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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: August 31, 2026, The Oops, Just Kidding 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, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • $50MM and a DPA in FIFA FCPA case.(Law360)
  • Trump Administration blacklisting of Anthropic ruled illegal. (WSJ)
  • US corp intelligence firm withdraws claim against trader. (FT)
  • What is really behind Xi’s ABC campaign? (SCMP)

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Daily Compliance News: August 27, 2026, The Meta Settles 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, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • NBA gambling defendant has bail revoked for witness tampering. (ESPN)
  • Two individual FIFA defendants get DPA. (NYT)
  • Meta settles for $18 bn. (FT)
  • Walter’s troubles disrupting insurance company deals. (WSJ)

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com.

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Daily Compliance News: August 6, 2026, The $100bn Refund 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: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • Former Ukrainian ambassador to the US under corruption investigation.  (EuroNews)
  • Illegal tariff refunds hit $100bn. (CNBC)
  • Women spearheading resistance to Infantino. (Reuters)
  • Use a mentor for some honesty. (FT)

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com.

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Daily Compliance News: July 29, 2026, The Advice of Counsel 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, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • Raskin wants FIFA investigated for corruption. (USA Today)
  • Another South African ABC official resigns amid a cloud of suspicion. (Bloomberg)
  • The advice of counsel defense. (Law360) sub req’d
  • Meta fighting dozens of social media lawsuits. (WSJ)

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com.

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Great Women in Compliance

Great Women in Compliance: GWIC x Everything Compliance – Summer 2026

We are back with another GWIC x Everything Compliance crossover, with Hemma and Lisa joining Kristy Grant-Hart and Karen Moore to talk about what’s on their minds and the compliance news of the day. They discuss everything from Scoular Company entering into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement and paying over $10m for FCPA violations, lessons for Ethics & Compliance professionals from the World Cup, the resolution of the allegations against Alibaba and AUS Merchant Services, and what we can take from the leaked draft of the EU’s New Public Procurement Regulations.

And, of course, it wouldn’t be Everything Compliance without the rants and raves.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: July 20, 2026, The Farewell to the World Cup 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, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • FT hands out its awards for the best and worst of the 2026 World Cup. (FT)
  • China Development Bank President under investigation for corruption. (AP News)
  • DOJ pulling back on white-collar crime enforcement. (WSJ)
  • Scoular pays a $10MM fine for FCPA violations. (Rural Radio)

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com.

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Daily Compliance News: July 13, 2026, The Profoundly Corrupt 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, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • EU critic says FIFA is “profoundly corrupt.”  (Politico)
  • Indonesia ABC prosecutor found with $20MM in cash. (AlJazeera)
  • Atlassian illegally fired a worker who questioned policy changes. (NYT)
  • Apple sues OpenAI for information theft. (FT)

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance

2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 73 – The Technology Edition

What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk compliance, of course. Join Tom Fox and Kristy Grant-Hart in 2 Gurus Talk Compliance as they discuss the latest compliance issues in this week’s episode!

Stories this week include:

  • Stoicism without self-examination is moral bankruptcy. (⁠FT⁠)
  • Is China more stable for companies than the US?  (⁠FT⁠)
  • JPMorgan to monitor jr. bankers’ hours. (⁠FT)⁠
  • EDNY says fighting the appeal of the FIFA corruption case is not worth the resources. (⁠Reuters)⁠
  • Judge questions DOJ’s decision to drop Halkbank AML case. (⁠Bloomberg⁠)
  • One CEP to Rule Them All (⁠CCI⁠)
  • Banning Sports Betting on Prediction Markets (⁠WSJ⁠)
  • US Regulatory Fines Plummet (⁠CCI⁠)
  • You Need an Automated Compliance Program (⁠Volkov Blog⁠)
  • Florida Man-Dress for Arrest (⁠NBC Miami⁠)

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Daily Compliance News: March 19, 2026, The Corruption in Soccer 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, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • US relaxes sanctions on PDVSA. (FT)
  • Chin wants the Malaysian ABC agency investigated. (Bloomberg)
  • Hacker breaks into law enforcement tip database. (Reuters)
  • Senegal, stripped of the Africa Cup title, calls for a corruption investigation. (NYT)
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Daily Compliance News: March 26, 2025, The Missile Strike on Boeing 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:

  • Judge orders Boeing to trial. (WSJ)
  • Mintz staff freed after 2 years in Chinese jail.  (BBC)
  • Blatter and Platini were cleared of corruption charges.  (Reuters)
  • Washington – we have an off-channel messaging problem. (NYT)