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Daily Compliance News

January 31, 2023 – The Company That Bribed the World Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you 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. 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 of Daily Compliance News:

  • Stormy Daniels hush money case goes to NY grand jury. (NYT)
  • Too embarrassed to drive a Tesla. (BBC)
  • J&J’s attempt to escape talc powder liability fails. (Reuters)
  • Saman Ashani was sentenced in the US. (FT)
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Daily Compliance News

January 24, 2023 – The Funding Was Secured Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you 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. 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 of Daily Compliance News:

·       When is it time to step down.  (Bloomberg)

·       Elon Musk now says funding was secured.  (WSJ)

·       Dual purpose test upheld by SCT for attorney/Client privilege claim.  (Reuters)

·       Ukraine President vows action against corruption. (NYT)

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Daily Compliance News

January 23, 2023 – The Do As I Do, Not as I Say Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you 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. 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 of Daily Compliance News:

  • Middle East corruption is pervasive. (National Review)
  • Amazon is under additional investigation. (WSJ)
  • Musk’s new defense is ‘do as I do, not as I say.’ (Reuters)
  • Ukraine MoD denies corruption. (Barron’s)
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Daily Compliance News

January 21, 2023 – The Truthful Not Comprehensive Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance,, brings you 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. 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 of Daily Compliance News:

  • No winners in USMNT imbroglio. (The Athletic)
  • Elon Musk takes the stand. (WSJ)
  • Son of Equatorial Guinea President arrested for corruption. (AfricaNews)
  • FTC wants Pharm Bro held in contempt. (WSJ)
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Daily Compliance News

January 20, 2023 – The More SCt Corruption Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you 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. 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 of Daily Compliance News:

  • Supreme Court fails to ID leaker. (NYT)
  • Bitzlato was charged with money laundering. (WSJ)
  • Former Fox execs paid bribes, witness testifies at trial. (Reuters)
  • Elon Musk tweets take center stage in ‘funding secured’ trial. (TheVerge)
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Daily Compliance News

January 19, 2023 – The Oliver Stone Goes Nuclear Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you 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. 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 of Daily Compliance News:

  • Oliver Stones goes nuclear at Davos. (NYT)
  • Deutsche Bank names new CCO. (WSJ)
  • Jury seated in Musk ‘funding secured’ trial. (Reuters)
  • EU Parliament member cuts deal in Qatargate scandal. (NYT)
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Daily Compliance News

January 14, 2023 – The Crackdown on Crypto Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you 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. 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 of Daily Compliance News:

  • SEC cracks down on crypto. (NYT)
  • Musk wants a change of venue. (WSJ)
  • Trump org fined $1.6MM for tax fraud. (Reuters)
  • EU subcommittee on human rights hub of EU corruption investigation. (Political)
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GalloCast

Gallocast – Episode 6

Welcome to the GalloCast. You have heard of the Manningcast in football. Now we have the GalloCast in compliance. The two top brothers in compliance, Nick and Gio Gallo, come together for a free-form exploration of compliance topics. It is a great insight into compliance brought to you by the co-CEOs of ComplianceLine. Fun, witty, and insightful with a dash of the two brothers throughout. It’s like listening to the Brothers Gallo talk compliance at the dinner table. Hosted by Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance.

Topics in this episode include:

  • ABB-how, the company’s leadership, made cooperation with the DOJ such a priority that even though it was a threepeat offender, it got a discount from the fine and no monitor.
  • Danske Bank-how the simple decision not to integrate the Estonia branch into the home company’s ERP and DD systems led to a catastrophic failure of over $260bn in money laundering.
  • Wells Fargo was fined $3.7bn this week. Since 2000, the bank has paid over $22bn in fines and penalties. Why can’t the bank fix its broken culture?
  • Elon Musk and Leadership. Why is stability or something like it so critical in the corporate arena?
  • The patriots lose on the final play in what has been called the ‘stupidest play of all time.’ Belichick said it was a lack of ‘situational awareness. Why does a leader need to be aware of the facts and circumstances for each decision?

Resources

Nick Gallo on LinkedIn

Gio Gallo on LinkedIn

Ethico

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Everything Compliance

Episode 108 – The ABB Edition

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance as we celebrate our second century of shows. Everything Compliance which has been honored by W3 as a top talk show in podcasting. In this episode, we have the quintet of Jay Rosen, Jonathan Armstrong, Karen Woody, Tom Fox and Matt Kelly on the ABB FCPA Enforcement action. We conclude with our fan fav Shout Outs and Rants section.

1. Matt Kelly looks at the enforcement action from the CCO certification perspective. He has his first recidivist rant by ending the year with a rant about the person he started the year ranting about, Elon Musk. This time it was for the Thursday Night Massacre.

2. Karen Woody looks at the case from the perspective on internal control failures and overrides. She shouts out to Stephen Twitchboss for his music and influence on popular culture.

3. Tom Fox discusses how the DOJ thread a tight needle by rewarding ABB for its attempt to self-disclose, extraordinary cooperation and remediation by not requiring a monitor and giving a discount even through ABB is the first time three-peat offender under the FCPA. He shouts out to Christine McVie, singer and songwriter for Fleetwood Mac who recently passed away.

4. Jonathan Armstrong considers the ABB enforcement action from the UK perspective and opines how a UK judge might consider the company’s recidivism differently than the DOJ did. He rants about ongoing tech scams.

5. Jay Rosen reviews the enforcement action from the perspective of how the bribes were funded. He shouts out to Mike Gabler, winner of Season 43 of Survivor who donated his $1MM winnings to help veterans.

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.

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Daily Compliance News

December 20, 2022 – The Charges Referred 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:

  • Epic games to pay $520MM to FTC. (WSJ)
  • Honeywell settles FCPA enforcement action. (FCPA Blog)
  • Users vote to kick off Musk. (Reuters)
  • Charges on Trump referred. (NYT)