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Daily Compliance News: March 2, 2026, The Texas Independence Day 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:

  • GAGE loses US Olympic sanction. (Fox4)
  • Tariff payback time is here for the Trump Administration. (TicoTimes)
  • Former FirstEnergy CEO faces damning evidence of ‘brazen bribery’. (Cleveland.com)
  • The liquor minister in China is charged with corruption. (SCMP)
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Daily Compliance News: February 6, 2026, The Chief BS Officer 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:

  • Opening arguments in the FirstEnergy corruption trial. (News5Cleveland)
  • Brad Karp, the leader of Paul Weiss, resigns amid revelations from the Epstein files. (WSJ)
  • Corruption is cheaper in the UK than in the US. (TheGuardian)
  • Do you need a Chief BS officer? (FT)
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Daily Compliance News: January 23, 2026, The Lying Liars Who Lie 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:

  • FirstEnergy’s reputation for telling the truth is still trashed. (Cleveland.com)
  • The black box of AI hiring decisions. (NYT)
  • Supreme Court balks at Trump’s attempt to control the Fed. (WSJ)
  • What happens when the dog bites (or even eats) its tail? (FT)
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Daily Compliance News: January 12, 2026, The Corruption is Free Speech 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:

  • FirstEnergy defendants in Ohio say corruption is simply ‘free speech’. (Ohio Capitol Journal)
  • Corruption allegations rock Cyprus. (Politico)
  • Venezuelans say Trump ‘too corrupt’. (Fortune)
  • Florida MAGA ‘queasy’ over Trump corruption. (AlterNet)
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Daily Compliance News: November 3, 2025, The World Athletics 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:

  • Financial fraud hits World Athletics. (BBC)
  • Best Career advice received. (BusinessInsider)
  • FirstEnergy execs getting preferential treatment? (cleveland.com)
  • JPMorgan flagged Epstein transactions as far back as 2002. (WSJ)

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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending September 20, 2024

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.

  • Tips flow to DOJ under the new whistleblower program. (WSJ)
  • Danske Bank pays another $7MM for Estonia AML issues. (WSJ)
  • Second trial in Vietnam after 1st one ended in a death sentence. (Bloomberg)
  • Was VW audit in China substandard? (FT)
  • JPMorgan appoints senior bankers to oversee junior bankers. (FT)
  • 2 ex-NYFD chiefs charged with bribery. (Bloomberg)
  • First Energy pays $100MM to settle SEC charges. (WSJ)
  • Astra-Zeneca employees arrested in China. (Bloomberg)
  • Walgreens to pay $106MM for allegations of overbilling. (WSJ)
  • Tik-Tok faces tough questions from the Court of Appeals. (Reuters)

 

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Daily Compliance News: September 17, 2024 – The $100+$106MM 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.

  • First Energy pays $100MM to settle SEC charges. (WSJ)
  • Walgreens to pay $106.8MM for allegations of overbilling.  (WSJ)
  • TikTok faces tough questions from the Court of Appeals. (Reuters)
  • 2 Ex-NYFD chiefs charged with bribery. (Bloomberg)

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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending August 3, 2024

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.

  • The EU investigates Chinese corruption in Cyprus. (FT)
  • US aviation company accused of bribery in South Africa. (Business Insider)
  • Glencore trader criminally charged by SFO for bribery. (FT)
  • Meta agrees to pay the state of Texas a $1.2 billion fine. (Texas Tribune)
  • FirstEnergy loses the privilege ruling. (Reuters)
  • Are corporate criminal convictions ‘just a footnote’?   (WSJ)
  • State Street agreed to a $7.5 million fine for Russia’s sanctions violations. (WSJ)
  • Mozambique wins the ‘hidden debt’ case. (Barron’s)
  • The top Trump bundler connected the FirstEnergy corruption scandal. (Ohio Capital Journal)
  • Raytheon (RTX) sets aside $959 million for pricing, corruption probe fine.   (Bloomberg)

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Daily Compliance News: August 1, 2024 – The New Boeing CEO 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.

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Boeing hires a new CEO.  (WSJ)
  • The US aviation company is accused of bribery in South Africa. (CH Aviation)
  • FirstEnergy loses the privilege ruling. (Reuters)
  • The EU investigates Chinese corruption in Cyprus.  (FT)

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Daily Compliance News: July 29, 2024 – The RTX Reserves 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.

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Raytheon (RTX) sets aside $959MM for pricing, corruption probe fine.  (Bloomberg)
  • State Street agreed to $7.5MM fine for Russia sanctions violations.  (WSJ)
  • Top Trump bundler connected FirstEnergy corruption scandal. (Ohio Capital Journal)
  • Trump vows to end crypto enforcement. (FT)

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