Welcome to The Woody Report, where Washington & Lee School of Law Associate Professor Karen Woody and host Tom Fox discuss issues on white collar crime, compliance issues, international corruption, securities and accounting fraud, and internal corporate…
If you are a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), you have likely spent countless hours parsing language in policies, contracts, and regulations. Words matter, especially when those words define responsibility, liability,…
In the span of a single week, the NBA went from celebrating another record-breaking season-opening week to confronting its deepest crisis of credibility since the Tim Donaghy officiating scandal. A…
We previously considered the who, the what, and the histories of the NBA betting scandal. Today, we explore the ‘how’: how a compliance function could have prevented this, and what both sports leagues…
Ed. Note: We conclude our five-part blog post series on compliance lessons from Classic Universal Movie Monsters this week by examining one of the lesser-known movies and monsters: The Invisible…
Halloween is almost upon us, and we celebrate the greatest Halloween cartoon in the world’s history, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” which premiered in 1966. As usual, the story…
In 1951, the New York City College of New York (CCNY) basketball team stood at the pinnacle of collegiate glory. The Beavers had just achieved the impossible: winning both the…
In Part 2 of our exploration of the NBA betting scandal, we consider one of the culprits: Prop Bets. However, we also consider the roles of the NBA’s sports betting…
In the world of professional basketball, few things cut deeper than a betrayal of trust. Fans expect grit, competition, and authenticity, not a rigged game. Yet last week, the U.S….
As many of my readers know, I am a huge fan of the Classic Universal Picture Movie Monsters, focusing on the period from 1931 to the mid-1950s. In October, I…
Every compliance journey must eventually reach its reckoning —the point at which wrongdoing, however deeply embedded, must give way to accountability. In Greek tragedy, that moment comes with Orestes and Electra,…
