate at the SEC on climate change disclosures and enforcement. Matt rants about the GOP and their insane discussion of the cancel culture about the Suess Estate withdrawing books.

3. Jonathan Marks reviews the 1st Annual Baker Tilly Fraud Summit. Marks shouts to the Philadelphia 76ers for making professional basketball relevant again in the City of Philadelphia.

4. Jay Rosen talks about Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace and the role of compliance. Rosen shouts out/rants to Jeff Bezos for being the NFL’s mark in its attempt to double its TV licensing fees.

5. Tom Fox has an epic rant about the Neanderthal decision by Texas Governor Gregg Abbott to fully reopen the state and withdraw the mask mandate.  

The members of the Everything Compliance are:
•       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 around 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. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com
•       Jonathan Armstrong –is our UK colleague, who is an experienced data privacy/data protection lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at jonathan.armstrong@corderycompliance.com
•       Jonathan Marks is Partner, Firm Practice Leader – Global Forensic, Compliance & Integrity Services at Baker Tilly. Marks can be reached at jonathan.marks@bakertilly.com
The host and producer (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network.

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Life with GDPR

Data Transfers After Brexit


In this episode Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox are back to discuss issues relating to data privacy, data protection and GDPR. Today, we continue our 3-part series on issues relating to GDPR after Brexit. The topics we discuss include data protection, data transfer and issues related to trade sanctions, AML and export control. In this episode we consider data privacy and data transfers after Brexit.
Resources
Check out the Cordery Compliance Client alert on the data transfer after Brexit here.
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.

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Daily Compliance News

March 11, 2021 the Garland Confirmed edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • DOL to hold off on Trump era ESG rule. (WSJ)
  • Will the SEC cut back on enforcement. (SEC Press Release)
  • Volvo to beef up data protection compliance. (WSJ)
  • Merrick Garland is confirmed. (NYT)
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The Wirecard Saga

Blast Zone, Part 1


Welcome to the latest edition to the Compliance Podcast Network, The Wirecard Saga. In this series, I am joined by Mikhail Reider-Gordon, Managing Director of Institutional Ethics & Integrity at Affiliated Monitors.  In this episode which is Part 1 of Episode 20, we explore those persons, entities and governments who have been damaged, some beyond repair, by Wirecard and the nuclear fallout from its scandal. Some of the highlights include:

  • EY Germany Hires Former Finance Minister
  • FREP’s Ernst Saunters Into the Sunset
  • Deutsche Bank BD to Wirecard in Asia
  • A Checkbox Approach
  • Economically Unsightly Loans From Wirecard Bank
  • PEPs R Us
  • Quadir Suffered Wirecard Blows
  • Mountains of Data Moved to Russia
  • Marsalek Adds Procurement Corruption to His Portfolio
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Digging Deeper

Digging Deeper Episode 4: Public Sector Lessons for the Corporate Investigator


What changes when an investigator leaves the public sector and joins the private sector? For Brian Cairl, senior managing director and director of investigations of the Americas, his toolkit from his time in law enforcement helped the transition – including those lessons learned from some of the bizarre cases he discusses in this episode of Digging Deeper.
 

 
According to Brian, “As an investigator, it’s important to be nimble and to be able to adjust at a moment’s notice.” Over the last three decades, Brian has leveraged his own advice and honed complex corporate investigation skills in cases covering corruption, municipal fraud, intellectual property infringement, product diversion, counterfeiting, and employee misconduct. Tune in to “Digging Deeper, Episode 4: Public Sector Lessons for the Corporate Investigator” to learn more.
Interested in more episodes? Follow along with our series at the links below:

Digging Deeper, an investigative podcast series by K2 Integrity, helps shine a light on the investigations industry as few can: via the real-world, exceptional practitioners who, day in and day out, conduct this work across sectors and around the globe. Listen in to each episode where guests explore unique cases and share what they uncovered along the way to crack the code for clients. Learn more by clicking here, or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify or Stitcher. 
 

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Great Women in Compliance

Lisa Fine on the One-Year of Covid


Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast, co-hosted by Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley.
In last week’s episode, Mary talked about her rants and raves, and when Lisa listened to that episode, it was so interesting and thought provoking that Lisa was inspired to comment on the discussion that Mary started and provided her own thoughts.
Lisa had a front-row seat when Mary endured the misogynistic situation she discussed, and was shocked by it at the time, and also surprised that the same individual reached out to her! Lisa thought a lot about how your generation impacts how you view misogyny and how one responds (spoiler alert: Lisa is Gen X, and is more resigned to the behavior, and admires how Mary identified it so quickly and addressed it).
Lisa has also thought a lot about the term “thought leader,” and what that means to her. We all have the ability to be thought leaders, whether it is visible through LinkedIn, in your work, or just within our community. In other words, you don’t have to be recognized publicly as a thought leader to be one.
Lastly, she talks a bit about how this is the 1-year anniversary of COVID-19 for her and most of the US, and where she thinks we are, where things are going, and reminds us to be kind to ourselves, each other and our E&C community.
And, on that note, we hope that you will contribute your thoughts and opinions for the podcast for the 100th episode, coming soon.
We like to share advice and tips on the podcast via our learned guests but some things don’t have immediate answers, including some aspects of what we’ve canvassed today. If you’d like to share your thoughts on the issues raised, we invite you to connect with us at GWICpod@gmail.com.
The Great Women in Compliance Podcast is proudly featured on the Compliance Podcast Network and sponsored by Corporate Compliance Insights. If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to the podcast and rate it on your podcast player to help other compliance professionals find it. Want to hear more from us? We have a book, “Sending the Elevator Back Down: What We’ve Learned from Great Women in Compliance” (CCI Press, 2020) which is available on Amazon.com and Book Depository.
If you’ve already read the booked and liked it, will you help out other women to make the decision to leverage off the tips and advice given by rating the book and giving it a glowing review on Amazon?
As always, we are so grateful for all of your support and if you have any feedback or suggestions for our 2021 line up or would just like to reach out and say hello, we always welcome hearing from our listeners.

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Cordery

Cordery Head to Head @ Home: Eric Sinrod on predictions for the major TechLaw events of 2021


In this edition of Cordery Head to Head @ Home Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks to Professor Eric Sinrod from his home in California.
It’s a look ahead at what 2021 might mean for the world of technology.
We recorded the film on 19 January 2021 – the last day of the Trump administration.
Listen to the episode now:

Eric & Jonathan try to predict 5 major TechLaw events or trends for 2021 covering issues in the US and in Europe. It is a subjective list in the style of Eric and Jonathan’s previous TechLaw10 predictions (here www.techlaw10.com)
They predict:

  1. Continued increases in cybercrime. Eric looks at the effects of the recent US Presidential Elections and the changing role of social media in elections. Jonathan looks at the trend of cybercriminals trained by hostile governments moving into the private sector and a rise in cybermercenaries. Jonathan also talks about the rise in cybercrime exploiting working from home during the pandemic. He also predicts a new trend of ‘cybershorting’ with ransomware gangs using their tools and techniques to manipulate stock markets to their advantage.
  2. Eric talks about section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act and whether it can last in the new world of social media. Jonathan thinks the banning of Trump from social media will lead to a wider debate about online content and censorship.
  3. Jonathan looks at the challenges of regulating tech giants and the coming together of anti-trust/competition law, privacy and fair trade rules. He predicts that the size of bigtech operators will increasingly be a global political issue. He also predicts that these disputes will spill over into smaller tech players, including equipment manufacturers too. Eric talks about moves to split up bigtech operations (including Facebook) in the US.
  4. Eric looks at the challenges of going back to work after the pandemic. Will the world return to normal and what happens when people don’t feel its safe to return to the workplace? There is more detail on some of these considerations here bit.ly/cvrtw
  5. Jonathan looks at a bumper year for GDPR in 2020 but predicts a stormy year for data transfer in 2021 with the challenges of the collapse of Privacy Shield, the issues with Standard Contractual Clauses and the issues brought about by Brexit. There are more materials on this here https://bit.ly/pshielddead & here https://bit.ly/brextemp

You can listen to earlier TechLaw10 audio podcasts with Eric and Jonathan at www.techlaw10.com.
You can find out more about Eric here at Duane Morris LLP https://www.duanemorris.com/attorneys…
and more about Jonathan here https://www.corderycompliance.com/our…
You can view more Cordery Head to Head interviews here www.bit.ly/corderytv