Word came last summer that the Justice Department planned to hire a compliance counsel. In September came a report that the department had hired Hui Chen, Standard Chartered’s former head of anti-bribery and corruption compliance, for this new position. Chen had a distinguished career in the corporate world, and during the 1990s she worked as a Justice Department trial lawyer in Washington and as an assistant U.S. attorney in Brooklyn.

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...