FCPA Compliance Report

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest-running podcast in compliance. In this episode, I am joined by Gordon Firemark, the Podcast Lawyer. Gordon is a Los Angeles lawyer and the Gordon Firemark Law Firm founder. He teaches Media Law. He also hosts the podcast Entertainment Law Update. During this podcast, Gordon and Tom discussed the spike of defamation claims brought aga...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this episode, I am joined by Sam Tate partner at RPC. Sam is a co-author of the leading UK anti-corruption compliance textbook “Bribery: a Compliance Handbook”. He works closely with a number of FTSE 100, international and privately owned entities and individuals in relation to financial crime procee...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. Today, we have a special edition of the FCPA Compliance Report. On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, Hughes Hubbard & Reed and BGR Group co-hosted a virtual panel discussion on the U.S. House of Representative’s recent resolution to establish a Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United St...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this episode, I am joined by Egle Karalyte, founder and CEO of Karalyte. Tom and Egle discussed the branding in the corporate world. Egle explained that a brand is an expression and system that encapsulates services, products and values that customers will resonate with going forward. A successful UX...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this episode, I am joined by with Mary Inman, partner at Constantine Cannon. We discuss the recently released US Fraud statistics and preventative measures with Inman. Inman explains that the US Department of Justice put out statistics on the False Claims Act for 2022, with healthcare dominating the...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this episode, I am joined by with Erica Salmon Byrne, the CEO of Ethisphere, to discuss the company's recent "2023 Ethical Culture Report: Lessons from the Pandemic." Erica shares that the report found a significant uptick in reports of observed cases of bullying, which is likely due to masking feeli...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this special episode, I am joined by Join Eric Young from Guidepost Solutions. Young has worked at prestigious institutions like JPMorgan, General Electric, S&P Global Ratings and BNP Paribas and shares his expertise to empower employees, looking to move ahead processes, find solutions and navigate t...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this special episode, I am joined by Susan Divers, Director of Thought Leadership at LRN to discuss LRN’s 2023 Program Effectiveness Report.  In this episode, Susan and I discuss making your ethics and compliance program is as effective as possible. We include a consideration of the gulf between high...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this special episode, I am joined by Alastair Parr, SVP of Global Products & Delivery at Prevalent to discuss developments in third-party risk management. In this episode we consider: ·      Why is a comprehensive 3rd risk management solution not simply a nice to have but a must to have now?  ·      ...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this special episode, I am joined by Morrison and Foerster partner James Koukios to discuss the recent Kenneth Polite speech announcing changes to the Department of Justice Corporate Enforcement Policy.  In this episode we consider: What is the CEP; This is a follow on from the Monaco Memo; Why this...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this special episode, I am joined by Mike Volkov, founder of the Volkov Law Group. We conclude with Part 2 looking back on the year 2022 in FCPA and Compliance. We consider the Monaco Memo, the key cases and some of the important issues which arose in 2022 and how they might impact compliance in 2023...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this special episode, I am joined by Mike Volkov, founder of the Volkov Law Group. We begin a two-part podcast on looking back on the year 2022 in FCPA and Compliance. We consider the Monaco Memo, the key cases and some of the important issues which arose in 2022 and how they might impact compliance...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this special episode, I visit with Eric Morehead, the Director of Advisory Services at LRN. We discuss the US Sentencing Guidelines on the 30th anniversary of their enactment and review the recent report on the history of the Sentencing Guidelines. Morehead, a former staff attorney at the US Sentenci...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the most senior podcast in compliance. In this episode, I have double trouble as I welcome Scott Garland and Zach Hafer. They worked together for many years at the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, and both are now in private practice, Garland as a Managing Director at Affiliated Monitors, Inc. and Hafer as a Partner at Coo...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the most senior podcast in compliance. In this episode, I conclude a 2-part series on the subjects of FTX and risk. I am joined by Gilbert Paiz and Andrew Gay, principals in the Texas Hill Country Advisors. In our previous Part 1, we considered risk and risk management through the lens of US domiciled financial institutions and how their risk ma...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the most senior podcast in compliance. In this episode, I begin a 2-part series on the subjects of FTX and risk. I am joined by Gilbert Paiz and Andrew Gay, principals in the Texas Hill Country Advisors. In Part 1, we consider risk and risk management through the lens of US domiciled financial institutions and how their risk management protocols...

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this special episode, I visit with Ty Francis, the Chief Advisory Officer at LRN. We discuss the just-announced LRN acquisition of the Compliance Learning business unit from Thomson Reuters. The acquisition will further establish LRN’s position as the largest global provider of E&C program management...

In this episode, I take things in a different direction today as I post the recording of a webinar I recently put on for i-Sight Software Solutions. In this presentation, I detail what the Monaco Memo means your corporate investigative protocol.  Some of the highlights include:  ·      What changes did the Monaco Memo portend for corporate investigative protocols? ·      What unintended consequenc...

In this episode, I visit with Foley & Lardner partners David Simon and Mike Walsh on the disruption to the global supply chain, which I focused on in the podcast series, Never the Same. They have co-authored an article entitled,  Managing Supply Chain Disruption in an Era of Geopolitical Risk on the topic. In this Part 2 of a two-series, we continue our exploration of the current global supply cha...

In this episode, I visit with Foley & Lardner partners David Simon and Mike Walsh on the disruption to the global supply, which I explored in the podcast series, Never the Same. They have co-authored an article entitled,  Managing Supply Chain Disruption in an Era of Geopolitical Risk on the topic. In this Part 1 of a two-series, we begin to explore the topic of the events which have led to the di...

In this episode, I visit Shannon Martin, Director of Communications and Corporate Podcasting Specialist at Podbean, a podcast hosting platform. We discuss how companies and, more specifically, corporate compliance functions can use internal podcasts to communicate compliance and ethics concepts using storytelling and other informative techniques. Some of the highlights include: Why storytelling wo...

In this episode, I visit with fan fav James Koukios, partner at Morrison & Foerster on the firm’s always great monthly Top 10 International Developments newsletter for the month of April 2022. Some of the highlights include: Key areas we discuss on this podcast are: ·      The Stericycle FCPA enforcement action. ·      The Roger Ng conviction. ·      Limits of prosecution on FCPA accounting provis...

In this episode, I visit with Jonathan Armstrong, partner at Cordery Compliance in London. We consider the recent payment by the international law firm Dechert of £20 million for its conduct and that of its former partner Neil Gerrard in the ENCR affair. The matter was certainly a dark day for Dechert and a black eye on the legal profession. Some of the highlights include:  Key areas we discuss on...

In this episode, I visit with Erica Salmon Byrne, now CEO at Ethisphere. We review the firm’s recent acquisition by Alpine Investors, a B-Corp. Key areas we discuss on this podcast are: What does this new partnership mean for Ethisphere? Who is Alpine Investors, and what is a B Corp. What is People Focused Private Equity, and why was this a good fit for Ethisphere? What will be Erica’s role going...

In this episode, I take on a solo pod to discuss and consider the Oracle FCPA enforcement action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Key areas for discussion on this podcast are: ·      Background facts. ·      Same facts in same country? ·      Failure of a paper program. ·      The need for data analytics.  ·      Where is the DOJ? ·      What are the lesson learned going forward?...