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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 26, 2023

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast which brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to be aware of to end your busy week. Sit back, and in 10 minutes hear about the stories every compliance professional should be aware of from the prior week. Every Saturday, 10 For 10 highlights the most important news, insights, and analysis for the compliance professional, all curated by the Voice of Compliance, Tom Fox. Get your weekly filling of compliance stories with 10 for 10, a podcast produced by the Compliance Podcast Network.

  • Venezuela makes last ditch appeal re: CITGO. (Reuters)
  • SFO drops ENRC investigation. (FT)
  • Poverty a direct result of corruption. (Time)
  • Is due diligence over in China? (FCPABlog)
  • Ukraine institutes whistleblower bounty program. (BusinessInsider)
  • Nigerian ex-Energy Minister arrested for corruption by FCA. (Reuters)
  • Ex-Vitol employee to face FCPA charges. (WSJ)
  • ABC ex-prosecutor surges in Guatemalan Presidential race. (WaPo)
  • Lithium batteries scrutinized under UFLPA. (Reuters)
  • More Odebrecht indictments coming. (WSJ)

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A Dark Day for Dechert

In this episode, I visit with Jonathan Armstrong, partner at Cordery Compliance in London. We consider the recent payment by the international law firm Dechert of £20 million for its conduct and that of its former partner Neil Gerrard in the ENCR affair. The matter was a dark day for Dechert and a black eye on the legal profession. Some of the highlights include:

Key areas we discuss on this podcast are:

·      What were the failures of the law firm?

·      What led to the £20 million interim payment?

·      Will there be discipline against the law firm?

·      What is the role of a law firm in overseeing investigations?

·      How are the implications of holding investigative data under GDPR going forward?

·      Who watches the watchers (and investigators)?

 Resources

Jonathan Armstrong on Cordery Compliance

Hannah Walker in Law.com on the scandal

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Daily Compliance News

May 26, 2021 the ENRC edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • ENRC trial against former counsel and SFO begins. (Reuters)
  • Is the Apple app store an ‘essential market’? (WSJ)
  • Former Chadian diplomats charged in corruption case. (WSJ)
  • Climate change activists seek election to Exxon BOD. (NYT)