Scott Greytak, Transparency International, and Nate Sibley, Hudson Institute, join Michael Volkov for an interesting discussion reviewing anti-corruption issues and trends for the upcoming year.
2025 Risk and Compliance Review January 27, 2026, 1 pm EST Sign Up Here 2025 Sanctions and Export Controls Review February 3, 2026, 1 PM EST Sign Up Here Happy New Year!! Start the New Year woith and Ethics and Compliance Review and a Sanctions and Export Controls Review. Look b ack on 2025 and forward to 2026. Risk and Compliance: 2025 has been a tumultuous...
Tom Fox joins Michael Volkov to discuss ethics and compliance issues for the year 2025. Tom and Mike focus on the importance of ethics, conflict of interest, trade compliance, organizational justice and other issues. This is Part 2 of a 2-Part Episode.
Tom Fox joins Michael Volkov to discuss ethics and compliance issues for the year 2025. Tom and Mike focus on the importance of ethics, conflict of interest, trade compliance, organizational justice and other issues. This is Part 1 of a 2-Part episode.
Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a wonderful and restful holiday. With the New Year, we wanted to rejoin the blogosphere. the podcast community and our webinar audience. We are still in the process of re-designing the Volkov Law website and were hoping to complete that process by January 1, 2026. However, given delays and pressing assignments, we were unable to meet the optimistic...
On September 30, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), U.S. Department of Commerce, announced an administrative settlement with Hallewell Ventures, Ltd. (“Hallewell”) and its beneficial owner, Russian businessman Albert Avdolyan, arising from an unauthorized reexport of a Bombardier Global 7500 aircraft to Russia in March 2022. The matter concludes with a $374,474 civil penalty, payable within thirty days of the order, and conditions...
I have written extensively on the importance of trade compliance. The risk landscape has changed rapidly with the Russia-Ukraine war, the Trump Administration’s focus on tariffs, economic nationalism, and sanctions and export control enforcement. Along with these significant trends, companies have increased focus on supply chain risks and management. A new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) and PWC, Trade Compliance for Leadership, presents...
You can always count on LRN as a consistent source of important ethics and compliance program trends and insights. In its latest report, LRN provided important insights on company Codes of Conduct. The last report from LRN on this topic was in 2023. LRN’s Report included a comprehensive review of nearly 200 global Codes and a new survey from over 2,000 employees across 15 countries. ...
On September 30, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) that significantly revises the scope of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) by extending Entity List restrictions to cover affiliates of listed parties. Effective on the date of filing for public inspection, the IFR abandons the longstanding “legally distinct” standard, under which only entities expressly enumerated on the Entity...
Like the annual Presidential State of the Union Address, NAVEX’s yearly State of Risk and Compliance Report provides important insights and benchmarks against which compliance professionals can measure their own accomplishments and upcoming priorities. This year, NAVEX surveyed nearly 1000 risk and compliance professionals. The headline findings are fascinating and impportant to consider. The New Priority of Artificial Intelligence (AI) We are all aware of...
