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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: September 18, 2026, The 21 Air Suspended 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:

  • Amazon suspends 21 Air. (NYT)
  • Congress wants FTC to investigate Amazon/Walmart bots. (WSJ)
  • Hamm into Venezuela. (NYT)
  • John Eastman wants the Supreme Court to overturn his disbarment. (Reuters)

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

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

Resources:

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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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: September 10, 2026, The Channel Problem Edition

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI.

Top AI stories include:

  1. AI risk assessments are missing the channel problem. (FinTech Global)
  2. Meta designs personal agent. (WSJ)
  3. FTC fines for ‘AI-hype’. (CW)
  4. AI causing toe-treading at work. (FT)
  5. What is the bot crime problem? (Bloomberg)

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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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: September 2, 2026, The Be Careful, Be Very Careful Out There 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 Ecuadorian president jailed for corruption. (BBC)
  • Head of Polish POC arrested for corruption. (The Block)
  • Corruption issues abound in the Venezuela oil deal. (FT)
  • FTC sues Amazon over secret ad pricing system. (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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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: August 20, 2026, The Between Scylla and Charybdis Edition

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI.

Top AI stories include:

  1. AI for compliance in the trucking industry. (CCJ Digital)
  2. 6 top AI tools for compliance. (Impakter)
  3. Don’t let AI strategy outpace your network strategy. (Fedscoop)
  4. FTC puts companies between Scylla and Charybdis. (Law.com)
  5. AI governance and data analytics in healthcare. (Healthcare Innovation)

For more information on using AI in compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

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

Daily Compliance News: December 17, 2025, The Is Your TV Watching (and Recording) You Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to 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.

  • The FTC accuses Pepsi of jacking up prices at Walmart. (WSJ)
  • Warner Bros tells shareholders to reject the Paramount offer.(Reuters)
  • TX AG sues television manufacturers for illegally collecting personal data. (KVUE)
  • The Trump White Chaos, by its Chief of Staff. (FT)

The Daily Compliance News has been honored as the No. 2 in Best Regulatory Compliance Podcastscategory.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: December 5, 2025, The White Collar Criminal Enterprise 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:

  • The US lost over $29bn to fraud, waste, and abuse in Afghanistan. (USAToday)
  • The FTC orders Boeing to divest an asset as part of the merger. (WSJ)
  • EU considers interim measures against Meta. (Reuters)
  • How far from Earth has executive comp gone? (FT)

The Daily Compliance News has been honored as No. 2 in the Best Regulatory Compliance Podcasts category.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: November 13, 2025, The Ukraine Shaken Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to 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.

  • Yet another corruption scandal shakes Ukraine. (ABCNews)
  • Corrupt is as corrupt does. (NYT)
  • Retribution not from DOJ but from FTC. (WSJ)
  • First Brands’ founder gets access to assets. (FT)

The Daily Compliance News has been honored as the No. 2 in Best Regulatory Compliance Podcastscategory.

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: October 28, 2025, The AI and National Security AI Edition

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest edition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest about AI.

Top AI stories include:

  1. AI Red Tape and National Security. (CCI)
  2. Meta to replace humans for FTC-privacy reviews. (CNBC)
  3. AI assurance innovation. (FinTechGlobal)
  4. Why is Big Oil missing out on the AI energy bonanza? (The Economist)
  5. AWS infrastructure in the era of AI. (Bloomberg)

For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, my new book, Upping Your Game. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: September 10, 2025, The All FT 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:

  • Why would a foreign company invest in the US? (FT)
  • CEO romances are the BOD’s business. (FT)
  • Did Meta intentionally look away from danger to children? (FT)
  • Drug makers and advertising compliance. (FT)