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…
Now that I have your attention with this clickbait title, I want to explore today what the Venezuelan imbroglio may mean for compliance professionals and energy companies who are looking…
Podcasting for business has finally grown up. In November, I held the Podcasting for Business Conference. Today, I am thrilled to announce my latest book, PfBCon—All Things Podcasting for a…
Yesterday, we considered the next Texas AI law. Today, we review the Trump Administration’s attempt to override Texas and other states’ AI regulations. Federal preemption is not a slogan; rather,…
Contrary to the standard belief and even Governor Abbott’s pronouncements, there is some regulation in the great state of Texas. With the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA), Texas…
The Coldplay Concert and University of Michigan-Sherrone Moore imbroglios about consensual relationships introduced multiple issues for the compliance professional. While many saw them as romantic issues, others viewed them as…
Ed. Note: Jim McGrath was a great friend and a trusted colleague who passed away in 2014. As a tribute to McGrath and for Christmas this year, I submit the…
Every major compliance failure eventually reaches the same destination: a moment when leadership says, “How did we not see this coming? ” The answer is almost always the same. The…
In Part 3, I examined Sherrone Moore’s individual compliance and ethics violations. That analysis was necessary, but it is not sufficient. No serious compliance professional believes that repeated misconduct by…
Part 1 of this series established that the Sherrone Moore story is both a human tragedy and an institutional crisis. In Part 2, we turn to a more difficult but…
There are moments when an organization confronts a crisis so severe that it overwhelms every narrative it once controlled. The University of Michigan now finds itself in precisely that moment….
