This Week in FCPA-Episode 146 – Ides of March (formerly St. Patty’s Day) edition

On this Ides of March with the St. Patrick’s Day weekend is upon, and we are all Irish at least for a day, Tom and Jay are joined by our favorite Irishman (and the Coolest Guy in Compliance), Matt Kelly to take a look at some of this week’s top compliance and ethics stories which caught their collective eyes this week. 1. Massive corruption scandal rocks college admissions across the country. 2. FARA, FARA, FARA. 3. Former KPMG national practice leader convicted in PCAOB scandal. 4. Will the US finally clamp down on shell companies? Matthew Stephenson is cautiously optimistic. General David Petraeus and Sheldon Whitehouse explain why it’s a national security issue. 5. Head coaches behaving badly as LSU head basketball coach suspended indefinitely in NCAA recruiting scandal. 6. DOJ quietly modifies Corporate FCPA Enforcement Policy. 7. Did Oracle violate the FCPA? 8. 1MDB scandal back in the news as former Goldman Sachs banker Timothy Leissner and Roger Ng banned from banking industry for life. David Simpson reports. Also-did Jho Low contribute to Trump campaign? Tom Wright and Bradley Hope report. 9. How can you engage a BOD on cyber risks? 10. Tom continues with fan fav podcast series this week, the Adventures in Compliance this week.Check out the following: Part 1-The Red Circle; Part 2-The Abbey Grange; Part 3- The Priory School; Part 4-The Six Napoleons; and Part 5-The Empty House. The podcast is available on multiple sites: the FCPA Compliance Report, iTunes, JDSupra, Panoplyand YouTube. The Compliance Podcast Network is now also on Spotify. It is now on Corporate Compliance Insights.11. In a special guest segment, Matt Kelly reports on the highlights from Ethisphere’s Global Business Ethics Summit, which was held this past week in New York.12. Check out the latest edition of Popcorn and Compliance where Tom and Jay look at Captain Marvel. It posts Saturday, March 16 on the Compliance Podcast Network. Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. For more information on how an independent monitor can help improve your company’s ethics and compliance program, visit our sponsor Affiliated Monitors at www.affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices