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Daily Compliance News

December 10, 2022 – The Brittney Griner Freed 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:

  • More bribes by Qatar, this time at the EU Parliament.  (France24)
  • Brittney Griner comes home. (NYT) 
  • OCC banks should be wary of crypto. (WSJ)
  • The lawsuit claims Twitter targeted women for layoffs. (Reuters)
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Everything Compliance

Episode 105 – the Monaco Memo and Antitrust in the EU

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance as we celebrate our second century of shows. In 2021, Everything Compliance was honored by W3 as a top talk show in podcasting. In this episode, we have the quartet of Jonathan Marks, Jonathan Armstrong, Karen Woody, and Tom Fox on the Monaco Memo and antitrust enforcement going forward in Europe. We conclude with our fan Shout Outs and Rants section.

  1. Tom Fox looks at the Monaco Memo through the monitorship language and answers a listener’s questions about compliance programs under the Monaco Memo. He shouts out to Aaron Judge, who has a year for the ages.
  2. Karen Woody reviews the Monaco Memo, the self-disclosure angle, and investigatory considerations and ponders the role of defense counsel going forward. She shouts out to the HBO film Elvis and the movie portrayal of Presley.
  3. Jonathan Marks also looks at the Monaco Memo’s investigatory issues, the Board of Directors’ role, and the forensic auditor’s role under the Monaco Memo. He rants about compliance professionals and fraud examiners who have no idea what internal control is.
  4. Jonathan Armstrong looks at the EU communications around Facebook and antitrust enforcement and how things may change dramatically. He shouts out to King Charles III, who had a 70-year apprenticeship as the Heir Apparent to the British throne.

The members of 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, an experienced data privacy/data protection lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at armstrong@corderycompliance.com.
  • Jonathan Marks is Partner, Firm Practice Leader – Global Forensic, Compliance & Integrity Services at Baker Tilly. Marks can be reached at 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

September 20, 2022 the Stuck in the Middle with You Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Judge nixes class rep. (Reuters)
  • Middle Managers, stuck in the middle. (FT)
  • Farewell to buying ambassadorships in the US? (WaPo)
  • Hungary to submit ABC bill. (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News

September 14, 2022 the Is Twitter Lying Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Ideanomics announces FCPA investigation. (FCPA Clearinghouse)
  • Who is responsible for client losses? (Bloomberg)
  • Mudge says Twitter lying about security flaws. (NYT)
  • Google loses EU anti-trust appeal. (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News

August 20, 2022 Is the EU More Corrupt? Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • The judge blocks Florida’s attempt to prevent anti-discrimination training. (NYT)
  • Is corruption getting worse in the EU? (EuroNews)
  • Alleged AMLer extradited to the US to stand trial. (WSJ)
  • Were banks lulled by Archegos? (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News

July 18, 2022 the Warp Speed Trial edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
·       EU has a mega-deal stopper in sight.   (Reuters)
·       Miscarriage health treatments are next in line. (NYT)
·       Musk seeks to block the ‘warp speed’ trial. (Bloomberg)
·       Texas House blames all law enforcement at Uvalde. (WaPo)

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Compliance Week Conference Podcast

Mary Inman on How Global Companies Are Responding to the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive

In this episode of the Compliance Week 2022 Preview Podcasts series, Mary will discuss some of her presentation at Compliance Week 2022 “How Global Companies Are Responding to the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive”. Some of the issues she will discuss in this podcast and her presentation are:

  • Understand how to comply with both the EU Whistleblower Directive and GDPR requirements around call recordings, interview notes, records, and whistleblower rights to privacy
  • Learn how to run a Data Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA)
  • Discover where requirements between the EU Whistleblower Directive and data privacy regulations conflict with each other

In this first full compliance conference in over 2 years, I hope you can join me at Compliance Week 2022. This year’s event will be May 16-18 at the JW Marriott in Washington DC. The line-up of this year’s event is simply first rate with some of the top ethics and compliance practitioners around.

Gain insights and make connections at the industry’s premier cross-industry national compliance event offering knowledge-packed, accredited sessions and take-home advice from the most influential leaders in the compliance community. Back for its 17th year, compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals will gather safely face-to-face to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance their compliance programs. and many others to:

  • Network with your peers, including C-suite executives, legal professionals, HR leaders and ethics and compliance visionaries.
  • Hear from 75+ respected cross-industry practitioners who are CEOs, CCOs, regulators, federal officials, and practitioners to help inform and shape the strategic direction of your enterprise risk management program.
  • Hear directly from the two SEC Commissioners and gain insights into the agency’s areas of enforcement and walk away with guidance on how to remain compliant within emerging areas such as ESG disclosure, third-party risk management, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency and more.
  • Bring actionable takeaways back to your program from various session types including ESG, Human Trafficking, Board obligations and many others for you to listen, learn and share.
  • The goal of Compliance Week is to arm you with information, strategy and tactics to transform your organization and your career by connecting ethics to business performance through process augmentation and data visualization.

I hope you can join me at the event. For information on the event, click here. As an extra benefit to listeners of this podcast, Compliance Week is offering a $200 discount off the registration price. Enter discount code discount code TFLAW $200 OFF.

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Daily Compliance News

May 3, 2022 the Fat Leonard Trial to Resume Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Fat Leonard Trial to resume. (KPBS)
  • Tensions at Google over AI and ethics. (NYT)
  • EU hits Apple on antitrust concerns. (WaPo)
  • Do banks lack basic risk management controls? (Reuters)
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Compliance Kitchen

Additional EU Russia Sanctions

The Kitchen considers the EU’s 5th package of sanctions against Russia.

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Daily Compliance News

April 6, 2022 the Will He Reinstate Trump Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
·      Elon Musk joins Twitter BOD. (WSJ)
·      PCAOB fines former KPMG audit head. (WSJ)
·      EU funding to Hungary at risk due to corruption.  (FT)
·      Closing arguments in Roger Ng trial.  (Law360)