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December 17, 2022 – The Lavish Life Style Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you four compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network.

Stories we are following in today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • When does a lavish lifestyle = Red Flags? (NYT)
  • Amazon agrees to business practice changes in the EU. (NYT)
  • DFS issues guidance for banks on crypto. (WSJ)
  • Crypto has made corruption worse. (The Guardian)
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April 21, 2022 the Stericycle FCPA Enforcement Action Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Stericycle FCPA settlement announced. (DOJ Press Release)
  • Amazon workers were illegally fired for protected activity. (WaPo)
  • FATF to evaluate countries more often. (WSJ)
  • Why compliance needs to be concerned with social media. (WSJ)
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April 2, 2022 the Truth Shall Set You Free Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Rethinking using IP address to enforce sanctions. (WSJ)
  • The truth will set you free. (Bloomberg)
  • The most common types of corruption in South Africa. (Business Tech)
  • House to look into Amazon safety practices. (NYT)
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January 26, 2022 the Post-Termination Retaliation Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • State AGs accuse Google of tracking users. (NYT)
  • DOJ refocusing on anti-trust. (DOJ Press Release)
  • SCt turns down case on post-termination retaliation. (Law360)
  • Amazon employees join the Great Resignation. (Bloomberg)
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December 31, 2021 the Fog Ahead Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Legislation to take on Amazon productivity algorithms. (Bloomberg)
  • Delaware court rulings that will shape M&A in 2022. (Reuters)
  • Deutsche Bank fined by German regulators for poor internal controls. (WSJ)
  • Foggy regulations challenge crypto. (WSJ)
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December 23, 2021 the How to Win Friends Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Wall Street puts hold on RTO. (NYT)
  • Brazilian companies list on NYSE, what could go wrong. (Reuters)
  • SEC blocks Apple bid to block shareholder proposal. (Reuters)
  • Amazon sues India financial crimes agency. (SEC Press Release)
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December 10, 2021 the SPACs and IPOs Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • SEC to level playing field between SPACs and IPOs. (WSJ)
  • Amazon fined 1.3bn Euro in Italy. (WSJ)
  • Pressure increases to remove Activision CEO from Coca-Cola Board. (NYT)
  • Corruption must be tamed in Haiti. (TheHill)
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September 22, 2021 the Amazon Bribery? edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Did Amazon pay bribes in India. (The Wire)
  • State Department sanctions Central American officials. (YaHooFinance)
  • FIFA sanctions Hungary over its racist behavior. (Bloomberg)
  • Rohit Chopra headed to Senate confirmation. (WSJ)
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Everything Compliance

Episode 84, the Eyeball Rental Edition


Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. Today, we have a quartet of Jonathan Armstrong, Jay Rosen, Jonathan Marks and special guest panelist Mary Shirley for a deep dive into a potpourri of issues and topics. We end with a veritable mélange of rants and shouts outs.

  1. Jay Rosen looks at the anticipated anti-trust policy issues and enforcement coming out of the Biden Administration. Rosen shouts out to those attorneys at the Department of Justice and State AGs’ offices who stood up when Trump tried to steal the election.

 

  1. Mary Shirley sits in as a special guest panelist. Mary discusses the recent actions of the CCO at Activision/Blizzard. Shirley rants about the lessening of the CCO role.

 

  1. Jonathan Marks considers the role of internal audit in internal investigations. Marks rants about MLB having a Field of Dreams baseball game and then blacking it out to almost ½ of the country.

 

  1. Jonathan Armstrong discusses the Amazon GDPR fine issues by the Luxemburg Data Protection Authority. In a melancholy shout out, Armstrong honors 1st responders to the Plymouth shooting in the UK.

 

  1. Tom Fox shouts out Texas Governor Gregg Abbott and his inaction on the Texas Power Grid crisis, which increased his campaign contributions from the energy industry.

 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 armstrong@corderycompliance.com
  • Jonathan Marks is Partner, Firm Practice Leader – Global Forensic, Compliance & Integrity Services at Baker Tilly. Marks can be reached at marks@bakertilly.com

The host and producer, ranter (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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August 3, 2021 the Capitalism edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

    • ALJ finds Amazon campaign illegal. (NYT)
    • Neogen discloses Iran sanctions probe. (WSJ)
    • Capitalism and ESG investing. (Houston Chronicle)
    • Bankrupt Remington makes settlement offer to Sandy Hook parents. (NPR)