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…
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action, involving the waste management company, Stericycle, Inc….
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action. To say that the respondent company, Stericycle, Inc. (Stericycle) had…
The digital transformation of compliance will probably be the biggest change in our profession since the move to operationalizing compliance in the past decade. Legal professionals are generally ill-suited to…
The Roger Ng Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) trial has now concluded its jury phase. Last week the jury came back with a stunning victory for the prosecution with a…
The Roger Ng Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) trial has now concluded its testimony phase, the parties have closed and the decision on freedom or not for Ng rests with…
The Compliance Podcast Network is thrilled to announce its latest podcast, All Things Investigations, a podcast from the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP’s Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations practice…
It was the slap seen ‘round the world. It happened last Sunday night on the televised presentation of the 94thannual Oscars award ceremonies when Will Smith stormed to the stage…
Corporate culture is finally being acknowledged as a key ingredient in a successful business, particularly one which operates ethically and in compliance. The Department of Justice (DOJ) formally recognized the…
One of the most interesting Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) criminal trials in sometime is ongoing in New York, that of Roger Ng. The lead up to the trial and…
Sales incentives continue to be an area where Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) and compliance professionals work refine their compliance regimes. In the 2020 Update to the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance…
