In this episode of From the Editor’s Desk, co-hosts Tom Fox and Ian Sherr dive into key compliance stories from July, including differences in AI regulation between the U.S., EU, and UK, and shifts in regulatory approaches globally. They discuss notable cases, such as the DOJ’s $14 billion healthcare fraud prosecution tied to transnational crime, and T-Mobile’s acquisition of US Cellular amidst DEI program cuts. Upcoming initiatives in Compliance Week are also highlighted, including in-depth industry coverage and data-driven stories to aid compliance professionals in their roles. The episode concludes with insights into the recent acquisition of ECI by Compliance Week’s parent company, Verdian Insights, which aims to enhance resources available to the compliance community.
Highlights include:
Highlighting Key Stories from Compliance Week in July
Emerging Patterns in Compliance
Tariffs and Their Impact
SEC Whistleblower Claims Analysis
Upcoming Features and Data Stories
ECI Acquisition by Verdian Insights and Its Impact
Welcome to the Hughes Hubbard Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations Practice Group’s podcast, All Things Investigation. In this podcast, host Tom Fox is joined by HHR partner Mike Huneke and BRG Director Brent Carlson to discuss secondary tariffs.
Mike Huneke and Brent Carlson are leading experts in trade compliance, with a particular focus on the intricacies and impacts of tariffs and secondary tariffs within the global economic landscape. Huneke emphasizes the existential threats tariffs pose to businesses, stressing the importance of understanding their effects on countries with significant economic ties to Russia, such as China, and advising companies to reassess trade relationships with nations like China, Brazil, Russia, and Iran. Carlson emphasizes the need for trade compliance officers to adapt to the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape, advising companies to assess their suppliers and consider potential indirect transactions through transshipment countries to navigate imposed tariffs effectively. Both experts emphasize the importance of businesses adopting a dynamic, risk-based approach to compliance, anticipating challenges, and making informed decisions to mitigate financial impacts and maintain shareholder value amid shifting trade patterns and geopolitical tensions.
Mike and Brent were honored guests on the FCPA Compliance Report podcast with their podfather, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance and founder of the Compliance Podcast Network. They discuss the concept of “secondary tariffs” recently threatened by the U.S. as to Russia’s trading partners (00:44), what would such secondary tariffs as to Russia mean, and for whom (03:21), how multinational companies should start thinking through the impact of these potential tariffs (04:37), the need to be very, very, very careful about schemes that seem too good to be true (because they are) (06:03), how risk-based compliance can help multinationals evaluate proposed reconfigurations of procurement flows (09:36), where self-certifications by suppliers might not be sufficient (10:22), and then conclude with a deep dive into what False Claims Act enforcement for tariff evasion might look like and how to mitigate enforcement risks by understanding and leveraging the False Claims Act’s “knowledge” element (13:52).
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 compliance stories:
When was the last time you checked your fuel switches? (Reuters)
This episode focuses on geopolitical risk. In the initial spotlight segment, we speak with veteran journalist and Asia-watcher Christopher Cottrell about the military tensions in Thailand and their implications for the viability of the country’s newly proposed gaming law.
Following that, we chat with AML veteran Richard Butler of Dow Jones and data scientist Haider Mannan of BigTXN about the enforcement of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, sanctions, and tariffs in the wake of recent actions by the Trump administration and the recent airstrikes on Iran.
Christopher Cottrell
Christopher Cottrell resides in Thailand and has been covering the Indo-Pacific region since 1997, contributing to publications such as The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, CNN, The Guardian, Macau Business, The New York Times, and the South China Morning Post.
He spent 18 years in China and has been reporting on geopolitics in the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia for the past four years, having edited UK-based Winna Media’s white papers on the Thai Entertainment Complex bill since 2024.
Richard Butler
Richard Butler is the vice president and APAC head of risk and research for Dow Jones & Co. Based in Sydney, Australia, he is responsible for helping businesses with risk and compliance strategies offsetting various forms of regulatory and commercial risk – such as the provision of high-quality, accurate and comprehensive data for identifying, evaluating and monitoring varying types of risk.
Before joining Dow Jones, Richard was the AVP for Treasury Services for Australia and New Zealand at JPMorgan Chase, where he was responsible for ensuring that JPMorgan’s financial institutional and non-bank financial institution clients in Australia and New Zealand adhered to JPMorgan’s best-in-class Know-Your-Customer, compliance, due diligence, and counter-terrorist financing standards. He began his career at ABN AMRO Bank, where he served as both the CAAML (Client Awareness and Anti-Money Laundering) officer and sales manager for the ABN AMRO Treasury Solutions Group in Dublin, Ireland.
Richard is skilled in governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC), as well as team management, direct sales, relationship building, and financial analysis, particularly in the APAC region.
Haider Mannan
Haider Mannan is the CEO and founder of BigTXN, a risk intelligence data provider. He is a data scientist and subject matter expert in investment screening, specializing in ESG controversies, global sanctions, and investment restrictions. He sits on the UK board of the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists and the membership committee of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association. Haider is also a member of PRMIA‘s advisory expert group on investment risk.
Discussion:
The conversation begins with Chris recounting the threats to Thailand’s security and stability, including the ongoing land border closure and standoff with Cambodia. He recounts with Regulatory Ramblings host Ajay Shamdasani that, notwithstanding its 22 prior coups, military rule, and reputation as a fragile democracy, Thailand has long been the darling of the global investment community, which has long touted its positive long-term economic fundamentals.
He adds the country has curried favor with the West by opening up in ways that many would regard as progressive, such as permitting the sale of cannabis products and paraphernalia, permitting same-sex unions, and seeking to liberalize its gaming sector by tendering a recent bill.
Yet, given the July 1 suspension by the country’s Constitutional Court of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over ethics violations and the weekslong border spat with Cambodia, which has been roiling fears of Thailand’s 23rd coup d’état, theimplementation of the new gaming law has been scuttled.
The discussion then shifts to Haider, who shares his thoughts on how data can help investment screening. He and Richard comment on how recent changes in the sanctions landscape, given the current geopolitical climate under the second Trump administration, pose a challenge for compliance and legal staff at banking and financial institutions, as well as multinational corporations.
Related to this are concerns about the implications for Asia regarding the extraterritorial enforcement of the much-dreaded US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the prospect of tariff imposition by the White House, as well as the potential for regulatory retaliation by other countries.
It’s worth noting that on June 9, Matthew Galeotti, head of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) criminal division, saidthat under new FCPA guidelines now in place, it would enforce the Act Firmly but fairly.” The comments followed President Trump’s announcement earlier this year that the DOJ would hold off on FCPA enforcement following a review of current standards, as it was believed the existing regulatory regime put US businesses at a disadvantage when competing abroad.
Haider and Richard also discuss why geopolitics matter and the need for lawyers and risk managers to go beyond merely tracking financial news. The conversation concludes with a discussion of a recent case in which the US DOJ’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctioned entities/companies in Hong Kong and mainland China that were involved in transferring Iranian oil to China.
Regulatory Ramblings podcasts is brought to you by The University of Hong Kong – Reg/Tech Lab, HKU-SCF Fintech Academy, Asia Global Institute, and HKU-edX Professional Certificate in Fintech, with support from the HKU Faculty of Law.
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 compliance stories:
What happens when your bot goes antisemitic? (NYT)
Spanish PM announces new ABC laws amid graft probe. (Bloomberg)
Trump pushes back on tariff dates yet again. (WSJ)
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:
UK freezes asset of son of former Bangladeshi PM. (FT)
Boeing’s compliance plan is to create a hotline. (WSJ)
EY is negligent in missing $3bn fraud, the court said. (Reuters)
CEOs are afraid to discuss tariffs and garner Trump’s ire. (NYT)
Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Marks, Karen Moore, and Karen Woody is hosted by Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist.
Karen Moore reviews changes to the UK Modern Slavery Act. She shouts out to her nephew, who graduates from Georgetown Law School this week, and to the NFL superfan for allegedly causing Shedeur Sanders to drop to the 5th round before being drafted in the recent NFL Draft.
Matt Kelly, the Matt Galeotti speech updates the DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy for white-collar actions. He rants about the GOP’s attempt to ban states from regulating AI.
Jonathan Marks considers the role of internal audit in tariff compliance and why tariffs should be considered a strategic risk. He rants about MLB caving to President Trump and allowing those who bet on baseball back into the fold.
Karen Woody considers the impact, fallout, and congressional investigations of the law firm’s dealings with President Trump. She shouts out to the Washington & Lee Law School graduating class 2025.
Tom Fox shouts out to the Disney TV series Andor.
The members of Everything Compliance are:
Karen Woody – is one of the top academic experts at the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu
Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, is the host, producer, and sometimes panelist of Everything Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. The award-winning Everything Compliance is part of the Compliance Podcast Network.
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! With a nod to Peter, Paul, Mary, and John Denver, in this episode of Compliance into the Weeds, Tom Fox and Matt Kelly deeply dive into a recent tweet by President Donald Trump targeting Walmart and their announced intention to raise prices based on increased tariff costs.
The discussion explores the implications of Trump’s demand that Walmart absorb tariff costs instead of passing them on to consumers. It examines the broader implications for stakeholder capitalism, the role of presidential influence on corporate governance, and the complexities of risk management in an unpredictable political climate. The episode also touches on ESG issues and the delicate balance companies must strike in navigating these challenges.
Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Karen Moore, and Karen Woody is hosted by Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist.
Karen Moore looks at state, international, and private prosecutions of various ABC laws. She rants at the Department of Education for setting up a 1984-style anonymous reporting line for students to report on their teachers.
Matt Kelly reviews the Glencore DPA record. He has a shout-out to Microsoft for picking up Jenner & Block as counsel and rants about the GOP effort to abolish the PCAOB.
Jonathan Armstrong reviews changes at the UK SFO. He shouts out to the compliance community for their support of Diana Trevley and encourages her continuing recovery now that she is back in the US.
Karen Woody considers tariffs as a new source for FCA claims and shouts out to the movie Conclave.
Tom Fox shouts out to former San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who announced his retirement on May 1.
The members of Everything Compliance are:
Karen Woody – is one of the top academic experts at the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu
Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, is the host, producer, and sometimes panelist of Everything Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. The award-winning Everything Compliance is part of the Compliance Podcast Network.
