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…
What is perhaps one of the most recognizable movie themes of all-time? One that certainly falls into that category is the James Bond theme, written by Monty Norman, who recently…
Each person who becomes a naturalized citizen of these United States is required to swear the following Oath: “I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and…
As the Compliance Evangelist, I am pleased to announce the release of the Compliance Handbook, Third Edition. It is published by LexisNexis. This edition is an update of the Compliance…
I am looking at what skills will be needed for the mid-century Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). Moving into the CCO chair today is far beyond compliance expertise and legal knowledge….
What skills will be needed for the mid-century Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) [yes just a few more years to 2030 and ‘mid-century’]. Moving into the CCO chair today is far…
José Eduardo dos Santos, who served nearly four decades as Angola’s president, died on Friday in Spain where he had been living in self-imposed exile. According to his New York…
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have…
In a stunning announcement, the SEC announced an enforcement action against the international auditing firm EY. The enforcement action could not have been more directly in the ethical wheelhouse, with…
The sorry spectacle of Deshaun Watson continues to haunt the National Football League (NFL). Today a disciplinary hearing starts with US District Court Judge Sue L. Robinson, as the disciplinary…
Last week, after having leaked a preliminary opinion, the US Supreme Court struck the 50-year law legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health….
