In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
- Embrace stress. (WSJ)
- Where celebrity culture is corruption. (FT)
- Good work if you can get it. (South China Morning Post)
- The Top 25 (most corrupt countries in the world) (YaHoo! Finance)
Tag: corruption
In this Episode of the FCPA Compliance Report, I am joined by fan fav James Koukios, partner at Morrison & Foerster and editor of the firm’s great monthly International Anti-Corruption Developments Newsletter. In this episode we look back to some of the key developments from the January and February newsletters.
Highlights include:
- 2021 TI-CPI released. What value do you see in it? Do compliance professionals rely too greatly on it to determine an appropriate level of due diligence?
- Samir Khoury denied cert. How or why could an indictment go unsealed for 10 years?
- Daniel Comoretto pleads guilty. Follow on from Sargeant Marine FCPA enforcement action.
- KBR decision. What does it mean for the SFO?
- Samsung Industries resolves corruption matter thru Leniency Agreement.
- Paul Bond convicted on retrial.
- Spain extradited Alonso Ancira to Mexico. What if any is the significance to this action?
- Car Wash ends. How would you assess its overall impact on the global fight against bribery and corruption?
Resources
January International Anti-Corruption Developments
February International Anti-Corruption Developments
James Koukios on MoFo
In today’s edition of Sunday Book Review:
- Calhoun: American Heretic by Robert Elder
- We Own This City by Justin Fenton
- The York Patrol by James Carl Nelson
- The Princess Spy by Larry Loftis
In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
- Texas AG says he will not resign. (Texas Tribune)
- When ethics meets business? (FT)
- What’s the formula for a social responsible company? (WaPo)
- Gov data mining led to JPMorgan spoofing fine. (WSJ)
Tom and Jay brave the surge in Covid cases by staying safe at home. They are back to look at top compliance articles and stories which caught their eye this week.
- World Acceptance bribed with bags of cash. Mike Volkov in Crime Corruption & Compliance.
- Implications from the end of Privacy Shield. Lawyers from Debevoise & Plimpton in NYU’s Compliance and Enforcement blog.
- NRA shoots itself in foot over non-compliance? Kyle Brausser in Compliance Week. (sub req’d)
- Using lessons learned. Jeff Kaplan and Rebecca Walker in CCI.
- Dick Cassin asks ‘are agents ever legal under the FCPA?’ in the FCPA Blog.
- Applying 2020 Updates to anti-trust compliance. Matt Kelly writing in Navex Global’s Ethics and Compliance Matters.
- What is a metric’s inventory and why do you need one? Tom explains in the FCPA Complaince and Ethics Blog.
- Follow on corruption litigation is expensive. Kevin LaCroix in the D&O Diary.
- This month on The Compliance Life, I am joined by Louis Sapirman. In Part 1, we looked at Louis personal and professional journey into compliance. In this week’s Part 2, we discussed the qualities of a successful CCO.
- On Compliance and Coronavirus this week, we had John Fanning discusses the increased need for due diligence during Covid-19, Andy Goldstrom on compliance adaptations during Covid; and Jed Gardner on business as usual.
- On the Compliance Podcast Network, on 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program, this month focuses on the role of the Board in compliance. This week saw the following offerings: Monday-BOD’s inquiring up and down; Tuesday– the BOD’s role in internal controls; Wednesday-BOD as an internal control; Thursday– BOD governance and risk oversight; and Friday-what is your Board’s investigative protocol. The month of August is being sponsored by Affiliated Monitors. Note 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program now has its own iTunes channel. If you want to binge out and listen to only these episodes, click here.
- Join Jay and Tom at Converge20. Convercent’s top compliance conference is going virtual this year. Check at the agenda and register here.
Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.