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Daily Compliance News

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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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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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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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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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)