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Episode 297 – the Ng Convicted edition


As the NY Mets have the best record in baseball and we prepare for the celebrations of Easter and Passover, Tom and Jay are back to look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories in the Ng Convicted edition.
Stories

    1. Roger Ng was convicted. Tom in the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog.
    2. Lessons from DOJ’s first cyber fraud settlement? Annie Hudgins in the FCPA Blog.
    3. Depression as corporate materiality issue. Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog. 
    4. Should CCOs be required to certify compliance programs? Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance.
    5. CEO fined by SEC for impeding whistleblower. Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week. (sub req’d) Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance.
    6. How much BOD oversight of compliance is enough? Jeff Kaplan in Conflict of Interest Blog. 
    7. Compliance in recessionary times. Jim DeLoach in CCI.
    8. Water and corruption. Rick Messick in GAB.
    9. Why should an organization disclose diversity information? Antinuke Adrian in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.  
    10. Data governance best practices. Eray Eliaçik in Data Economy. 

Podcasts and More

  1. Tom visits with Matt Galvin and Dan Kahn over a 2-part podcast series. In Part 1, they talk about dealing with the DOJ during an FCPA investigation and thereafter. 
  2. Into Star Trek, then join Tom and John Champion, who is on a 15-year mission to do a podcast on every episode of Star Trek, television, movie, and animated show on the podcast MissionLogPodcast.com. In Part 1, from TOS up to the start of TNG. In Part 2, from TNG to today. 
  3. This month on the Compliance Life, I visit with Susan Divers, Director of Thought Leadership at LRN. In Part 1, academic life and early professional career. In Part 2, she moves to the corporate world. 
  4. Why should you attend Compliance Week 2022? Find out on this episode of From the Editor’s Desk. Listeners get a $200 discount to CW 2022 with the code Fox200. More here. 
  5. Join Tom and Jay at ECI Impact 2022. Listeners to this podcast can save 20% off registration
    by entering discount code: TOM20 at checkout.
  6. Welcome back, Sam Rubenfeld.

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.

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Episode 296 – the Slap Seen ‘Round the World edition


On this April Fool’s Day for 2022, Tom and Jay are back to look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories in the Slap Seen ‘Round the World edition.
 Stories

  1. The Slap Seen ‘Round the World and Compliance. Tom in FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog.
  2. Will CCOs have to certify compliance? Text of Kenneth Polite speech. Tom and Matt in Compliance into the Weeds. Matt in Radical Compliance.
  3. Coal exec indicted under the FCPA. Harry Cassin in the FCPA Blog.
  4. Good bribes. Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog.
  5. Why controls are key to compliance. Chris Audet in CCI.
  6. MarshMac UK sub garners Declination with Disgorgement. Dylan Tokar in WSJ Risk & Compliance Journal.
  7. ZTE whistleblower feared for his life. Ashley Yablon in CCI.
  8. Whistleblowing keys. Jan Stampers In Risk and Compliance Matters.
  9. Fine line between compliance and evasion of OFAC sanctions. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance.
  10. ISSB delivers sustainability guidelines. IFRS Press Release.

Podcasts and More

  1. What is the intersection of Sports and Ethics? Each year, Jason Meyer holds Ethics Madness, a discussion of this intersection done during March Madness. This year, Jason engaged Tom for Ethics Madness in the podcast format. It was cross-posted on Jason’s site Eight Mindsets, which he co-hosts with Nicole Rose and on Tom’s site, Greetings and Felicitations.
  2. Tom has a two part series with Aly McDevitt on her recent Ransomware case study, on Greetings and Felicitations, Part 1 and Part 2.
  3. Why should you attend Compliance Week 2022? Find out on this episode of From the Editor’s Desk. Listeners get a $200 discount to CW 2022 with the code Fox200. More here.
  4. Tom visits with longtime MS 150 rider Alan Peterson on The Hill Country Podcast. Donate to the fight against MS here.
  5. Why should compliance lead corporate ESG? Kristy Grant-Hart explains on the ESG Compliance Podcast.
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Episode 281 – the Bags of Cash edition


Tom takes a solo turn to look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories this week in the Bags of Cash edition.

Stories

1.     Why subcontractors continue to cause FCPA grief. Dick Cassin the FCPA Blog.
2.     More on the Strategy on Countering Corruption. Tom takes a deep dive in a 5-part blog post series in the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance.
3.     Neil Hodge says non-US companies should beware in Compliance Week. (sub req’d).
4.     What next Brazilian President must do re: ABC.  Marcelo Cerqueira in GAB.
5.     Yet another son of ex-Panamanian President pleads guilty. Rick Vanderford in WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.
6.     NatWest took bags of cash for deposits. $341MM in fines later.  Dylan Tokar in WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.
7.     How CCOs use guidance from DOJ? Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance.
8.     Should you fall on your sword? Calvin London in CCI.
9.     Sustainability not universal. Lawrence Heim in PracticalESG.
10.  McDonalds claws back CEO severance. Heather Haddon in WSJ.

 Podcasts and Events

11.  Are you exasperated? Then check, F*ing Argentina. In this podcast series co-hosts Tom Fox and Gregg Greenberg, author of F*ing Argentina explore the current American psyche of being overworked, over leveraged, overtired and overwhelmed. Find out about modern America’s exasperation with well…exasperation. In our final episode, we wrap up what we learned from the series.
12.  In November on The Compliance Life, I visit with Matt Silverman, Director of Trade Compliance at VIAVI. Matt is the first Trade Compliance Director I have hosted on TCL. In Part 1, Matt details his academic career and early professional life. In Part 2, Matt moves into trade compliance.
13.  The Compliance Podcast Network welcomes Professor Karen Woody and her new podcast, Classroom Insider. In this most unique pod, Karen interviews some of her student to tell the history of insider trading. Check out Episode 2, the disclosure or abstain rule.
14.  The Shout Outs and Rants of Everything Compliance gets its own iTunes show. Everything Compliance has its first-year end review episode.
15.  On Hidden Traffic, Gwen Hassan hosts Andrew Wallis, head of Unseen UK.
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.