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FCPA Compliance Report: Navigating Corporate Scandals: Insights on Governance, Compliance, and Recovery with Steve Vincze

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 8/4/2025

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this episode I welcome back Steve Vincze back to discuss the recent corporate scandal involving executives from Astronomer. ...more

One Month to a More Effective Compliance Program with Boards – Day 14 - Boards and Doing Business in China

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 6/22/2023

The Administration’s trade war with China has highlighted the risks of both doing business in China and investing in the Chinese companies which come to America to raise capital. Yet this has been a long-known and outstanding...more

The Herbalife FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 4 – Final Thoughts

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 9/18/2020

We are the end of my multi-part exploration of the Herbalife Nutrition Ltd (Herbalife) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action with both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Governance & Securities Law Focus: Asia Edition - February 2018

A&O Shearman on 2/9/2018

In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal Asian, US, European and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to Asian corporates and financial institutions. ...more

Day 7 of One Month to Better Investigations and Report-How Investigations Inform Remediation

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 6/8/2017

There is nothing like an internal whistleblower report about a FCPA violation, the finding of such an issue or (even worse) a subpoena from the DOJ to trigger the Board of Directors and senior management attention to the...more

Day 5 of One Month to Better Investigations and Reporting-the Board’s Investigation Protocol

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 6/7/2017

Many companies have an investigation protocol in place when a potential Foreign Corruption Practices Act (FCPA) or other legal issue arises? However, many Boards of Directors do not have the same rigor when it comes to an...more

This Week in FCPA-Episode 55, the Covfefe Edition

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 6/2/2017

This week, Jay and I have a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories. We discuss: 1. Brazilian meatpacker JBS agrees to the largest fine ever for fine for bribery and corruption, $3.2bn...more

Department of Justice Fraud Section Provides Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

Jones Day on 3/2/2017

On February 8, 2017, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") Fraud Section published a blueprint for assessing corporate compliance efforts, titled "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" ("Guidance"). It...more

Shareholders Will Get to Trial in Petrobras Corruption Scandal Action

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 7/29/2016

Yesterday I wrote about what may well be the next great bribery and corruption scandal across the globe involving the Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA). However, the current largest corruption...more

Business Litigation Alert: "Court Ruling Allows Whistleblower to Sue Board Members"

Porter Hedges LLP on 11/4/2015

A recent ruling in California federal court (here) broadens legal protections for whistleblowers and expands who can be held liable in retaliation cases. In the case, Wadler v. Bio-Rad Labs., Inc., a federal judge ruled that...more

3 Ways to Improve Compliance Training

The Volkov Law Group on 7/22/2015

As the compliance profession matures and evolves, the elements of an effective compliance program follow a similar pattern. Compliance training programs have become more sophisticated over the last five years, as...more

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