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December 9, 2022 – The Goldilocks Balls Edition

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

Stories we are following in today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • KPMG was caught cheating again. (WSJ)
  • Sunny Bulwani was sentenced to 13 years. (NYT)
  • More corruption in baseball? (Twinkietown)
  • Wirecard trial begins. (Reuters)

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August 25, 2022 the $20bn Seized Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Will corruption force MLB sales? (Voice of OC)
  • Twitter whistleblower claims are insane. (Slate)
  • Get paid before you go to trial. (Reuters)
  • Angola seizes $20bn stolen by corruption? (Bloomberg)
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Everything Compliance - Shout Outs and Rants

Everything Compliance – Shout Outs and Rants from the Elon Etc Edition


Welcome to Everything Compliance Shout Outs and Rants.

1. Jay Rosen shouts out to Rachael Smith, Gilnet Sainvil and High-Five Man which reminded Rosen of Johnny Bank from his childhood

2. Matt Kelly gives a ‘mild’ rant to the SEC for proposing companies should have to disclose with 4 days after a cyber breach even if law enforcement asks a company not to do so.

3. Jonathan Armstrong goes on his most epic rant ever using 2 funerals and a birthday party to excoriate Tory Politicians to not simply talk the talk but follow the rules when it comes to Covid-19 protocols.

4. Karen Woody rants about the recent Declination with Disgorgement given to a MarshMac subsidiary in the UK, the Jardine Group Holdings  and says this is simply a NPA and should be monikered as such.

5. Jonathan Marks shouts out to Phillies 3rd baseman Alec Bohm who went from Phillies’ fan goat to hero with a mea culpa and SF Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken, who became the first female to take the field and coach in the history of MLB.

6. Tom Fox shouts out to author Margaret Atwood and in her book The Handmaiden’s Tale, which is not a dystopian novel but a prophecy of current Texas in 2022.

 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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June 24, 2021 the Baseball Circus edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • The MLB circus has begun. (HoustonChronicle)
  • Ex-Goldman banker settles FCPA case. (WSJ)
  • Now the hard part at Exxon. (NYT)
  • Don’t fly American this summer. (FT)
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June 11, 2021 the Does He or Doesn’t He (he does) edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Goldman Sachs requires workers to report vaccination status. (NYT)
  • NYY hurler Gerrit Cole refuses to answer question if he cheats. (ESPN)
  • Amazon face possible $425MM fine in EU. (WSJ)
  • Duhnke even more corrupt than we knew. (Bloomberg)
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February 12, 2021, Who Will Regulators Go After edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Who will regulators go after about GameStop? (WSJ)
  • MLB deadens baseballs. (WSJ)
  • Shell moves on. (NYT)
  • ABC enforcement raids home of Austrian Minister of Treasury. (FT)
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Everything Compliance

Everything Compliance-Episode 43, the Cohen Testifies edition-Part 2

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. This episode is the conclusion of a special two-part episode. Today, in Episode 43 Jonathan Armstrong and Matt Kelly weigh in on issues that are on their collective minds. Last week, in Episode 42 Mike Volkov and Jay Rosen sounded off. Shout outs (and no rants) followed Part 1 in Episode 42.

  1. This week, Jonathan Armstrong discusses the UK Serious Fraud Office’s conclusion of its this week, Matt Kelly considers the continued taunting tweets from Elon Musk, the SEC’s request for a federal court to hold Musk in contempt from his prior SEC settlement over the ‘funding secured’ tweet and what all this may mean for the SEC going forward.
  2. This week, Matt Kelly considers the continued taunting tweets from Elon Musk, the SEC’s request for a federal court to hold Musk in contempt from his prior SEC settlement over the ‘funding secured’ tweet and what all this may mean for the SEC going forward.
  1. Last week Mike Volkov used the Cohen testimony to the House Oversight Committee to explain the process of Congressional oversight, including how a company or witness is called to testify, the testimony preparation process and the testimony process.
  1. Last week, Jay Rosen talked about the DOJ focus on new industries for FCPA investigations including Major League Baseball teams and universities and colleges.

The members of the Everything Compliance panelist are:

  • Jay Rosen– Jay is Vice President, Business Development Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors. Rosen can be reached at JRosen@affiliatedmonitors.com
  • Mike Volkov– One of the top FCPA commentators and practitioners around and the Chief Executive Officer of The Volkov Law Group, LLC. Volkov can be reached at mvolkov@volkovlawgroup.com.
  • Matt Kelly– Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com
  • Jonathan Armstrong– Rounding out the panel is our UK colleague, who is an experienced lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at armstrong@corderycompliance.com

The host and producer (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox the Compliance Evangelist. Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network.
For additional reading see: Cordery Compliance client alert Rolls Royce Case Sends a Strong Signal