FCPA Compliance Report

DECEMBER 13, 2018 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      What is your investigation protocol? What will the NFL do? (Sports Illustrated)·      OECD finds fewer penalties levied on bribe takers. (OECD Press Release)·       How low can bribes go? In Singapore, bribes of $1 are illegal. (Reuters)·       DOJ opens FCPA inquiry into alleged Colombian corruption (and suspicious d...

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 two recent announcements by SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and PCAOB Chairman Will Duhnke that their agencies will turn a more critical eye towa...

DECEMBER 12, 2018 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      CBS Corp more concerned that internal investigation leaked than substance of the report. (Wall Street Journal)·      UN estimates that $3.6 trillion is lost the world’s economy annually due to bribery and corruption. (UN Press Release)·       Former PdVSA procurement officer pleads guilty to obstruction in FCPA invest...

DECEMBER 11, 2018 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:Two British banks ensnared in Huawei scandal. (Wall Street Journal)How exposed is Goldman Sachs in the 1MDB scandal? (New York Times)Fallout for SFO in the Tesco fraud trial continues.  (Financial Times)Shopping for Christmas? Check out these great gifts from Jho Low. (NewYork Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

DECEMBER 10, 2018 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      China threatens Canada over Huawei arrest. (Wall Street Journal)·      Huawei accused of fraud in indictment. (New York Times)·       Peruvian vote on anti-corruption law. (Washington Post)·       NCAA will slow walk corruption investigation. (ESPN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FCPA Compliance Report is the longest running podcast in compliance. In this episode, I visit with Doreen Edelman, partner at Lowenstein Sandler. She is a noted trade law and trade policy expert. Our discuss is around the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States or CFIUS. As foreign direct investment in the U.S. has increased, many members in Congress have become concerned about fo...

Over the next five episodes, I will be visiting with Candice Tal, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infortal Worldwide, who is the sponsor of this podcast series. We will be considering various aspects of international due diligence investigations. In many ways this can be viewed as finding a needle in the corporate haystack of information and data. Tal will help us through that maelstr...

Over this series, I am visiting with Candice Tal, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infortal Worldwide, the sponsor of this podcast series. We consider various aspects of international due diligence investigations. In many ways this can be viewed as finding a needle in the corporate haystack of information and data. Tal will help us through that maelstrom to find useful and actionable i...

During this series, I will be visiting with Candice Tal, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infortal Worldwide, the sponsor of this podcast series. We will be considering various aspects of international due diligence investigations. In many ways this can be viewed as finding a needle in the corporate haystack of information and data. Tal will help us through that maelstrom to find usefu...

Over this series, I have been visiting with Candice Tal, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infortal Worldwide, who sponsored this podcast. We have considered aspects of international due diligence investigations. In many ways this can be viewed as finding a needle in the corporate haystack of information and data. Tal helps us through that maelstrom to find useful and actionable informa...

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In this new podcast series, recovering screenwriter (and Mr. Monitor) Jay Rosen and I 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. To jump start the series, Jay and I revisited the intersection of Star Wars and compliance in five...

DECEMBER 7, 2018 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      US has Canada arrest Huawei CFO. Markets roiled. (New York Times)·      Some 5 years after scandal broke, Wells Fargo fires area chiefs. (Wall Street Journal)·       UK executive extradited to India over bribery allegations. (Huffington Post)·       Why good compliance is good for business (as learned by United Airline...

What are some of the top compliance and corruption stories of December 6, 2018? Sit back with a cup of coffee and join Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist and listen in on the Daily Compliance News. In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:How bad was Les Moonves behavior? Much worse than you thought. (Slate)Former Hong Kong Home Secretary convicted of paying bribes in violation of the FCPA. (FC...

DECEMBER 5, 2018 BY TOM FOX  In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: Is ‘forced hugging’ sexual harassment? (Washington Post)Is the NFL simply incompetent or does it intentionally ignore evidence of domestic abuse?(New York Magazine)Another day, another data breach announced. This time its Quora but only 100MM impacted? (Wall Street Journal)Glencore probe in Canada nears end. What about the U...

DECEMBER 4, 2018 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: Goldman Sachs says it will use monitoring for high-risk transactions. (Financial Times)·      Did Marriott meet the SEC standards for data breach disclosure?(MarketWatch)·        Did Jho Low bribe US government officials? (Dipping Through Geometries)        Farming giant CHS discloses FCPA investigation into Mexico border bri...

Today I begin a new podcast series with recovering screenwriter, Jay Rosen. The Podcast series is entitled Popcorn and Compliance-at the Movies with Tom and Jay. In this new offering from the Compliance Podcast Network, Jay and I will consider compliance, business, leadership and life lessons from the movies. We will look at both contemporary and classic movies. We will begin with one of our favor...

We conclude our 5-part series on the intersection of Star Wars and compliance by looking at the only stand-alone entry in the Star War series, Rogue One. This movie tells the tale of the spies who stole the schematics from the original Death Star and transmitted it to Princess Leia and thereby the Rebel Alliance. Rogue Oneis the first film in the Star Wars Anthology series, a series of stand-alone...

Today Jay and I consider the first ‘new’Star Wars movie entry, Episode VII –The Force Awakens. I say it is a new Star Wars movie as it was the first one not created by LucasFilms, as George Lucas had sold his company to Disney, which produced the 2016 entry into the Star Wars oeuvre. It was directed by JJ Abrams and told the story of the Star Wars universe some 30 years after the destruction of th...

Second in our 5-part series on compliance through the lens of Star Wars is Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, which is my personal favorite of the original three movies. The film begins with a cool battle on the ice planet of Hoth and has some great HR lessons as Darth Vader executes officers for work place failures; demonstrates some dangers involving ineffective training for Luke Skywalker on...

Today we continue our celebration and exploration of the original trilogy of Star Wars movies with a look at Episode VI. Return of the Jedi. In this final movie from the original three, the good guys win in the end after overcoming incredible odds. Many fans and critics panned it for including the incredibly cute and furry Ewoks on the moon named Endor as a part of the storyline. Many thought one...

 The FCPA Compliance Report is the longest running podcast in compliance. In this episode, I visit with Ann Sultan, Counsel and Miller & Chevalier. We discuss the firm’s Autumn FCPA Report 2018. It is one of the top quarterly reviews of all things FCPA, anti-corruption and bribery, both domestically and internationally. In this podcast we discuss: 1.    What are the key themes and numbers that sta...

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:Former Autonomy CEO indicted in US over HP deal. (The Guardian)Marriott hit with huge data breach.(Wall Street Journal)Former Nissan CEO jail time extended. (New York Times)US Federal Reserve investigating Goldman Sachs over 1MDB scandal. (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Tom and Jay prepare for the December holiday season, they consider the DOJ/SEC’s strong affirmation that aggressive FCPA enforcement is here to stay, changes to the Yates Memo/plea for increased cooperation and some of the week’s other top compliance and ethics stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why are banks continuing to behave badly? Will they ever learn their lesson? Find out the latest news on the Daily Compliance News with Tom Fox, on the Compliance Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices