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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: December 8, 2023 – The Serpico at 50 Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Stories we are following in today’s edition:

  • SEC Chief Accountant on what bothers him. (WSJ)
  • Should OpenAI change its corporate structure? (WSJ)
  • ABC boosts democracy. (Brookings)
  • Serpico at 50. (The Guardian)
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FCPA Compliance Report

FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 429, James Koukios on MoFo’s February Anti-Corruption Newsletter

In this episode I have back with me, fan favorite James Koukios, partner at Morrison and Foerster.  This is Part 2 of a two-part series where we discuss the firm’s always great Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments newsletter. In this episode, we take a look at some of the key highlights from the February newsletter. In the most recent episode, we detailed some of the key developments from the January newsletter. We also have a special segment on the FCPA Opinion Release Procedure. Some of the highlights from the podcast include:

  • DOJ Files $38 Million Civil Forfeiture Action in Connection with Malaysia Sovereign Wealth Fund Scandal
  • What is the role of civil forfeiture in anti-corruption enforcement?
  • 9thCircuit Court of Appeals Vacates Federal Whistleblower Retaliation Verdict Against Bio-Rad. What does this mean for whistleblower cases going forward?
  • UK Serious Fraud Office Closes Two Foreign Bribery Cases. Gutless move on the part of the new director or is something else going on?
  • What is the Opinion Release Procedure? How a company can use it? What happens on the DOJ side once a request comes into the DOJ?

For further reading, see the Morrison and Foerster Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for February 2019, by clicking here.