Tom Fox

With the Microsoft FCPA investigation as context, there are three things your company can do to manage the risks associated with third-party distributors.  

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.

Businesses might soon regret the Supreme Court’s pro-business Somers decision, which impacts the Dodd-Frank Act anti-retaliation whistleblower provision.

Building a robust Twitter feed is a must-have in every compliance toolbox. As such, compliance professionals need to brush up on social media.

Over the years, there has been a siren’s call for the addition of a compliance defense to the FCPA. It’s time to send the so-called “compliance defense” packing.

If you thought that enforcement actions like Odebrecht and Vimpelcom were behind us, guess again. They were just the tip of the iceberg. Welcome to the enforcement era.

After all of the misfirings at Uber this year, the company needs to appoint a chief compliance officer, who reports directly to the CEO, and works to change the values while putting in the infrastructure to support the backbone of a best practices compliance program. Sooner, rather than later.

A recent enforcement action against a medical manufacturer for revenue recognition failures and bribery illustrates some interesting new enforcement trends for the SEC.

The largest FCPA resolution on record (so far), at nearly $1 billion, offers plenty of objective lessons for compliance practitioners looking to better understand enforcement trends.

Recent natural disasters underscore the importance of being prepared, and of practicing crisis response. Compliance officers must do the same for their own hurricane-level crises.

Having a great compliance program means nothing if it exists only on paper. If you want to keep the DoJ and SEC happy, that program must also be demonstrably effective.

Hui Chen’s time as compliance counsel at the DoJ’s Fraud Section was short and eventful and did a lot to move the needle on how the DoJ views corporate compliance programs.

Automation and artificial intelligence stand to increase efficiency in compliance by a quantum leap. But human compliance officers still have a role to play … if they prepare for it now.

The SEC bids a fond farewell to the head of its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit. Tom Fox looks back at Kara Brockmeyer’s illustrious career with the Commission.

The FCPA shows just how far its authority can extend when it comes to companies that blatantly disregard U.S. anti-corruption law.

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.

General Cable’s sprawling FCPA enforcement action seemed to go everywhere at once. Tom Fox explains.

At one time, it looked like JPMorgan Chase had landed in fairly hot water with its ‘Sons and Daughters’ bribery scandal. But for every misstep, says Tom Fox, there is a path to freedom.

If GlaxoSmithKline deserved a declination to prosecute, then the Justice Department needs to provide a better explanation as to why. Tom Fox reports.

With the recent scandal at Wells Fargo, The Man From FCPA Tom Fox discusses the importance of finding out what’s in your corporate wallet, i.e. what information is in your files that could point to issues that might lead to regulatory violations.

Tom Fox looks at the U.S. government’s linking of corruption and terrorism and its intention to use the FCPA as incentive to enact and enforce strong international and domestic anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws.

The SEC’s successful whistleblower bounty program is raising some very interesting questions about the future of whistleblowing in general. Tom Fox reports on the agency’s recent enforcement actions.

The Man From FCPA Tom Fox examines the recent suicide of an executive with Abbot Laboratories in India and what happens when the numbers are more important than employees’ well-being.  

A recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case found LATAM Airlines Group shouldering a heavy burden, paying out approximately $22.2 million in penalties. The significant costs, notes Tom Fox, seems to imply the Justice Department’s FCPA Pilot Program is working.

A trio of recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions shows just how much companies can spare themselves undue pain if they self-report violations early and without holding back. Tom Fox has more.