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Daily Compliance News: March 4, 2026, The Knickers in a Twist 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 Trump Administration reverses itself on law firm attacks. (WSJ)
  • Top aides to the Secretary of Labor were forced out amid misconduct allegations. (NYT)
  • Fintech sanctions compliance and Iran. (AmericanBanker)
  • The Live Nation Anti-Trust trial. (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: March 3, 2026, The Law Firms Cleared 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 Trump Administration gives up on illegal actions against law firms. (WSJ)
  • Trump, tariffs, and corruption. (NYT)
  • Getting complacent about the next financial meltdown. (FT)
  • Microsoft is cooperating with Japan’s anti-trust probe. (Bloomberg)
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: February 19, 2026, The Gambler Takes the Stand 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:

  • Connected workflows for compliance. (Spark)
  • Commit $600MM in fraud, no worries, just donate to Trump. (NYT)
  • Write the facts, get fired by Trump. (FT)
  • Tom Goldstein takes the stand in his criminal tax trial. (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: February 18, 2026, The Stupid Is as Stupid Does 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:

  • Just how big is Ukraine’s corruption problem? (TheIndependent)
  • HB-1 visas and GOP racial hatred. (NYT)
  • More energy investments in Venezuela. (WSJ)
  • The Trump Administration wants history and science removed from federal parks. (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News: February 16, 2026, The Never Forget Blankee(t) 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:

  • DHS Secretary fired pilot over forgetting her Blankee(t). (WSJ)
  • Trump tells Utah GOP to gut the state AI safety bill, then drop it. (FT)
  • Ukrainian authorities arrest former Minister of Energy over corruption. (Reuters)
  • What CEOs are most worried about. (NYT)
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Compliance Into the Weeds

Compliance into the Weeds: The Essence of Leadership and Why Donald Trump Is Not a Role Model

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 it more fully. Looking for some hard-hitting insights on compliance? Look no further than Compliance into the Weeds! In this episode of Compliance into the Weeds, Tom Fox and Matt Kelly look at the leadership failures from Donald Trump and his administration after the killing of Alex Pretti last weekend. This episode has significant editorial commentary.

Matt and Tom critically examine the behavior and leadership failings of Donald Trump and his Administration in the wake of the shooting of Alex Pretti and argue that his approach is far from exemplary for CEOs or business leaders. The discussion highlights the essence of effective leadership as the ability to instill trust and direction, contrasting this with Trump’s history of questionable business acumen and the allegations of his disastrous lying to the American people. The takeaway is that true leadership involves integrity, trustworthiness, and the ability to inspire and guide employees toward a common goal, traits that Trump is argued to lack. 

Key highlights:

  • Comparing CEOs to Donald Trump
  • Crisis of hyper-transparency
  • Corporate responses. Were they enough or a first step?
  • Leadership and Trust

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Daily Compliance News: January 22, 2026, The Compliance Officers Fired 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:

  • Malaysia charges 2 top military officers with corruption. (Reuters)
  • WH backs off from controlling the new DOJ Fraud Division. (BloombergLaw)
  • CEOs say AI is working; employees are not so sure. (WSJ)
  • Compliance officers fired over trader terminations. (Bloomberg)
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10 For 10

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending December 20, 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 you the compliance stories you need to know 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.

This week’s stories include:

  • Ex-Hawks exec pleads guilty. (Law360)
  • ZTE is said to be cooperating. (DCD)
  • French culture minister targeted in corruption probe. (Bloomberg)
  • Pardons Pardons Pardons-is SBF next? (FT)
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute hit with $15MM settlement over fraud allegations. (WSJ)
  • Tricolor execs charged with fraud. (Reuters)
  • $2bn for the Philippines corruption scandal. (Bloomberg)
  • TX AG sues television manufacturers for illegally collecting personal data. (KVUE)
  • The 11th Circuit hears arguments invalidating the FCA. (Reuters)
  • The SEC is weighing PCAOB changes. (WSJ)

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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)

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: December 9, 2025, The One AI Rule Edition

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest edition of 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 four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest about AI.

Top AI stories include:

  1. AI tool for public sector compliance. (Executive Biz)
  2. Trump to block state AI regulations. (CNN)
  3. Are AI Research Papers ‘slop’? (Yahoo Finance)
  4. An AI product to comply with the President’s AI Action Plan. (MorningStar)
  5. Can data predict regulatory shifts? (FinTechGlobal)

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