This Week in FCPA-Episode 116, the Free Press edition

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Jay is on an Alaskan Disney cruise with the family. Through the prism of Trump’s attacks on the US free press and their robust response, Tom takes a solo look at some of the top compliance stories from the past week. Jay returns next week.

1. What is the role of a free press in the fight against bribery and corruption?

2. In his final column at the Wall Street Journal, Ben DiPietro, writes See more +

Jay is on an Alaskan Disney cruise with the family. Through the prism of Trump’s attacks on the US free press and their robust response, Tom takes a solo look at some of the top compliance stories from the past week. Jay returns next week.

1. What is the role of a free press in the fight against bribery and corruption?

2. In his final column at the Wall Street Journal, Ben DiPietro, writes about how social activism prioritizes push for integrity, inclusion.

3. Where is the Tesla board of directors? The SEC has issued a subpoena to them.

4. Why is it stupid to become to the US to (1) demand and (2) accept a bribe?

5. Is the UK pushing back on US jurisdictional outreach?

6. Valerie Charles says to consider the new FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy from the compliance program perspective.

7. Would a no-deal Brexit be a disaster for compliance?

8. Maurice Gilbert interviews Moore & Van Allen’s Valecia McDowell on compliance, leadership and promotion to the firm’s management committee.

9. The scandal at Maryland around the death of Jordan McNair deepens. The Trainer resigns, the University accepts responsibility and his parents call for the firing of the head coach.

10. The number of podcasts on the Compliance Podcasting Network has now reached the 1000 podcast milestone next week. To celebrate, running each week in August I am running a week-long special series as a tribute. This week it has been a series on the the future of audit, compliance and analytics. Next week it will be a series on ethical culture, what it means, how to measure and assess it and how to drive it. You can download the entire series next Monday at noon, on iTunes. The series will post daily at 10 AM on the Compliance Podcast Network.

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