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20 Apr, 2025

Episode 365 — Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know

How prepared is your organization to handle the evolving landscape of sanctions compliance? In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov dives into critical sanctions compliance cases and their implications for global companies. He discusses four significant cases that underscore the necessity of robust compliance programs, particularly in light of increased DOJ enforcement actions. Through these examples, he breaks down the consequences of...

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17 Apr, 2025

DOJ Issues Data Security Program Requirements (Part I of III)

Many “good government” initiatives continue to be enacted or implemented on Capitol Hill or in the Executive Branch — notwithstanding changes in political control. While working on Capitol Hill, the bulk of the legislative and oversight work was bipartisan in that both parties were committed to sensible initiatives needed to be keeping the government operational and effective. Of course, there were partisan issues but at...

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16 Apr, 2025

Keeping Track of the Trump Administration Tariffs

To keep track of the Trump Administration tariff plans and actions requires vigilance. The difficulty in monitoring daily tariff actions and the impact is a challenge to all trade compliance officers. Here is the best list that we have been tracking since the Trump Administration started to implement tariffs across a wide range of countries and industries. On April 5, 2025, the Trump Administration implemented...

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15 Apr, 2025

DOJ Adopts Aggressive Stance Against Algorithmic Coordination in Multiplan Antitrust Filing

Recently, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice submitted a Statement of Interest in In re: Multiplan Health Insurance Provider Litigation, a class action presently pending before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, to clarify the legal framework governing the use of common pricing algorithms as a potential basis for liability under Section 1 of the Sherman...

Podcasts

13 Apr, 2025

Episode 364 — Five Strategies to Mitigate a New Risk Environment

What do you do when the headlines shift faster than your risk matrix can keep up? In this episode, Michael Volkov dives into the challenge of adapting compliance programs in the face of volatile and fast-changing global risks—from tariffs and trade controls to supply chain disruptions and third-party exposures. While the pressure to react is constant, the real key is staying anchored in your company’s...

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10 Apr, 2025

Five Strategies to Mitigate a New Risk Environment

Legal and compliance officers are used to adjustments and continuous improvement of their compliance programs. Building and maintaining an effective ethics and compliance program never ends — it is a continuous process. To this end, in the environment of rapid change, compliance officers know how to remain steady and focus on emerging risks. The strategies are often similar but the substance differs when new threats...

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9 Apr, 2025

Keeping Compliance Steady During a Time of Change

For compliance officers, this is a stressful time. How is that for another profound grasp of the obvious? Most compliance officers face a well-known assortment of risks — bribery, trade, False Claims Act, data privacy, cybersecurity and conflicts of interest. Risks would move up or down depending on trends or specific industry operations. Further, with rapid technological change, new risks emerged such as artificial intelligence...

Podcasts

8 Apr, 2025

Episode 363 — Nicolas Garcia, GC at Orica, on Compliance Trends and Challenges in Latin America

This week we are pleased to bring you one of our most popular episodes of 2024. Please enjoy, and we will be back next week with more insights from the Corruption, Crime, and Compliance podcast. How can companies build trust and drive growth in a region as politically and economically volatile as Latin America? In this episode, Nicolas Garcia – Vice President, Legal, Regional and...

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2 Apr, 2025

Transforming the Justice Department

The Trump Administration is focused on change in the government’s role, the administrative state, and the political environment. With these changes, you can expect the Trump Administration to aggressively pursue violators — DOJ is being re-organized in a way to decentralize prosecutorial discretion to the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices among the 94 specific judicial districts. DOJ’s supervisory role had been a hinderance in certain areas, and...

Podcasts

31 Mar, 2025

Episode 362 — Carlos Villagran Discusses Rebuilding a Corporate Culture After a Corporate Crisis

This week we are pleased to bring you one of our most popular episodes of 2024. Please enjoy, and we will be back next week with more insights from the Corruption, Crime, and Compliance podcast. Carlos Villagrán is the Director of Compliance at CMPC, a 100-year-old Chilean-based holding company, one of the worldwide leading pulp, paper, packaging, personal care, and other forest products manufacturers. With...