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Episode 288– the 13 Second edition

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Post date January 28, 2022
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How long does it take to win a NFL playoff game? Patrick Mahomes says 13 seconds. After perhaps the most thrilling NFL playoff game ever, Tom and Jay are back look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories this week in the 13 Seconds edition.

Stories

1.     TI-CPI 2022 Report out. Results not good. TI-CPI Press Release. Rick Messick says make it useful in GAB. Jaclyn Jaeger is disheartened in Compliance Week (sub req’d).
2.     Compliance officer burnout? Dick Cassin explores in the FCPA Blog.
3.     Emphasizing the ‘G’ in ESG. David Simon in LinkedIn.
4.     Investor demand driving ESG risk and compliance initiatives? Valerie Charles and Tracy Groves in CCI.
5.     Human Rights Due Diligence. James Reardon and Tomas Navarro look at Switzerland’s new law  in FCPA Blog. Tom considers your corporate Human Rights strategy in a 2-part blog series in the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog.
6.     Monaco Speech and Compliance in 2022. Stephanie Yonekura and Rupinder Garcha  in CCI.
7.     DOJ announces shift in antitrust policy. DOJ Press Release. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance.
8.     ESG and M&A in 2022. Wachtel lawyers in Harvard Law School forum on Corporate Governance.
9.     FTC compliance risk re: cyber and privacy. Debevoise lawyers in Compliance and Enforcement.
10.  Cultural and ESG to-do list for 2022 for CCO. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance.

Podcasts and More

11.  In January on The Compliance Life, I visited with Valerie Charles, partner at StoneTurn. Val has one of the most interesting journeys in compliance. In Part 1, she discussed her academic background and early professional career. In Part 2, she discussed her move to ComTech. In Part 3, Valerie moved into the consulting world. In the concluding Part 4, Valerie looks down the road for what’s ahead.
12.  The Everything Compliance gang took a deep dive into the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard in a special episode.  Check out the Shout Outs and Rants. Finally the gang had a special tribute to Meatloaf here.
13.  CCI releases new e-book from Tom “FCPA 2021 Year in Review”. Available free from CCI.
14.  Trial of the Century-the Enron Trial. This week, Tom premiered a 5-part podcast series on the Enron Trial with Loren Steffy, who covered the trial for the Houston Chronicle. In Part 1, run up to the trial. In Part 2, the trial begins. In Part 3, the star witnesses and key testimony. In Part 4, the Verdict comes in. In Part 5, what did it all mean. It is be available on the Compliance Podcast Network, Megaphone, iTunes, Spotify and all other top podcast platforms.
15.  Check out 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program returns, which runs for the month of January, from January 1 to January 31. Available on the Compliance Podcast Network, Megaphone, iTunes, and all other top podcast platforms.
Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.

Tags anti-trust, DOJ, ESG, FTC, Human Rights, Monaco Speech, TI-CPI 2022

Everything Compliance

Episode 93, the Activision Blizzard Edition

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Post date January 27, 2022
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Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. The entire gang was also thrilled to be honored by W3 as a top talk show in podcasting. In this episode, we have the quintet of Karen Woody, Jonathan Armstrong, Tom Fox, Matt Kelly and Jay Rosen. We discuss some of the key issues from the Activision Blizzard acquisition by Microsoft in the context of the BeeGees. We also have a special tribute section to Meatloaf as well as Shout Outs and Rants.

1. Karen Woody used Staying Alive to look at the SEC angle on the acquisition. Karen shouts out to workers in the travel industry for getting travelers home during the holidays. Woody paid tribute to Meatloaf’s acting career, the Rocky Horror movie and the song Hot Potootie Bless My Soul which her father still loves and is played annually at his birthday.

2. Jay Rosen reviewed To Love Somebody in asking what role can a monitor play in this matter? Rosen ranted about longtime Boston sportswriter Dan Shaughnessy who voted against David Ortiz for the HOF and shouted out to Big Papi’s response. Jay paid tribute to You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth, Meatloaf’s acting and SNL performances.

3. Matt Kelly considered Massachusetts to consider the anti-trust angles and whether Microsoft can turn the corruption culture at Activision around. Kelly laments the missing child Heather Montgomery and all the officials who did not take her mother’s report of her disappearance seriously. Matt paid tribute to those listeners who are too young to remember Meatloaf.

4. Jonathan Armstrong used How Can You Mend a Broken Heart to look at EU and UK anti-trust issues as well as data privacy concerns under GDPR. Armstrong shouts out artist Tracy Emin for demanding No. 10 pull her artwork due to the corruption of BoJo. Jonathan paid tribute to Meatloaf’s financial support of Jonathan’s local football club Hartlepool United.

5. Tom Fox considered the role of the Microsoft Board of Directors in the acquisition. He shouted out to the Joel Coen movie Macbeth and started Oscar buzz by further shouting out to Kathryn Hunter for her portrayal of the 3 sisters. Tom paid tribute to Paradise by the Dashboard Lights.

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
•       Karen Woody – One of the top academic experts on the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu
•       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 jonathan.armstrong@corderycompliance.com
•       Jonathan Marks is Partner, Firm Practice Leader – Global Forensic, Compliance & Integrity Services at Baker Tilly. Marks can be reached at jonathan.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.