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2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 86 – The BOA Edition

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

Stories This Week Include:

  • Memo to Law Firms: Don’t call your clients stupid in emails. (FT)
  • John Carreyrou exposes You Can See Everything. (NYT)
  • What do AI agents talk about at dinner parties? (NYT)
  • Are you ready for a new AML Program? (Crime Corruption Compliance)
  • 6 Key themes from Inside the Mind of the CCO. (Compliance Week)
  • Bank of America to Pay $1.2 Billion to Settle Violations of Money Laundering, Sanctions Laws (WSJ)
  • Tech CEO connects Grok Bot to bank account and instantly regrets it (CyberNews)
  • AI in Investigations: What Courts Are Saying (So Far) About Privilege (Corporate Compliance Insights)
  • Courts Grapple With Problem of People Betting on the Outcome of Jury Cases (WSJ)
  • Scuba-clad man robs Disney Springs restaurant, swims away (WFTV)

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My first work of general non-fiction is now out: Deluge Before Dawn, the story of the 2025 flood in Kerr County, Texas, which killed 119 people and devastated a county. It is a story of tragedy, heartbreak, survival, and resilience.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 85 – The I’m a Clown Edition

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

Stories This Week Include:

  • Boeing compliance expert sues for retaliation. (King5)
  • How high-risk is the Venezuelan oil deal? (WSJ)
  • And what about Venezuelan gold? (NYT)
  • Capitalism in the crosshairs. (FT)
  • How great will the fallout be from Man City corruption? (Reuters)
  • Trump Defends Light-Touch AI Strategy After Industry Sounds Alarms (WSJ)
  • Senate Investigation Finds Rampant Use of Tether’s Stablecoin by Iranian Regime (WSJ)
  • Southern Glazer’s Compliance Settlement (Radical Compliance)
  • Standard Due Diligence May Not be Enough in Mexico (Corporate Compliance Insights)
  • Trump administration withdraws US from Greco anti-corruption monitoring body (The Guardian)
  • Florida man dressed as Ronald McDonald wrestled to the ground by cops: ‘I am a clown, stupid’ (AOL)

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My first work of general non-fiction is now out: Deluge Before Dawn, the story of the 2025 flood in Kerr County, Texas, which killed 119 people and devastated a county. It is a story of tragedy, heartbreak, survival, and resilience.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance: The Slop Grenades Edition

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

Stories This Week Include:

  • Former Vitol trader Javier Aguilar sentenced to 4 years.   (Bloomberg)
  • Russia seizes control of Nestle operations.  (WSJ)
  • The Class ceiling in America.   (NYT)
  • SEC rollback puts audit fees at risk. (FT)
  • Must AI companies disclose ‘dangerous events’? (Reuters)
  • OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior. (NYT)
  • Shopify CEO says employees’ ‘slop grenades’ are making more work for everyone else. (Fortune)
  • Payments Scandal Rocks LA Clippers. (Radical Compliance)
  • Florida man dressed in full jester costume arrested for pulling 12-inch dagger on landscaper over loud mowing. (AOL)
  • The EU AI Act Is No Longer Theoretical. (Volkov Law)

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Tom

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My first work of general non-fiction is now out: Deluge Before Dawn, the story of the 2025 flood in Kerr County, Texas, which killed 119 people and devastated a county. It is a story of tragedy, heartbreak, survival, and resilience.

It is available on the following sites:

Amazon.com

Stoney Creek Publishing

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Texas A&M University Press

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Google.Books

Walmart

This week only, the Kindle e-book version is available for $0.99 on Amazon.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance: The Farewell to Dolly Edition

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

Stories This Week Include:

  • Meta Settles NYT
  • Dolly Parton Passes Away. NYT
  • Hemma Lomax does it again. FCPA Compliance Report
  • 4 things states can do to combat federal corruption. Just Security
  • AI for email compliance. NJIT
  • JPMorgan Ended Banking Relationship With Polymarket Over Regulatory Concerns – WSJ
  • FTC Warns Retailers on Using Private Consumer Data to Raise Prices – WSJ
  • Why Do Boards Keep Giving Misbehaving CEOs Second Chances? – WSJ
  • Unannounced Compliance Audits: Good, bad or “it depends”? – Ideas & Answers
  • Smokey Bear aids arrest of man accused of stealing, reselling signs of iconic mascot from Florida parks – Click Orlando

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Kristy

Kristy Grant-Hart on LinkedIn

Order Kristy’s updated 10-year new edition of How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer by clicking here.

Tom

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My first work of general non-fiction is now out: Deluge Before Dawn, the story of the 2025 flood in Kerr County, Texas, which killed 119 people and devastated a county. It is a story of tragedy, heartbreak, survival, and resilience.

It is available on the following sites:

Amazon.com

Stoney Creek Publishing

Barnes and Noble

Texas A&M University Press

Bookshop.org

Google.Books

Walmart

This week only, the Kindle e-book version is available for $0.99 on Amazon.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 81 – The Having Way Too Much Fun 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:

  • Asante Berko guilty verdict—attached.
  • New ESPN 30 for 30 pod reviews the corruption case of Ohtani’s translator. (ESPN)
  • CapOne fired Trump Organization for AML deficiencies. (Reuters)
  • Victims of LaFarge terrorist funding want a piece of the settlement. (WSJ)
  • FBI agent apparently misses the tutorial on corruption. (Gizmodo)
  • For Some Workers, AI Resistance Is a Matter of Faith (Corporate Compliance Insights)
  • How OpenAI Agents Plotted and Breached Hugging Face (Cybermagazine)
  • Russia’s Hottest Startup Is a State-Backed Sanctions Evasion Network (WSJ)
  • UBS Nailed on Repeated AML Failures (Radical Compliance)
  • Polk Sheriff Grady Judd’s picture stolen from substation; Florida man arrested: ‘He stole my picture ‘ (FOX13 News)

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Kristy

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Order Kristy’s updated, 10-year new edition of How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer by clicking here.

Tom

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 79 – The Future of Compliance Associations 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:

  • Corporate BS Goes Mainstream
  • Directors Using AI Unguided
  • Perps and Prediction Markets Fight
  • Future of Compliance Associations
  • SFO Setback in UK Corruption Trial
  • Compliance Pay Gap Reality Check
  • Companies Betting on Themselves
  • Work From Home and Boss Narcissism
  • Cigar Photo Punishment and Fairness
  • Florida Man Steals a Helicopter

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Order Kristy’s updated, 10-year new edition of How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer by clicking here.

Tom

Check out the top compliance handbook, The Compliance Handbook, 7th edition, published by LexisNexis. Visit the LexisNexis® Store at https://lexisnexis.com/fox20

To save 20% on The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program, please reference or enter promotion code: FOX20.

Offer expires December 31, 2026. Offer applies to new orders only, before shipping and taxes are calculated and shipped to a U.S. address. A discount will be applied to each applicable product after the code FOX20 is entered. Discount does not apply to current subscriptions, renewals, or updates. Certain exclusions and other restrictions may apply. Void where prohibited. View full terms here.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 78 – A Brave New World 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:

  • SBF Applies for Pardon
  • Post Wells Issues for Profit Disgorgement
  • Sad Day for College Sports
  • Hungary uses AI to track Orban’s corruption
  • Meetings are Useless
  • Big Banks and New Tokenization
  • OFAC fines FTI
  • What is MNPI
  • The compliance job market
  • A Florida man writes on the whiteboard outside the house that he is not home. Arrested nonetheless

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Kristy

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Order Kristy’s updated, 10-year new edition of How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer by clicking here.

Tom

Check out the top compliance handbook, The Compliance Handbook, 7th edition, published by LexisNexis. Visit the LexisNexis® Store at https://lexisnexis.com/fox20

To save 20% on The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program, please reference or enter promotion code: FOX20.

Offer expires December 31, 2026. Offer applies to new orders only, before shipping and taxes are calculated and shipped to a U.S. address. A discount will be applied to each applicable product after the code FOX20 is entered. Discount does not apply to current subscriptions, renewals, or updates. Certain exclusions and other restrictions may apply. Void where prohibited. View full terms here.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 76 – The CW Wrap Up 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:

  • Jury says Musk owes $2.1bn for Twitter; SEC says $1.5MM.   (Reuters)
  • Jho Low wants a pardon. (WSJ)
  • JPMorgan rejects the claim but offered a $1MM settlement. (WSJ)
  • The black hole of Venezuela. (NYT)
  • D&B partners with Anthropic for compliance AI. (Security Brief)
  • Compliance Week National Conference – Discussion about SEC & DOJ’s regulatory statements.
  • State increasingly taking lead in anti-trust enforcement – (Corporate Compliance Insights)
  • So What Happened with Broadcat? – (Corporate Compliance Insights)
  • Prediction Market Risk Is Hiding in Your Organization, Whether You Know It or Not – (Corporate Compliance Insights)
  • Florida man buys mask at gas station to burglarize bank across the street: deputies – (WFLA )

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Kristy

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Order Kristy’s updated, 10-year, new edition of How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer by clicking here.

Tom

Check out the top compliance handbook, The Compliance Handbook, 7th edition, published by LexisNexis. Visit the LexisNexis® Store at https://lexisnexis.com/fox20

To save 20% on The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program, please reference or enter promotion code: FOX20.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 75 – The End of White Collar 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:

  • The Trump Administration retreats on white-collar crime. (The Dispatch)
  • Live Nation found guilty of monopolization. (WSJ)
  • White-collar defense lawyers are not busy under the Trump Administration. (FT)
  • Former LaFarge CEO guilty in corruption case. (Bloomberg)
  • How much does the Annoyance Economy cost you?  (NYT)
  • Justice Department Nears Filing Antitrust Case Against Egg Producers (WSJ)
  • $253M Settlement Raises the Bar on Re-Exports, ‘Dual‑Build’ Models & Entity List Risk (Corporate Compliance Insights)
  • The foundational importance of export jurisdiction – Corporate Compliance Insights
  • ‘Made in America’ Compliance! (Radical Compliance)
  • The Compliance Blind Spots Hiding Inside Financial Data (Corporate Compliance Insights)
  • Key West man accused of shining laser gloves into police cars faces 3 felonies

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 74 – The GES 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!

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