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Daily Compliance News

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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A multi-award-winning podcast, Compliance into the Weeds was most recently honored as one of the Top 25 Regulatory Compliance Podcasts, a Top 10 Business Law Podcast, and a Top 12 Risk Management Podcast. Compliance into the Weeds has been conferred a Davey, a Communicator Award, and a W3 Award, all for podcast excellence.

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Daily Compliance News

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

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)

For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, my new book, Upping Your Game. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com

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10 For 10

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending October 18, 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, presents 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.

Top stories include:

  • SEC wants to reduce the salaries of PCAOB Board members. (WSJ)
  • San Mateo County Sheriff removed for corruption. (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • Why Danielle Sasson resigned.
  • UK gov says if hacked, go to paper. (BBC)
  • BOA sued over alleged ties to Epstein. (Reuters)
  • Trump lobbies the Knesset. (Bloomberg)
  • The US forced the Dutch to fire the Chinese CEO of a chip company. (WSJ)
  • Why do you need glue employees? (WSJ)
  • Corruption puts Moroccan hospitals at breaking point. (France24)
  • CZ and Trump are now working together (in a family way). (Bloomberg)

You can check out the Daily Compliance News for four curated compliance and ethics-related stories each day, here.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: October 7, 2025, The Co-CEO 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, including compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, relevant to the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • Co-CEOs are becoming more common. (NYT)
  • EY’s auditing cleanup. (WSJ)
  • Halkbank faces criminal charges. (FT)
  • The Trump administration made illegal criminal referrals of its foes. (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: September 29, 2025, The Full Corruption 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, including compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, relevant to the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • Trump demands Microsoft fire former DAG Lisa Monaco. (Law360)
  • Comey Indictment: Corruption is the point. (MSNBC)
  • Trump is changing the definition of corruption. (The Guardian)
  • Is South African corruption a threat to the world financial system? (The Hill)
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: May 29, 2025, The 0 – 3 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, and general interest, all of which are relevant to the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • Former analyst sues Freeport Commodities for retaliation. (Reuters)
  • Will the US sanction the leading Brazilian justice? (FT)
  • How North Korea is infiltrating the US job market. (WSJ)
  • Third Law Firm Wins Against Trump Administration. (NYT)