FCPA Compliance Report

In this special five-part podcast series, sponsored by Affiliated Monitors, Inc., I visit with AMI Managing Director Jesse Caplan on emerging issues in healthcare compliance and monitoring. In the Episode 3, we discussed how independent monitoring can serve important public policy goals in the healthcare industry. In this Episode 4, we consider examples of independent monitoring involving healthca...

MARCH 23, 2019 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      Should safety be a ‘nice to have’? (New York Times)·      Boeing loses first contract for 737 MAX jets. (Wall Street Journal)·      Unrepentant Rujat Gupta says jury got it wrong, he never violated the law. (New York Times)·      What is his compliance experience? Shaq joins the Papa John Board of Directors (Business Ins...

In this episode I visit with Sam Silverstein about his upcoming keynote speech at IMPACT 2019, entitled “Inspiring Accountability at Every Level”. Some of the highlights from the podcast include: 1.    Why Silverstein believes that “Accountability is the Highest Form of Leadership”Ô.2.    The problems he sees with the way companies talk about “accountability”. 3.    How accountability can create i...

MARCH 22, 2019 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      Google & Facebook defrauded to the tune of $100. (Wall Street Journal)·      Too scared to drink Miller Lite? (New York Times) ·      Corporate execs trading on insider information? I’m shocked. (Financial Times)·      K-Pop scandal rocks South Korea. (Wall Street Journal) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

In this episode I visit with Tony Brigmon about his upcoming keynote speech at IMPACT 2019, entitled “The Funomenal Workplace: Energizing People & Culture with the Positive Power of Fun”. Some of the highlights from the podcast include: 1.    Tony’s professional history at SW Airlines as the “Ambassador of Fun”. SW is generally recognized as one of the most fun places to work in the US.2.    Why j...

In this episode, I visit with Jonathan Armstrong consider some of his predictions for the rest of 2019. Even if these predictions do not become fully formed, you should consider them in light of your data privacy/data protection policies and protocols. Some of the issues and highlights are: Drones-what are the GDPR implications. The number of data breach notifications under GDPR. Through the end o...

MARCH 21, 2019 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      Chuck Pearson pleads guilty. (France24.com) ·      USC goes after the students fraudulently admitted. (NPR)·      EU spank Google to the tune of $1.5bn for anti-trust violations. (Financial Times)·       Bayer stock plummets. (Washington Post) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. In this episode, Matt Kelly (the coolest guy in compliance) and I take a deep dive into the circumstances around the FAA approval process regarding the Boeing 737 MAX in the context of the crash in Ethiopia. Some of the highli...

MARCH 20, 2019 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      Cambridge Analytica cover up? (The Daily Beast) ·      SEC ‘stunned’ Musk violated court order. (Bloomberg)·      Japanese Olympic Committee head resigns amid bribery scandal. (Fox Sports)·       It’s risky business to loan money to Donald Trump. (New York Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

MARCH 19, 2019 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      Of money laundering and cars in Ireland. (Irish Mirror)·      Warner Brothers head to step down due to an inappropriate relationship. (Wall Street Journal) ·      Feds open criminal investigation into Boeing regulatory approval of 737Max. (Wall Street Journal)·       FDIC settles with PwC. (MarketWatch) Learn more about...

On this episode, we’re putting Freud to fraud and getting inside the minds of crooks. Today’s white collar criminals have decades of technological evolution at their fingertips, creating new opportunities for fraudsters to inflict crippling loss to organizations. Which means it’s time to update and expand the elements of the traditional Fraud Triangle, to account for this new and vastly different...

On this episode of the Modern Medium Podcast, we’re talking about a medium not often thought about in the art field: time. How can we incorporate this into art, and what might that look like? Time-based art Time-based art can contain anything. It can be oral or visual — whatever you can incorporate into a specific amount of time. Movies, for example, are time-based, as you experience it for an hou...

We are on Episode IV of a five-part exploration of the recent the Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission resolution of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against the Russian telecom company, Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS). In this episode,  I look at the individual indictments, which charged Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the former President of Uzbekistan, with one...

In this episode I visit with Vera Cherepanova author of the book, “Compliance Program of an Organisation”. We visit about her recent article on the FCPA Blog and its implication. Some of the highlights from the podcast include: 1.     Cherepanova’s unique professional background. 2.     What led to her to pen the recent article in the FCPA Blog, “Who's to blame? The bad apple or the barrel?”3.   ...

We are on Episode V of a five-part exploration of the recent the Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission resolution of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against the Russian telecom company, MTS. In this episode,  I conclude with the lessons learned for the compliance professional. Today we focus on four key lessons: (1) due diligence, (2) business justification, (...

In a stunning resolution to one of the longest running bribery, corruption and money-laundering sagas on the international stage, the Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission both announced settlement of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action against the Russian telecom company, Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS). (See both the DOJ Press Release and SEC Press Release....

MARCH 18, 2019 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      Bribery and tax breaks, only in America? (Washington Post) ·      When you snow plough what does it teach? (New York Times) ·      Victoria Beckham lunches with the FT. (Financial Times)·       Why are mid-sized companies such cyber-security risks? (Houston Chronicle) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

In a stunning resolution to one of the longest running bribery, corruption and money-laundering sagas on the international stage, the Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission both announced settlement of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action against the Russian telecom company, Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS). This podcast continues a five-part series will examine...

In a stunning resolution to one of the longest running bribery, corruption and money-laundering sagas on the international stage, the Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission both announced settlement of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action against the Russian telecom company, Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS). This podcast continues a five-part series will examine...

In this podcast series, recovering screenwriter (and Mr. Monitor) Jay Rosen and myself will indulge in passion for the movies by looking at them through the lens of compliance. Jay is a contemporary movie fan and I am more of a classic movie maven so we present a well-rounded view of the movie fandom. If you want to indulge in your love for the movies with two guys who are passionate about Hollywo...

MARCH 16, 2019 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      Will horseracing end in California? (New York Times) ·      Will NAFTA 2 get thru? Texas Senator John Cornyn says it will be tough. (Houston Chronicle)·      Even the FT says USC is the ‘University of Spoiled Children. (Financial Times)·       VW sued by SEC. (Wall Street Journal) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

On this Ides of March with the St. Patrick’s Day weekend is upon, and we are all Irish at least for a day, Tom and Jay are joined by our favorite Irishman (and the Coolest Guy in Compliance), Matt Kelly to take a look at some of this week’s top compliance and ethics stories which caught their collective eyes this week.  1.    Massive corruption scandal rocks college admissions across the country. ...

MARCH 15, 2019 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      No. 3 at Facebook leaves of Facebook’s new direction. (New York Times)·      Admissions scandal hits USC hard. (New York Times)·      Bill Powers, author of the Powers Report on Enron passes away. (New York Times)·       The Wrecking Crew loses another member. (New York Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

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. This week, Jonathan Armstrong discusses the UK Seriou...

MARCH 14, 2019 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      What is the ‘ethics premium? (Radical Compliance)·      The strippings start. (Risk & Compliance Journal) ·      60 Minutes episode leads to DPA. (MarketWatch)·       DOJ program for self-disclosure making headway. (Wall Street Journal) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices