This Week in FCPA- Episode 84

In this episode, Jay Rosen and myself take a look at some of the top compliance stories over the past week.

1. Does Free Speech exist at the office? Can you tell your boss what you think of them? Ben DiPietro looks at a new Department of Labor approach in WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.
2. Are fraudsters like the rich (as in different than the rest of us)? Jonathan Marks explores the mind of the fraudster in his Board and Fraud blog.
3. What can you do to manage your third parties more effectively? Rick Chapman provides his experiences in the SCCE Blog.
4. Is there a unified theory of corruption? Professor Joseph Pazsgai explores the question in a guest post on the FCPA Blog.
5. Mike Volkov gives his five top compliance predictions for 2018 in the Crime, Corruption and Compliance Blog.
6. Oh thank Heaven? Feds raid 7-11 looking for criminals (IE undocumented workers). See story by Alicia Caldwell in the WSJ.
7. Is there a real (or perceived) bias in the monitorship process? Several experts are cited in GIR piece sub. req’d
8. Shearman & Sterling releases its annual report, the Recent Trends and Patterns in the Enforcement of the FCPA.
9. Join Tom’s monthly podcast series on One Month to a More Effective Compliance Program. In January, I bring together the entire year of compliance program best practices with 31 days to a more effective compliance program. It is available on the FCPA Compliance Report, iTunes, Libsyn, YouTube and JDSupra.
10. Tom announces his next Compliance Master Class, sponsored by Marcum LLP. It will be held on February 11 & 12 at Marcum’s offices in Miami, FL. More information or a copy of the agenda, or to register, will be available on my website, FCPA Compliance Report or at Marcum LLP.
11. Jay Rosen previews the Jay Rosen weekend report.
12. We preview this week’s NFL playoffs.