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ArentFox Schiff Issues the First Global Definitive Legal Guide for Industries Navigating AI

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Artificial intelligence promises to transform the way we live and work and its impact will undoubtedly stretch to every business sector across the globe. This next generation of technology brings exciting possibilities and...more

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The Future of Governance in Sport

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At the recent Leaders Week London conference, our team had the opportunity to meet with key professionals in the Sports industry and discuss some of the business challenges they are facing. Unsurprisingly, many of these...more

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[Virtual Event] Sports, Compliance, and Ethics Conference - January 19th, 8:55 am - 4:45 pm CST

New for 2023! Explore the world of sports, compliance, and ethics - From NCAA rules to playoff brackets and betting, compliance oversight in sports and gaming is high-profile and often cutting edge. The Sports,...more

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Wachsende Bedeutung der Unternehmenskultur

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Was Unternehmen aus einem der größten Baseball-Skandale lernen können - Selten hatte die juristische Aufarbeitung sportlicher Verfehlungen einen so großen Nachhall wie zuletzt beim „Sign Stealing“ in der Major League...more

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Foul Balls and Red Cards: How Baseball and Soccer’s Different Approaches to Cheating Illustrate the Power of Organizational...

This spring, two major sports teams were caught cheating. Both are consistent championship contenders in recent years. In the United States, hardly any sports fan could have missed the report released by Major League...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Players and Communicating Compliance

The Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal is only going to get worse and worse. In addition to the report by Wall Street Journal (WSJ) of the “Dark Arts” program by the Astros front office to steal signs in a program called...more

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It’s Not Whether You Win or Lose but How You Steal the Game

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The Houston Astros’ reputation is benched for the foreseeable future. The interesting thing is that it is not for stealing; it’s for how they stole. Baseball is a game that embraces stealing. You can steal bases and – as many...more

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Compliance Perspectives: Sign Stealing in the MLB

Breaking the rules is breaking the rules no matter where it occurs. And for those of us in compliance there is much to learn from scandals of all sorts. Chris Rose, the co-host of Intentional Talk on the MLB Network and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 6: Final Thoughts on the Scarlet ‘C’

Culture and Why It Matters - For anyone who was paying attention to the Astros, it has long been clear that the team had a very insular and toxic culture. The Astros culture was broken, toxic and this culture lead directly...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 5: The Whistleblower and The Amnesty

I am nearing the end of a multi-part exploration of the Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation into allegations that the Houston Astros engaged in a multi-year scheme to steal signs and signals from opposing teams. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 4: Ethics and The Truth of the Game

Today, I wanted to consider some of the ethical issues involved, why do we have ethics, more specifically, why do we have ethics in sports. At its most basic, ethics is knowing right from wrong. There is no question the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance-Part 2, Hinch and Luhnow

I am in the midst of a multipart exploration of the Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation into allegations that the Houston Astros engaged in a multi-year scheme to steal signs and signals from opposing teams. MLB issued...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

A Fourth World Cup and Compliance

Today we honor the US Women’s Soccer team who won their fourth World Cup over the weekend by defeating The Netherlands. The US controlled the entire match, much as they had for the entire tournament. They were tested to be...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Due Diligence, Zero Tolerance And Compliance

What is due diligence? What is zero tolerance? How do these impact employee morale? How do these concepts link together? I thought about these questions and several more when the Houston Astros announced they had traded for...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

It’s Not Cricket – Ethics on the Pitch

The Aussies are in the midst of a Test Series against South African and were tied 1-1 and decided they need a bit of leg up. According to reports, the entire leadership team of the Australian national team decided to cheat by...more

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2016 Trends #5: The Wide World of Sports

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If 2016 is anything like last year, we can count on the world of sports to provide a variety of fodder for ethics and compliance discussions. Sports scandals now rival political and business ethics scandals as the...more

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Five Lessons Ethics & Compliance Professionals Can Learn from the World of Sports

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Despite the FIFA scandal and other not-so-great news from the world of professional sports recently, it’s good to remember that sports, at their best, can be a rich source of strategies and inspiration for the business...more

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Strong Athletic Compliance Programs: A Win-Win for Athletic Departments and Universities

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Universities can minimize risk by developing a compliance program with a few essential attributes. Collegiate athletic departments are increasingly under fire for compliance-related concerns, including allegations of...more

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Global Anti-Corruption Enforcement Trends Hit FIFA

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Insights on the anti-corruption trends that contributed to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) scandal, and six essential characteristics of organizations whose cultures help prevent bribery and...more

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Institute of Sports Law and Ethics, Co-Founded by Manatt’s Ron Katz, Is Currently Active on Three Fronts: Deflategate, Homophobia...

The Institute of Sports Law and Ethics (ISLE) at Santa Clara University is currently active on three fronts: Deflategate, homophobia and safer soccer. Re Deflategate, Ron Katz, co-founder of ISLE, has been quoted extensively...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 156-emergency podcast on Deflategate and the Wells Report

In the first emergency podcast Jay Rosen and I review (what we know) of the Wells Report into Deflategate. We consider the issues from a FCPA compliance practitioner perspective and what lessons may be learned from the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Patriots, the NFL and Compliance

You knew it was coming. No, not a Cialis-themed blog post, but close enough, ‘Deflategate’ and the compliance angle. In honor of this weekend’s Super Bowl it is certainly worth considering. You might think with all that is...more

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2015 Trends: #3 Culture (Still) Trumps Compliance

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We asked industry experts, colleagues and compliance officers what they believe will be the top issues impacting workplace ethics and corporate compliance programs in 2015. We gathered their best thinking and prepared our...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Houston Astros and a Compliance Defense in the FCPA

The Astros act like a corporation and like almost all corporations they look to pay the absolute cheapest that they can to get something. Those who advocate that there be a compliance defense added to the FCPA miss this...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Miami Dolphins-A Code Red For Compliance

Tom Cruise: Did you order a Code Red? Jack Nicolson: You’re G__D__ right I ordered a Code Red. The above lines were spoken in the movie version of “A Few Good Men”. If there was ever one scene which demonstrated...more

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