Bosch agreed to pay more than $43 million in penalties and disgorgement for illegally exporting products and software to Huawei in violation of U.S. export control laws, while simultaneously receiving the first declination issued under DOJ’s revised National Security Division Corporate Enforcement Policy. In this episode, Michael Volkov examines the enforcement action, the compliance failures that led Bosch to misunderstand and misapply the Foreign Direct...

This episode examines OFAC’s new Iran General License X and why it may represent one of the most significant Iran sanctions developments in years. Michael Volkov explains what the license authorizes, why it matters amid ongoing diplomatic negotiations, and why companies should not mistake temporary sanctions relief for a permanent policy shift. The episode highlights practical compliance steps, including careful transaction analysis, documentation, due diligence,...

In this three-part series brought together in a single episode, Michael Volkov examines the AI governance and compliance crisis unfolding across corporate America — arguing with urgency that organizations are failing to respond at the speed and depth the risk environment demands. Drawing on the FCPA enforcement parallel, Michael first addresses the organizational AI governance gap, where surveys show 83% of companies use AI but...

Most companies think they have a handle on AI. Most don’t. Compliance attorney Michael Volkov has sat across the table from Fortune 500 compliance teams, major law firms, and Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries — and what he keeps finding is “shadow AI”: people using AI at work that leadership has no idea about. In this conversation with host Collin McKee, he breaks down where the real...