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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: March 17, 2025, The Severance 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:

  • Your ‘Innie” and work-life balance. (NYT)
  • RTO lunch ‘disrupters.’ (FT)
  • 11 steps to improve your work-life balance. (Forbes)
  • Difference in work generations. (HR Exchange)
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10 For 10

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories for the Week Ending January 25, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to be aware of to end your busy week. Sit back, and in 10 minutes hear about the stories every compliance professional should be aware of from the prior week. Every Saturday, 10 For 10 highlights the most important news, insights, and analysis for the compliance professional, all curated by the Voice of Compliance, Tom Fox. Get your weekly filling of compliance stories with 10 for 10, a podcast produced by the Compliance Podcast Network.

  • Great risk for Germany to invest in China. (FT)
  • Vietnam dismantles AML ring. (Aljazeera)
  • Administration ramps up attacks on DEI . (NYT)
  • Ukraine chief psychiatrist arrested on corruption charges. (BBC)
  • Ex-Everton player and China coach jailed for bribery. (ESPN)
  • KPMG under FRC investigation yet again. (Bloomberg)
  • Tariff whiplash coming. (Bloomberg)
  • WFH not ‘real work’. (BBC)
  • More conflict mineral allegations against Apple from DRC. (FT)
  • Trash compliance-it’s a thing. (Gothamist)

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance

2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 44 – The Snow in Texas 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:

  • Former Wells Execs Fined Millions (Radical Compliance)
  • Another Example of Weak Governance (Radical Compliance)
  • Can a Computer Learn to Speak Trader? (WSJ)
  • Florida Chipotle worker installed tracking device on ex-fling’s car in hopes he would ‘run into’ her: complaint (NY Post)
  • Wells Fargo banks on (Not) risky business. (PYMNTS.com)
  • What is forced labor? (BBC)
  • KPMG will open a US law firm in AZ.  (Reuters)
  • Return To Office compliance. (Bloomberg)
  • What is the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and why is fining Block $80MM?(CSBS)
  • 10 Workplace Trends for 2025: What’s In and What’s Out? (Gensler)

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Compliance Into the Weeds

Compliance into the Weeds: Navigating Return to Office Policies and Corporate Speak Up Culture

The award-winning Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to explore a subject more fully. Are you looking for some hard-hitting insights on compliance? Look no further than Compliance into the Weeds! In this Compliance into the Weeds episode, Tom Fox and Matt Kelly delve into JP Morgan Chase’s treatment of employees who commented on the bank’s Return to the Office policy.

JP Morgan’s recent decision to require employees to be back in the office five days a week caused the bank to disable employee comments on the internal announcement, citing backlash. Tom and Matt explore the implications this has on workplace respect, speak-up culture, and employee morale, juxtaposed with the compliance officer’s role in measuring and maintaining corporate culture. They also detail how these corporate policies might reflect broader trust issues and potential fallout from a discontented workforce.

Additionally, the episode revisits Meta’s (formerly Facebook) recent rollback on DEI initiatives and its promotion of a more ‘freewheeling’ speech environment, considering the ethical and compliance ramifications of such a culture shift. The hosts compare these actions to other reported corporate behaviors that may undermine workplace respect and discuss the fragile balance a Chief Compliance Officer must maintain in fostering a fair and open workplace compliant with evolving societal norms and internal policies.

Key highlights:

  • JP Morgan’s Return to Office Policy
  • Employee Reactions and Speak Up Culture
  • Ethics and Compliance Implications
  • Workplace Respect and Culture
  • Meta’s Policy Changes and Corporate Culture

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: January 14, 2025 – The RTO Compliance 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:

  • Using AI as an excuse for ‘cost avoidance.’ (WSJ)
  • Crypto’s compliance conundrum. (CoinDesk)
  • Has corporate purpose lost its purpose? (FT)
  • Return To Office compliance. (Bloomberg)

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: December 16, 2024 – The Not Paying Musk 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.

  • McKinsey hit with $650MM for opioid work, fraud. (Reuters)
  • Not Paying Musk could cost Tesla $100MM. (FT)
  • Return to the Office (or else). (WSJ)
  • Another whistleblower was found dead. (BBC)

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Daily Compliance News

April 14, 2023 – The Jury Selection 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 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 of Daily Compliance News:

·       What’s next for Venezuela?  (OilPrice)

·       JPMorgan MDs-come back.  (Bloomberg)

·       Juul agrees to pay $462MM. (BBC)

·       Jury selection to begin in Dominion suit v. Fox News. (Reuters)

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Welcome to the Gallocast-Episode 1


Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Gallocast. You have heard of the Manningcast in football. Now we have the Gallocast in compliance. The two top brothers in compliance, Nick and Gio Gallo come together for a free form exploration of compliance topics. It is great insights on compliance brought to you by the co-CEOs of ComplianceLine. Fun, witty, insightful with a dash of the two brothers throughout. It’s like listening to the Brothers Gallo talk compliance at the dinner table. Hosted by Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. Topics in this episode include:
·      Return to office, WFH or hybrid?
·      Moderna CFO lasts for 1 day.
·      Keeping culture positive during acquisition?
·      ESG and climate reporting.
·      Howard Schultz goes on a listening tour.
·      When should a startup put in a compliance program?
·      Did we learn anything during the pandemic to end or at least reduce useless meetings?
·      What does Ukraine War mean for compliance?
·      What can top management do to ‘talk the talk’.
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Compliance Into the Weeds

Year End Review, Part 1

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. Today, Matt and Tom begin a special two-part year-end review of six topics which they saw as significant in 2021 and believe will be so into 2022 as well. In this episode we discuss SPACs, the Robinhood/GameStop phenomena and the new hybrid working environment and what is means for the compliance professional. Join us on Thursday of this week as we post Part 2 and look at the Biden Administration’s Strategy on Countering Corruption, the continuing evolution of ransomware attacks and ESG in 2021 and beyond.

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Daily Compliance News

December 23, 2021 the How to Win Friends Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Wall Street puts hold on RTO. (NYT)
  • Brazilian companies list on NYSE, what could go wrong. (Reuters)
  • SEC blocks Apple bid to block shareholder proposal. (Reuters)
  • Amazon sues India financial crimes agency. (SEC Press Release)