With GDPR now in effect, we should soon start to get some answers regarding its enforcement and how its private right to action will play out in the legal arena.
Tom Fox
Thomas Fox has practiced law for over 40 years. Tom writes the daily award-winning blog, the FCPA Compliance and Ethics blog and founded the Compliance Podcast Network. Tom leads the discussion on AI in compliance through his best-selling book Upping Your Game. He has 38 other books on the use of AI in compliance and business ethics, leadership including the seminal work, The Compliance Handbook, with its 7th edition coming out in 2025. He is the founder of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network.
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Compliance in the middle is critical
One of the most important parts in the corporate hierarchy is the often-overlooked middle of an organization. Inside is an in-depth look at what tone in the middle should be.
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Improving your compliance strategy
Communicating your compliance strategy can be a critical problem when operationalizing compliance, but there are some best practices companies can follow.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Avoiding and overcoming GDPR challenges
When GDPR becomes effective on May 25, compliance practitioners will have to be ready for those areas that will be most impacted by the regulatory change.
Posted inRisk Management
Novartis GC resignation points to compliance themes
The resignation of Novartis GeneraI Counsel Felix Ehrat shows companies the importance of distinguishing between the legal and compliance functions and why you should always get a business justification before working with third parties.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Wells Fargo charm offensive
New Wells Fargo ads in prominent business newspapers are an effort to let the world know the bank is cleaning up its act—but, without follow-through, it may not be enough.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
ZTE and the Arthur Andersen myth
Remember the myth of Arthur Andersen—that if you go to trial in a corruption case and lose, the company will be irreparably harmed? That myth may have arisen once again in the form of a U.S. president criticizing U.S. regulators for penalizing Chinese company ZTE.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
D&B shows the right way to handle an FCPA probe
The D&B enforcement action should be studied by every compliance practitioner for tips on preventing an FCPA issue and what to do if you find one.
Posted inRisk Management
Uber promises to ‘move forward,’ but still doesn’t have CCO
Uber launched a new ad campaign in which it vows to “move forward” and “always do the right thing,” but the company still does not have a chief compliance officer (CCO) to make sure it delivers on that message.
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Malaysia gets new PM; further probes of prior regime coming
The election of a new Prime Minster in Malaysia has heralded a potential investigation into the allegations of massive corruption carried out by the prior administration surrounding the country’s sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB.
