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10 For 10

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 30, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that 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.

Top stories include:

  • Chinese money launderers are moving billions through the US banking system. (WSJ)
  • Texas reveals an ABC plan for Washington. (Axios)
  • Drax is facing an FCA probe in the UK. (Bloomberg)
  • Microsoft employees occupy the CEO’s office in protest over the Gaza situation. (WSJ)
  • BCG staff outraged by company’s work to deport Gazans. (FT)
  • What a bunch of branding clunkers. (FT)
  • Should you rent a robot for compliance? (NYT)
  • The challenges of responsible AI development. (Forbes)
  • JPMorgan to pay $ 330 million over its role in the 1MDB scandal. (WSJ)
  • Under Eric Adams, NYC is a ‘City for Sale’. (NYT)

You can check out the Daily Compliance News for four curated compliance and ethics-related stories each day, here.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: August 29, 2025, The A Novel in the FT Business Books of the Year 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 in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, including compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, relevant to the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • Chinese money launderers are moving billions through the US banking system. (WSJ)
  • Texas reveals an ABC plan for Washington. (Axios)
  • Drax is facing an investigation by the FCA in the UK. (Bloomberg)
  • Why the novel, Drayton and Mackenzie, is in the FT’s 2025 Business Books of the Year. (FT)

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Compliance Into the Weeds

Compliance into the Weeds – Two Cyber Security Cases for the Compliance Professional

The award-winning Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to explore a subject more fully. Looking for some hard-hitting insights on compliance? Look no further than Compliance into the Weeds! In this episode of Compliance into the Weeds, Tom Fox and Matt Kelly discuss recent enforcement actions under the False Claims Act (FCA) related to cybersecurity failures by government contractors.

They analyze two significant cases: Illumina, a medical device maker, and Aero Turbine, a contractor for the US Air Force. The conversation highlights the importance of ‘security by design’ in product development and the growing scrutiny on compliance practices, especially for smaller companies. The discussion emphasizes the need for robust cybersecurity measures and the challenges faced by organizations in meeting regulatory requirements.

Key highlights:

  • False Claims Act Cases Overview
  • Illumina Case Analysis
  • Aero Turbine Case Insights
  • Compliance Challenges for Smaller Companies

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All Things Investigations

All Things Investigations – Navigating Secondary Tariffs with Mike Huneke and Brent Carlson

Welcome to the Hughes Hubbard Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations Practice Group’s podcast, All Things Investigation. In this podcast, host Tom Fox is joined by HHR partner Mike Huneke and BRG Director Brent Carlson to discuss secondary tariffs.

Mike Huneke and Brent Carlson are leading experts in trade compliance, with a particular focus on the intricacies and impacts of tariffs and secondary tariffs within the global economic landscape. Huneke emphasizes the existential threats tariffs pose to businesses, stressing the importance of understanding their effects on countries with significant economic ties to Russia, such as China, and advising companies to reassess trade relationships with nations like China, Brazil, Russia, and Iran. Carlson emphasizes the need for trade compliance officers to adapt to the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape, advising companies to assess their suppliers and consider potential indirect transactions through transshipment countries to navigate imposed tariffs effectively. Both experts emphasize the importance of businesses adopting a dynamic, risk-based approach to compliance, anticipating challenges, and making informed decisions to mitigate financial impacts and maintain shareholder value amid shifting trade patterns and geopolitical tensions.

Key highlights:

  • Geopolitical Impact of Secondary Tariffs
  • Global Trade Dynamics Amid Geopolitical Shifts
  • Trade Compliance Risks: False Claims & Tariff Evasion
  • Resilient Supply Chain Strategy Amid Global Trade Dynamics
  • Negotiating Tactics in Geopolitical Tariff Strategy

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Everything Compliance

Everything Compliance: Episode 157, The Q2 – 2025, Great Women in Compliance Edition

A few months ago, we hosted a Special Edition of Everything Compliance, featuring the two primary hosts of the Great Women in Compliance, Lisa Fine and Hemma Lomax, along with our female panelists from Everything Compliance, Karen Woody and Karen Moore, all moderated by Kristy Grant-Hart. The episode was so popular (and the host and guests had so much fun) that everyone involved decided to make it a quarterly event. Today’s episode is hosted by Kristy Grant-Hart, with panelists Karen Moore, Lisa Fine, and Hemma Lomax.

Highlights include:

  • Lisa Discusses UK Fraud Prevention Law
  • Hema on the False Claims Act
  • Karen on Compliance, Rewards, and Incentives
  • Exploring Behavioral Science in Business
  • Ethics and Compliance Incentives
  • AI, Blackmail, and Whistleblowing
  • Sentient AI and Ethical Dilemmas
  • Rants and Raves: Compliance and Beyond

The members of this special episode of Everything Compliance (GWIC edition) are:

  • Karen Moore is an Adjunct Law professor at the Fordham School of Law.
  • Lisa Fine – is a co-host of the award-winning Great Women in Compliance.
  • Hemma Lomax– is a co-host of the award-winning Great Women in Compliance.

The host of this special episode of Everything Compliance is Kristy Grant-Hart, VP, Head of Advisory Services at Diligent and co-host of the award-winning podcast 2 Gurus Talk Compliance.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: July 15, 2025, The Fighting Workplace Bullying 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 in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, including compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, relevant to the compliance professional.

Top compliance stories:

  • When was the last time you checked your fuel switches? (Reuters)
  • FCA to take on workplace bullying. (FT)
  • Of tariff fraud and tipsters. (WSJ)
  • Ramaphosa opens corruption investigation. (NYT)

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Great Women in Compliance

Great Women in Compliance: GWIC X EC Q2 2025 – Exploring Compliance Innovations

We’re back with another GWIC x EC crossover episode. Today, we have the quartet of Great Women in Compliance of Kristy Grant-Hart, Karen Moore, Lisa Fine, and Hemma Lomax.

The GWIC quartet discusses various intriguing topics related to compliance. Lisa Fine kicks off the conversation by discussing the new ‘failure to prevent fraud’ guidance in the UK, which places greater responsibility on companies to avoid engaging in fraud. The group delves into the implications of this law and its extraterritorial elements. Hemma Lomax shifts the conversation to changes in the False Claims Act in the US, highlighting its expanded use beyond fraudulent billing to areas like cybersecurity and diversity obligations. Karen Moore introduces the innovative ‘Karma’ rewards system by Revolut Bank in the UK, which incentivizes compliance behaviors through team performance multipliers. Kristy Grant-Hart wraps up with a fascinating discussion on AI, touching on AI’s potential as a whistleblower and whether AI could attain employment rights if it becomes sentient. They conclude by sharing their rants and raves, offering insights on topics ranging from the importance of local theaters to women’s leadership in compliance.

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Everything Compliance

Everything Compliance: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Karen Moore, and Karen Woody is hosted by Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist.

  1. Karen Moore looks at state, international, and private prosecutions of various ABC laws. She rants at the Department of Education for setting up a 1984-style anonymous reporting line for students to report on their teachers.
  2. Matt Kelly reviews the Glencore DPA record. He has a shout-out to Microsoft for picking up Jenner & Block as counsel and rants about the GOP effort to abolish the PCAOB.
  3. Jonathan Armstrong reviews changes at the UK SFO. He shouts out to the compliance community for their support of Diana Trevley and encourages her continuing recovery now that she is back in the US.
  4. Karen Woody considers tariffs as a new source for FCA claims and shouts out to the movie Conclave.
  5. Tom Fox shouts out to former San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who announced his retirement on May 1.

The members of Everything Compliance are:

Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, is the host, producer, and sometimes panelist of Everything Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. The award-winning Everything Compliance is part of the Compliance Podcast Network.

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10 For 10

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, March 22, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you the compliance professional and the compliance stories you need to know to end your busy week. Sit back, and in 10 minutes, hear the stories every compliance professional should know 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.

  • Cognizant counsel fired after Trump Order. (Law360) sub req’d
  • Is self-disclosure now a gamble? (Law360) sub req’d
  • Unilever fires activist CEO of Ben & Jerry’s. (BBC)
  • Business execs call Trump’s trade policy ‘fluid’. (NYT)
  • Ex-Credit Suisse head of risk and compliance fined in Switzerland. (Bloomberg)
  • DOJ enforcement outlook in healthcare under Trump. (Reuters)
  • 4 arrested in the EU Huawei scandal. (Politico)
  • Why CISOs quit. (Security Insights)
  • How bribery helped thieves steal thousands of iPhones. (WSJ)
  • Menendez wife trial to begin. (NYT)

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Daily Compliance News: March 20, 2025, The Fluid 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.

Top stories include:

  • Business execs call Trump’s trade policy ‘fluid’. (NYT)
  • Ex-Credit Suisse head of risk and compliance fined in Switzerland. (Bloomberg)
  • DOJ enforcement outlook in healthcare under Trump. (Reuters)
  • 4 arrested in the EU Huawei scandal. (Politico)