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Episode 291 — Interview of Mary Shirley on Her New Compliance Book

Episode 291 — Interview of Mary Shirley on Her New Compliance Book

Mary Shirley, a leading voice in the legal and compliance field, has just released her new book — Living Your Best Compliance Life: 65 Hacks & Cheat Codes to Level Up Your Ethics & Compliance Program. Order Mary’s New Book Here. Mary is a well-known advocate, speaker and compliance professional. She regularly speaks at Compliance events. She is mentor to the Compliance Profession. In this Episode,...

Diligent Podcast: Alex Cotoia and Tom Fox Discuss Corporate Culture Issues

Diligent Podcast: Alex Cotoia and Tom Fox Discuss Corporate Culture Issues

Alex Cotoia, Regulatory Manager at The Volkov Law Group, joined Tom Fox for a Diligent-Sponsored Podcast on building a stronger culture of compliance. You can listen to the Podcast Here. Tom Fox conducted a special series this week on building a stronger culture of compliance through targeted and effective training sponsored by Diligent. This week, Tom visited with Yvette Hollingsworth-Clark, Viktor Culjak, Jessica Czeczuga, Michael...

Webinar: Elevating Your Sanctions and Export Controls Compliance Program

Webinar: Elevating Your Sanctions and Export Controls Compliance Program

October 24, 2023 12 Noon EST Sign up HERE The Department of Justice warned global companies of a new, aggressive strategy for enforcement of trade sanctions and export controls. DOJ’s message has been reinforced by the Departments of Treasury (Office of Foreign Asset Control, or “OFAC”) as to sanctions, and the Department of Commerce (Bureau of Industry and Security, or “BIS”), as to export controls....

Do We Really Need an ISO Standard for Internal Investigations?

Do We Really Need an ISO Standard for Internal Investigations?

Call me a skeptic.  Call me cynical. I understand that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) provides valuable standardization services and guidance.  The ISO is comprised of 169 member countries. The ISO recently issued a new standard governing internal investigations.  From my vantage point, I was a critic of ISO 37001, anti-corruption compliance,  because of its over-generalization and failure to provide more specific guidance on...

A Compliance Reminder: Focus on Your Culture

A Compliance Reminder: Focus on Your Culture

We all agree on the importance of corporate culture.  Everyone gets it – corporate leaders mouth the words but rarely understand the nuances, and the need to attend to a company’s culture.  Compliance professionals want to devote more time to corporate culture but often are overburdened with less important tasks.  It is easy for compliance professionals to get lost  in the details, theory, and technology...

Catching Up with California and State Data Privacy Laws

Catching Up with California and State Data Privacy Laws

The United States continues to suffer from the absence of a federal data privacy and breach law.  Congress has tried for years to broker a deal here but has never been able to overcome strong lobbying forces — whether its high-tech, trial lawyers, law enforcement or other gadflies, the public continues to suffer. Instead, global businesses face a real mess, tracking data privacy laws state-by-state,...

Episode 290 — Deep Dive into DOJ’s and SEC’s Corficocolombiana FCPA Settlement

The Department of Justice has been relatively quiet this year in announcing corporate FCPA enforcement actions and settlements.  Aside from the Ericsson breach of its Deferred Prosecution Agreement, the Corficocolombiana (“Corfico”) and Grupo Aval settlement is the first in 2023 involving a corporate FCPA resolution.  For the SEC, the Corfico and Grupo Aval settlement is the sixth corporate resolution in 2023. Corfico and its parent...

DOJ’s National Security Division Places Corporate Crime in the Crosshairs

DOJ’s National Security Division Places Corporate Crime in the Crosshairs

Sam Finkelstein, an associate at The Volkov Law Group, rejoins us for a posting on DOJ’s initiative to increase corporate prosecution of sanctions, export controls and national security issues. Sam can be reached at [email protected]. The marriage of corporate enforcement and national security has been a defining feature of the DOJ under the Biden Administration. The Justice Department’s commitment to prosecuting corporate crimes that implicate...

BIS Signals New Enforcement Initiative for Antiboycott Compliance — Pratt and Whitney Settles Antiboycott Violations

BIS Signals New Enforcement Initiative for Antiboycott Compliance — Pratt and Whitney Settles Antiboycott Violations

Alex Cotoia, Regulatory Compliance Manager at The Volkov Law Group, rejoins us for an interesting posting on BIS’ recent enforcement action against Pratt & Whitney for violation of the antiboycott regulations.  Alex can be reached at [email protected]. On September 27, 2023, the United States Department of Commerce’s Office of Antiboycott Compliance, a division of the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), publicized an unanticipated and...