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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending February 24, 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.

  1. Alexei Navalny was killed in prison. (Bloomberg)
  2. Ohio residents paid the price for FirstEnergy corruption.  (Ohio Capital Journal)
  3. More child labor in the US. (NYT)
  4. A former head of the Bank of China was arrested for corruption. (NikkeiAsia)
  5. The Shadow Insider Trading case goes to trial.  (WSJ)
  6. Former Stericycle executive to plead guilty. (WSJ)
  7. Morgan Stanley is accused of using fake job titles. (FT)
  8. The Wells Fargo Consent Order was terminated. (WaPo)
  9. Deliberations begin in the NRA corruption trial. (The Guardian)
  10. If you can’t answer the question, don’t sit for an interview. (BBC)

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: February 23, 2024 – The Corruption Tax 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:

  • Ohio residents paid the price for FirstEnergy corruption.  (Ohio Capital Journal)
  • The DOJ names the first AI officer. (Reuters)
  • 4-day work week issues. (FT)
  • More child labor in the US. (NYT)

For more information on Ethico and a free White Paper on top compliance issues in 2024, click here.

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Everything Compliance

Everything Compliance – Episode 129, The Tribute to Navalny Edition

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance as we celebrate our second century of shows. In this episode, we have the quintet of Jonathan Armstrong, Jonathan Marks, Matt Kelly, Karen Woody, and Jay Rosen, all hosted by Tom Fox.

  1. Jonathan Armstrong talks about the most recent speech by the new SFO director. He rants about Julian Assange’s inane claims to be a journalist.
  2. Matt Kelly discusses the regulation of AI and looks at the new DFS regs around it. He shouts out to Alexei Navalny, who was murdered for his fight against corruption in Russia.
  3. Karen Woody takes a deep dive into the Panuwat trial and the concept of shadow insider trading. She rants about the senseless gun culture in America.
  4. Jonathan Marks discusses the state criminal charges in the FirstEnergy corruption scandal but then evolves into an epic rant, which he continues in Shout Outs and Rants about failures in corporate governance, internal controls, and gun violence in America. He really outdid himself this week.
  5. Jay Rosen looks at the dearth of DOJ-mandated monitorships and proposes a new concept, the self-monitorship. He shouts out the movie Love on the Spectrum and the Bill Bradley interview.
  6. Tom Fox shouts out to Ben Affleck for his DunKing Super Bowl commercial.

The members of the Everything Compliance are:

• Jay Rosen: Jay can be reached at Jay.r.rosen@gmail.com

• Karen Woody is 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, who is an experienced data privacy/data protection lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at jonathan.armstrong@corderycompliance.com

• Jonathan Marks can be reached at jtmarks@gmail.com.

The host, producer, ranter (and sometimes 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

Daily Compliance News: February 13, 2024 – The Quiet Hiring 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:

  • What is quiet hiring?  (FT)
  • Xi’s never-ending corruption hunt. (BBC)
  • More Ohio state charges in the FirstEnergy corruption scandal. (WSJ)
  • A Huawei killer. (WaPo)

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Daily Compliance News: December 1, 2023 – The Data – Driven Enforcement 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.

Stories we are following in today’s edition:

  • The DOJ will use more data-driven enforcement in FCPA cases. (DOJ Press Release)
  • Sam Altman outlines plans for OpenAI going forward. (NYT)
  • Russian soldiers are using bribery to escape combat. (Novaya Gazeta)
  • Ohio Governor DeWine to be deposed in FirstEnergy civil litigation (Ohio Capitol Journal)
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Daily Compliance News

November 11, 2022 the Veteran’s Day Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Defendants don’t want FirstEnergy DPA entered into evidence. (Columbus Dispatch)
  • Corruption, human rights, and Qatar World Cup. (FT)
  • DC sues Commanders, NFL and Goodell. (WaPo)
  • OIG to review FAA oversight of Boeing. (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News

August 19, 2022 the Back Off Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Razak’s lawyer can’t withdraw. (Bloomberg)
  • DOJ wants other FirstEnergy investigations to ‘back off.’ (Ohio Capital-Journal)
  • JBS shakes up the compliance team. (WSJ)
  • Purpose-driven, then not. (Reuters)
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Everything Compliance

Episode 99, the Nobody Wants a Truth Cocktail Edition


Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. In 2021, Everything Compliance was honored by W3 as a top talk show in podcasting. In this episode, we have the quartet of Jay Rosen, Jonathan Marks, Tom Fox and Matt Kelly. We conclude with our fan favorite Shout Outs and Rants.

1. Jay Rosen discusses the hunt for Russian oligarch goods and funds. Rosen shouts out to gaslighters Marjorie Taylor Green and Kevin McCarthy for denying they made comments when the audio was played to them.

2. Matt Kelly takes a deep dive into the Stericycle FCPA enforcement action.  Kelly gives a shout out to the Brooklyn Public Library for offering a free library cards to those from towns where the GOP has banned books.

3. Jonathan Marks looks explores the FirstEnergy corruption case and its continued fallout in Ohio. Marks rants about Comcast which marketed a product which does not exist.

4. Tom Fox looks a provocative piece by Dick Cassin which posits the DOJ has changed enforcement priorities to remediation as the key goal. Fox shouts out to shareholders of Credit Suisse who revolted against the Board when it tried to shield itself from liability over its recent financial failures.

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

April 27, 2022 the Where are the Lawyers Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Crypto can’t find lawyers. (WSJ)
  • How oligarch yacht hunting has energized fight against financial corruption. (Forbes)
  • FB fighting UK order to sell Giphy. (Reuters)
  • What is FirstEnergy hiding? (Highland County Press)
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Daily Compliance News

March 24, 2022 the Corporate and Regulatory Failure Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Ericsson CEO, CFO sued over Iraqi bribery allegations. (Reuters)
  • Boeing head test pilot found not guilty.  (WSJ)
  • Feds claim $35MM In kickbacks to Roger Ng (Law360)
  • FirstEnergy ex-CEO and SVP orchestrated bribery scheme. (Reuters)