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From the Editor's Desk

From The Editor’s Desk: Episode 37: Season 2 – Reflections from February and Insights into March for Compliance Week

In this episode of ‘From the Editor’s Desk,’ Tom Fox visits with Aaron Nicodemus to discuss highlights from Compliance Week in January and February and take a look at what is coming down the pike in March, including the upcoming “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey. They also begin to preview the 2026 National Conference in May.

Key highlights:

  • February Story Roundup
  • March AI Coverage Plans
  • CCO Survey Early Findings
  • Long Form Investigations Ahead
  • AI Governance Reality Check
  • TPRM Conference Teaser

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Aaron Nicodemus on LinkedIn

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From the Editor’s Desk – Compliance Week’s Insights and Reflections for November and into December 2025

In this episode of ‘The Editor’s Desk’ podcast, hosts Tom Fox and Aaron Nicodemus delve into key compliance issues featured in Compliance Week. Tom and Aaron discuss top stories from Compliance Week in November, look at stories that will appear in December, and provide a preview of upcoming content and events in January and beyond.

They discuss FCPA investigations closed under the Trump administration and the implications for compliance professionals. Aaron highlights stories from Compliance Week, including an FCPA enforcement action involving Millicom Cellular in Guatemala and a detailed look at financial institutions in Latin America involved in money laundering for drug cartels. The hosts also touch on significant interviews and upcoming features, such as compliance wins and fails of the year, an AI and compliance survey, and the upcoming Compliance Week national conference. The episode offers valuable insights into compliance trends and regulatory changes, providing practical advice for compliance officers.

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Aaron Nicodemus on LinkedIn

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Everything Compliance

Everything Compliance: Episode 162, The Numbers, Numbers, Numbers Edition

Welcome to this Edition of award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, we have the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Marks, and special guests Lisa Fine and Dr. Hemma Lomax with Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist, as host.

1. Matt Kelly looks at the recent Millicom Cellular FCPA enforcement action.  He shouts out to the ChatGPT em-dash and rants about the federal government’s attempts to ban all state regulation of AI.  

2. Jonathan Marks reviews the failures of internal controls in the NBA and MLB around the ongoing betting scandals. He shouts out MacKenzie Scott for her $70 million donation to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in 2025, continuing her support after a $560 million donation to 27 HBCUs in 2020. 

3. Special Guest Panelist Dr. Hemma Lomax considers where Agentic AI in compliance is heading. She rants about ChatGPT em dashes and shouts out recent legal tech conferences.  

4. Special Guest Panelist Lisa Fine looks at three key issues on her mind about compliance for 2026. She shouts out to the Compliance Week survey, Inside the Mind of the CCO, and encourages all listeners to participate.  

5. Tom Fox shouts out to Gen Z and their play with the numbers 6 and 7 and traces the use of numerology in texts back to the Book of Genesis and the ancient text of Gilgamesh.  

The members of Everything Compliance are:

The host, producer, and sometimes panelist of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com.  The award-winning Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network.

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Everything Compliance – Shout Outs & Rants: Episode 162, Numbers, Numbers, Numbers

Welcome to the fan fav of Everything Compliance—Shout-Outs and Rants. In this episode, we have the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Marks, and special guests Lisa Fine and Dr. Hemma Lomax with Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist, as host.

  1. Matt Kelly shouts out to the ChatGPT em-dash and rants about the federal government’s attempts to ban all state regulation of AI.
  2. Jonathan Marks shouts out to MacKenzie Scott for her $70 million donation to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in 2025, continuing her support after a $560 million donation to 27 HBCUs in 2020.
  3. Special Guest Panelist Dr. Hemma Lomax rants about ChatGPT em dashes and shouts out recent legal tech conferences.
  4. Special Guest Panelist Lisa Fine shouts out to the Compliance Week survey, Inside the Mind of the CCO, and encourages all listeners to participate.
  5. Tom Fox shouts out to Gen Z and traces their play with the numbers 6 and 7, and the use of numerology in texts back to the Book of Genesis and the ancient text of Gilgamesh.

The members of Everything Compliance are:

The host, producer, and sometimes panelist of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com.  The award-winning Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network.

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From the Editor's Desk

From the Editor’s Desk – Compliance Week’s Insights and Reflections for September and into October 2025

In this episode of ‘The Editor’s Desk’ podcast, hosts Tom Fox and Aaron Nicodemus delve into key compliance issues featured in Compliance Week.

Tom and Aaron discuss top stories from Compliance Week in September, and provide a preview of upcoming content and events. They delve into a three-part case study on Lafarge’s bribery payments to terrorist groups in Syria, exploring its implications for companies operating in high-risk regions. They also discuss a resurfaced case study involving Jeffrey Epstein, JPMorgan Chase, and Deutsche Bank. The episode also highlights Ruth Prickett’s report on digital wallets in Europe, as well as the related compliance and data privacy issues. Additionally, they cover trends in FCPA enforcement, healthcare compliance with a focus on the FCA, immigration issues, and the importance of proactive compliance programs. The episode wraps up with insights into the upcoming ‘Inside the Mind of the CCO‘ survey and the January conference on AI and data analytics in compliance.

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Aaron Nicodemus on LinkedIn

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From The Editor’s Desk: A Celebration of Kyle Brasseur’s Journey: From Sports Journalism to Compliance Week Editor

In this special episode of ‘From the Editor’s Desk,’ host Tom Fox interviews Kyle Brasseur, who recently announced his retirement from Compliance Week, where he served as Editor-in-Chief. Kyle shares his journey from working in sports journalism to his pivot into the compliance field. He discusses his professional growth, the challenges and opportunities he faced, and the important stories covered during his tenure.

The episode also explores the critical role of journalism in the compliance sector and delves into some of Kyle’s most memorable moments, including his first published story and the development of the ‘Inside the Mind of the CCO’ survey. To round off, the discussion shifts to sports, particularly the performance and expectations of the Boston Celtics. Kyle reflects on his experiences and shares his thoughts on the future, expressing gratitude towards the compliance community for their unparalleled support.

Highlights Include:

  • Kyle’s Journey to Compliance Week
  • Transition from Sports Journalism to Compliance
  • Growth and Opportunities at Compliance Week
  • Importance of Compliance Journalism
  • Differences Between Sports and Compliance Journalism
  • Becoming Editor-in-Chief
  • Significant Stories and Editorial Changes
  • Inside the Mind of the CCO Survey
  • Final Thoughts and Farewell

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Kyle Brasseur on LinkedIn

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Compliance Week Conference Podcast

Compliance Week 2024 Speaker Preview Series – Forrest Deegan on the Inside the Mind of the CCO

In the Compliance Week 2024 Speaker Preview Podcast episode, Forrest Deegan discusses his panel at Compliance Week 2024, “Inside the Mind of the CCO.” Some of the issues he will discuss in this podcast and his presentation are:

  • The latest CCO hot topics
  • What may lie down the road?
  • Hearing from regulators and learning about new best practices at Compliance Week 2024

I hope you can join me at Compliance Week 2024. This year’s event will be held April 2-4 at the Westin Washington, DC, Downtown. The line-up is first-rate, with some top ethics and compliance practitioners around.

Gain insights and make connections at the industry’s premier cross-industry national compliance event, offering knowledge-packed, accredited sessions and take-home advice from the most influential leaders in the compliance community. Back for its 19th year, join 500+ compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals who gather to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance their compliance programs. Compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals will gather safely face-to-face to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance their compliance programs, among many others, to:

  • Network with your peers, including C-suite executives, legal professionals, HR leaders, and ethics and compliance visionaries.
  • Hear from 80+ respected cross-industry practitioners, including CEOs, CCOs, regulators, federal officials, and practitioners, to help inform and shape the strategic direction of your enterprise risk management program.
  • Hear directly from panels on leadership, fraud detection, confronting regulatory change, abiding by cross-border rules and regulations, and the always-favorite fireside chats.
  • Bring actionable takeaways from various session types, including cyber, AI, Compliance, Board obligations, data-driven compliance, and many others, to your program for you to listen, learn, and share.
  • Compliance Week aims to arm you with information, strategy, and tactics to transform your organization and career by connecting ethics to business performance through process augmentation and data visualization.

I hope you can join me at the event. For information on the event, click here. As an extra benefit to listeners of this podcast, Compliance Week is offering a $200 discount on the registration price. Enter the discount code TFOX2024 for $200 off.

The Compliance Podcast Network produces the Compliance Week 2024 Preview Podcast series. Compliance Week sponsors this series.

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From the Editor's Desk

From the Editor’s Desk – September and October, 2023 in Compliance Week

Welcome to From the Editor’s Desk, a podcast where co-hosts Tom Fox and Kyle Brasseur, EIC at Compliance Week, unpack some of the top stories that have appeared in Compliance Week over the past month, look at top compliance stories upcoming for the next month, talk some sports and generally try to solve the world’s problems.

Tom Fox and Kyle Brasseur are back. In this edition, they discuss the importance of robust compliance programs and proactive disclosures that must be balanced in today’s complex regulatory landscape. Tom underscores the significance of effective compliance measures and the innovative use of data analytics in enhancing compliance programs. He advocates for companies to prioritize these aspects to mitigate risks and improve their overall compliance posture. On the other hand, Brasseur emphasizes the need for companies to take proactive measures and implement effective compliance programs, citing a case where a bank’s failure to heed warnings resulted in a hefty financial penalty. He stresses that companies cannot afford to wait for regulatory action or assume that things will change in their favor. Join Tom Fox and Kyle Brasseur on this episode of the From the Editor’s Desk podcast as they delve deeper into this critical topic.

Highlights Include:

  • FCPA Settlement: Innovative Data Analytics Compliance
  • Deutsche Bank Affiliate’s Climate Disclosure Settlement
  • Shinhan Bank’s Lack of Compliance Program
  • Anti-Money Laundering Landscape in Europe
  • AI’s Impact on Compliance Landscape
  • Compliance Insights: Unveiling the CCO’s Perspective
  • NFL season to date
  • MLB playoffs are here
  • Dame Lillard trade and it’s fallout

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Kyle Brasseur on LinkedIn

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January and February 2023 in Compliance Week

Welcome to From the Editor’s Desk, a podcast where co-hosts Tom Fox and Kyle Brasseur, EIC at Compliance Week, unpack some of the top stories which have appeared in Compliance Week over the past month, look at top compliance stories upcoming for the next month, talk some sports and generally try to solve the world’s problems.

In this month’s episode, we look back at top stories in CW from January around the changes to the DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy, the Ireland DPC fine against Meta, and the always-interesting Inside the Mind of the CCO series. We previewed some of the stories CW will look at in February, including several articles about data privacy in the US and Europe.

We conclude with a look at some top sports stories, including the NFL playoffs and the Carlos Correa contract situation.

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Kyle Brasseur on LinkedIn

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November and December 2022 in Compliance Week

Welcome to From the Editor’s Desk, a podcast where co-hosts Tom Fox and Kyle Brasseur, EIC at Compliance Week unpack some of the top stories which have appeared in Compliance Week over the past month, look at top compliance stories upcoming for the next month, talk some sports and generally try to solve the world’s problems.

In this month’s episode, we look back at top stories in CW from November around the SEC enforcement statistics for the prior years, how CW will report and cover the FTX scandal and take a deep dive into the print edition which focused on tech and innovation in compliance and the creative use of the DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs and its Update by Home Depot to assess its own compliance program and remediate any gaps in a proactive manner. We previewed some of the stories CW will look at in December including several articles from the CW ‘Inside the Mind of the CCO’ survey which was concluded in October.

We conclude with a look at some of the top sports stories including a look at the NFL season as it moves into its final full month of regular season play, riff on the World Cup and the US win over Iran and ask if Tom Brady should have retired and stayed retired for the 2022 season.

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Kyle Brasseur on LinkedIn

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