Tom Fox

Corporations in other countries are increasingly moving from a paper-based compliance program to actually doing compliance. The Man From FCPA Tom Fox reports.

The past year was particularly bad for Korean electronics giant Samsung, and it looks like 2017 has gotten off to the same rough start. Tom Fox looks at the recent arrest of Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, on charges of bribery, embezzlement, and perjury.

A guilty verdict that sent the brother-in-law of the King of Spain to jail for fraud could signal that Spain is getting serious about corruption. Tom Fox says it was the first time a member of the Spanish royal family had been forced to stand trial, a move widely applauded by the Spanish public.

In a very interesting development from the Odebrecht corruption scandal, federal prosecutors in Brazil and ten other countries recently announced they had agreed to cooperate in ongoing investigations surrounding the company, writes The Man From FCPA Tom Fox.

Tom Fox looks at the Justice Department’s “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs,” an 11-part list of questions that encapsulates the Justice Department’s most current thinking on what constitutes a best practices compliance program.

Tom Fox discusses the reasons behind the rise in anti-corruption enforcement and the latest actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice.

The Man From FCPA Tom Fox explores what happens when a company’s foundation is shaky and illegal.

What does the Romanian people’s revolt against igovernment’s proposal to decriminalize bribery and corruption within the country mean on a larger scale? The Man From FCPA Tom Fox says they have earned the right to say to Washington: “the whole world is watching.”