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13 Jun, 2026

Episode 424 — When the Government Pulls the Plug: Export Controls, Anthropic, and the AI Governance Crisis

Michael Volkov analyzes the Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security’s June 12, 2026 export control directive ordering Anthropic to suspend all access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for any foreign national—a directive that, because Anthropic cannot segment its global user base by nationality in real time, resulted in a complete worldwide shutoff of both models for every customer. Michael places...
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11 Jun, 2026

Are You Selling Compliance Wrong to Your Leadership Team?

Compliance isn’t a cost, it’s a business advantage. Compliance officers often make one critical mistake, they sell compliance as a legal requirement instead of a business advantage. Executive support grows when compliance leaders connect ethics to operational resilience, revenue protection, and enhancement, reputation, employee retention, and strategic growth. Successful compliance leaders use data, demonstrate value, communicate clearly, and align with business priorities. Employees then support...
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10 Jun, 2026

$275 Million Lesson: What Adani’s OFAC Settlement Teaches Us About Red Flags

Introduction: A Deal Too Good to Be True When Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) entered the liquified petroleum gas (LPG) market in 2023, it needed a competitive edge. It found one — a Dubai-based supplier offering meaningfully discounted LPG, purportedly from Oman and Iraq. It was a compelling deal. It was also, as OFAC’s May 18, 2026 enforcement release makes clear, a sanctions disaster hiding in...
Podcasts

10 Jun, 2026

Episode 423 — Detangling Third-Party AI Risks — Legal Liability and Reputational Exposure

As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in third-party business operations, companies face a new and largely unexamined compliance challenge: when does a vendor’s use of AI become your legal or reputational problem? In this episode, Michael Volkov unpacks the critical agency principle distinction at the heart of third-party AI risk — explaining how acting third parties who deploy AI on a company’s behalf can create direct...
General / Podcasts

9 Jun, 2026

What Compliance Functions Should You Automate First?

If you want to give your compliance team superpowers, then give them the power of automation. If your compliance program is still operating primarily through spreadsheets, emails, and manual tracking, regulators already view your program as ineffective. Modern compliance risks move too fast for manual systems. You need to have sanction screening, third-party monitoring, transaction testing, hotline analytics, policy certifications, and training program metrics. The...

13 Jun, 2026

Episode 424 — When the Government Pulls the Plug: Export Controls, Anthropic, and the AI Governance Crisis

Michael Volkov analyzes the Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security’s June 12, 2026 export control directive ordering Anthropic to suspend all access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for any foreign national—a directive that, because Anthropic cannot segment its global user base by nationality in real time, resulted in a complete worldwide shutoff of both models for every customer. Michael places...

General / Podcasts

11 Jun, 2026

Are You Selling Compliance Wrong to Your Leadership Team?

Compliance isn’t a cost, it’s a business advantage. Compliance officers often make one critical mistake, they sell compliance as a legal requirement instead of a business advantage. Executive support grows when compliance leaders connect ethics to operational resilience, revenue protection, and enhancement, reputation, employee retention, and strategic growth. Successful compliance leaders use data, demonstrate value, communicate clearly, and align with business priorities. Employees then support...

General

10 Jun, 2026

$275 Million Lesson: What Adani’s OFAC Settlement Teaches Us About Red Flags

Introduction: A Deal Too Good to Be True When Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) entered the liquified petroleum gas (LPG) market in 2023, it needed a competitive edge. It found one — a Dubai-based supplier offering meaningfully discounted LPG, purportedly from Oman and Iraq. It was a compelling deal. It was also, as OFAC’s May 18, 2026 enforcement release makes clear, a sanctions disaster hiding in...

Podcasts

10 Jun, 2026

Episode 423 — Detangling Third-Party AI Risks — Legal Liability and Reputational Exposure

As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in third-party business operations, companies face a new and largely unexamined compliance challenge: when does a vendor’s use of AI become your legal or reputational problem? In this episode, Michael Volkov unpacks the critical agency principle distinction at the heart of third-party AI risk — explaining how acting third parties who deploy AI on a company’s behalf can create direct...

General / Podcasts

9 Jun, 2026

What Compliance Functions Should You Automate First?

If you want to give your compliance team superpowers, then give them the power of automation. If your compliance program is still operating primarily through spreadsheets, emails, and manual tracking, regulators already view your program as ineffective. Modern compliance risks move too fast for manual systems. You need to have sanction screening, third-party monitoring, transaction testing, hotline analytics, policy certifications, and training program metrics. The...

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8 Jun, 2026

The Dangers of AI Inaccuracy — Why Human Verification Is Non-Negotiable

Let me say something that the technology industry does not say loudly enough. Artificial intelligence makes mistakes. Serious ones. And in high-stakes professional environments, those mistakes can cause real harm. Every interaction with Claude or ChatGPT comes with the same quiet disclaimer: “AI can make mistakes.” We have all seen it. Most of us scroll past it. We should not. That disclaimer is not boilerplate....

Events

8 Jun, 2026

NAVEX Webinar — From Compliance to Resilience: Rethinking Supplier Intake in a Volatile World

June 24, 2026 (UK) 2:00-2:45 PM PDT June 25, 2026 (US) 7:30 – 8:15 AM PDT Sign Up Here Supplier intake now plays a critical role in managing compliance and supply chain resilience amid tariffs, sanctions, geopolitical conflict, disrupted trade routes, and rising due diligence expectations. Join NAVEX and Michael Volkov for a practical discussion on identifying supplier risk earlier, documenting decisions, and strengthening oversight...

Podcasts

6 Jun, 2026

Episode 422 — The Adani OFAC Settlement and Red Flag Lessons Learned

On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL), an India-based multinational, agreed to pay $275 million to settle 32 apparent violations of Iran-related sanctions — specifically for causing U.S. financial institutions to process approximately $192 million in payments for liquified petroleum gas (LPG) that originated from Iran, not from Oman or Iraq as represented...

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6 Jun, 2026

DOJ Announces New West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force

The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) continues to expand its aggressive health care fraud enforcement efforts with the announcement of a new West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force. The initiative reflects DOJ’s ongoing commitment to coordinated, data-driven enforcement targeting fraud schemes involving federal health care programs, telemedicine, kickbacks, billing fraud, and emerging technology-enabled misconduct. The creation of the new Strike Force underscores several important trends:...