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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 26, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more

A&O Shearman

White-collar crime developments in Italy: trends and developments

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There has been an increase in enforcement action and strategies relating to cybercrimes, supply-chain related offenses, VAT fraud, corruption, and money laundering. A significant shift has been prompted by the EU Corporate...more

J.S. Held

Tag-Team Approach to Tackling Fraud

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A phone call comes in from a panicked client, the owner of a small, successful business. Your client was reviewing some financial records – a task usually handled by a long–time and trusted employee – and the client noticed a...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Actualités en matière de lutte contre la corruption en France et en Europe

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Deux études particulièrement intéressantes ont récemment été publiées par l’Agence Française Anticorruption (l’AFA) et la Commission européenne dans le domaine de la lutte contre la corruption. La première étude publié...more

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Germany: Immediate dismissal of board member for email forwarding to personal account

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During an investigation, it is not uncommon to discover that an individual has forwarded business emails to their private email address. This ruling from the Higher Regional Court Munich shows the potential implications of...more

Sands Anderson PC

Before Doing Your Own Workplace Investigation—a Cautionary Tale

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A few years ago, a friend of mine was part of an organization that received complaints about one of its leaders, which led to questions about whether the leader should be fired. The organization debated internally about what...more

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Due process in internal investigations in Belgium: mixed signals given by the Supreme Court and the legislator.

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Last month, the Belgian Supreme Court ruled in a case concerning a former employee who, following an internal investigation, had been first dismissed by her employer for and subsequently convicted of several criminal...more

J.S. Held

INDEPTH FEATURE: Corporate Fraud & Corruption 2024

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To what extent are boards and senior executives in your country of focus taking proactive steps to reduce incidences of fraud and corruption from surfacing within their company? Over the past several years, there has been...more

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Regulators and reforms: how Australia tackled white collar crime in 2023 and what to expect in 2024

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Regulators and enforcement authorities in Australia intensified their efforts to curb white-collar crime in 2023. They targeted fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, cybercrime, and corruption across multiple industries,...more

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China's enforcement trends and developments: a review of data, bribery, and corporate crime issues

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Commercial bribery enforcement also became more active, as the authorities marked the 30th anniversary of the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law. The revision of the PRC Anti-Espionage Law raised some concerns about national...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investigations for Self-Disclosure Should Be Independent of DOJ To Avoid Fifth Amendment Issues

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has long encouraged companies to disclose to the DOJ potential violations of federal law, investigate themselves and report their findings in detail. The DOJ often depends on those self-reports...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Holiday Jeers: How The Grinch at DOJ May Make It Harder for Companies to Stay on the Nice List This Christmas

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With the holiday season upon us, companies waiting for a nice surprise this Christmas are more likely to find a lump of coal in their stocking. In a series of recent announcements, Department of Justice (“DOJ”) officials have...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance in the Hundred Acre Wood: Eeyore and Corporate Legal

This week I am exploring a five-part series on compliance as seen through the lens of Winnie the Pooh and the characters who live in the Hundred Acre Woods: Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga & Roo, and Piglet. Winnie-the-Pooh, also...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Introduction to Internal Reporting and Investigations on 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program

The call, email or tip comes into your office; an employee reports suspicious activity somewhere across the globe. That activity might well turn into a FCPA issue for your company. As the CCO, it will be up to you to begin...more

The Volkov Law Group

Remediate and Enhance Your Internal Investigation Program (Part III of III)

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An audit program of a company’s internal investigation function provides valuable insights for its internal investigation program and the company’s overall ethics and compliance program.  It is a critical part of ensuring...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Updated Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs – Guidance Document: Part 5 – Reporting and Investigations

We are in an exploration of the recently released Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs – Guidance Document (2019 Guidance), which was announced (ECI speech) by Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski at the Ethics...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

U.S. - India Newsletter Vol. 2016, Issue 2

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Welcome to the second issue of our newsletter, which features news and articles of interest from Pepper’s U.S.-India Practice. In the first quarter of 2016, we saw a lot of activity in the international data privacy...more

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