FCPA Compliance Report

Thomas Fox

The FCPA Compliance Report is the longest running podcast in the in compliance and business ethics. Join its award-winning host, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance as he visits with top compliance practitioners, key figures from business, the government and law firms in the top podcast dedicated to all things compliance.

  1. Report from Compliance Week 2026 on AI Sessions

    1D AGO

    Report from Compliance Week 2026 on AI Sessions

    In this episode, Tom Fox takes a solo turn behind the mic to report on the AI tracks from the recently concluded Compliance Week 2026 conference. He highlights two AI tracks: practical “creative” uses, including live demonstrations by Hemma Lomax creating PowerPoint content and Roxanne Petraeus creating video content, and the more critical compliance focus on AI governance, oversight, and accountability amid limited federal direction and a growing patchwork of state laws, with the EU AI Act positioned as a global benchmark. Tom emphasizes applying standard compliance risk management to AI (identify, manage, train, implement, monitor, improve), addressing shadow AI, internal/external/vendor risks, and building AI “in” rather than bolting it on. He notes scaling challenges, ROI questions, auditor expectations, risk registers, fraudsters’ use of AI, and ongoing discussions with Matt Kelly. Key highlights: AI Everywhere at CW Creative AI Demos AI Risk Framework Shadow AI and Risks ROI and Use Cases Scaling and Oversight Governance Takeaways Resources: Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn For more information on the use of AI in compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com: https://a.co/d/00XNoelh. To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com: https://a.co/d/05NTW4zz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    22 min
  2. Building a Life Sciences Compliance Law Firm with Edye Edens

    MAY 4

    Building a Life Sciences Compliance Law Firm with Edye Edens

    In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes Edye Edens about launching her Life Sciences Law Group (“Eedee Law”) after years of contracting in life sciences compliance across multiple firms. Edye explains she founded the firm to better align her practice with supporting clinical trial sites, vendors, and academia, which often lack the budgets and in-house legal resources of sponsors and CROs. She describes a multidisciplinary team model that includes non-attorney quality, TMF, regulatory, and inspection-readiness professionals with deep study-operations experience, enabling rapid, practical support at different price points, including fractional engagements and urgent FDA inspection support. Edye outlines four core client segments: independent sites/site networks, academic medical centers’ research compliance functions, NCI-designated cancer centers, and vendors entering clinical trials who need guidance on Part 11, HIPAA, QMS, and vendor qualification. She discusses growing AI-related client needs, emphasizing evolving regulatory expectations and “compliance at the speed of business,” and shares how to connect via website, LinkedIn, and email. Key highlights: Building A Different Firm Indy Roots National Reach Lessons From Academic Medicine AI Vendors And Regulation Resources: Edye Edens on LinkedIn Eedee Law Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn For more information on the use of AI in compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com. To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    34 min
  3. Awakening the Advocate: Matt Friedman on Fighting Modern Slavery and Building Corporate Action

    APR 27

    Awakening the Advocate: Matt Friedman on Fighting Modern Slavery and Building Corporate Action

    In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes Matt Friedman, founder and CEO of The Mekong Club, to discuss his book “Awakening the Advocate,” which explains his career in the fight against human trafficking. Matt tells his journey through survivor/NGO stories, traces his personal journey from a shy child in Connecticut to 35 years of anti-slavery work across 35+ countries, and shows that ordinary people can become advocates. He assesses progress as limited relative to the scale of the problem (50 million in modern slavery; 110,000 helped; 6,000 convictions; $236B in profits vs. $400M, now $250M, to fight it), arguing that awareness is the main gap. He outlines how companies, especially banks, can start internally via leadership briefings, policies, awareness, targeted training, red flags, procurement review, and baseline assessments, linking efforts to ESG, business value, and reputational/regulatory risk. Matt also discusses AI’s emerging role in detecting patterns across supply chains and transactions and emphasizes individual actions, pro bono support, and the importance of compliance work. Key highlights: Why He Wrote It Turning Awareness Into Action Building a Corporate Program AI and the Next Wave Hope and Practical Steps Rapid Fire Takeaways Resources: Matt Friedman on LinkedIn The Mekong Club Awakening the Advocate on Amazon.com Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn For more information on the use of AI in compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com. To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min
  4. Vince Walden on AI, Digital Assistants, and ROI at Compliance Week 2026

    APR 20

    Vince Walden on AI, Digital Assistants, and ROI at Compliance Week 2026

    In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes Vince Walden, President of konaAI, to discuss his two panels at Compliance Week 2026 and the state of AI in compliance. For the panel on AI and the compliance workforce, Vince argues jobs are generally safe because AI is best deployed as “digital assistants” (not digital employees) that handle repetitive tasks like data pulls and third-party due diligence, while keeping the “expert in the loop,” and he plans to show real use-case examples. For the ROI panel, Vince and co-panelists will discuss measuring impact through productivity gains, cost savings, faster turnaround for due diligence, and expanded compliance capabilities such as culture assessments, training, and transaction monitoring. Vince also links AI analytics to detecting fraud, waste, and abuse, citing a potential $35 million vendor abuse recovery, and explains why Compliance Week remains a top conference for regulator and peer benchmarking. Key highlights: AI Workforce Digital Assistants in Action Measuring Compliance ROI Fraud Waste Abuse Affordable Analytics Wins Why Attend Compliance Week Resources: Vince Walden on LinkedIn konaAI Compliance Week 2026, click here for information and Registration Listeners to this podcast receive a 20% discount on the event. Use the Registration Code TOMFOX 20 Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, my new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com. To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out my latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    16 min
  5. Judicial Discretion, Sentencing Advocacy, and a Proactive Compliance Model: Joseph De Gregorio - Part 2

    APR 13

    Judicial Discretion, Sentencing Advocacy, and a Proactive Compliance Model: Joseph De Gregorio - Part 2

    In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes former Wall Street trader Joseph De Gregorio, who was federally convicted and now applies a “compliance rebuild” methodology to demonstrate genuine remediation under legal scrutiny. This is Part 2 of a two-part podcast series. In Part 2, we cover how federal judges exercise broad discretion despite sentencing guidelines and often form views before the court based on the pre-sentence report and sentencing memorandum, with probation officers’ impressions shaped by a detailed defendant letter and authentic allocution; judges emphasize post-offense conduct and may discount lawyer advocacy. Joseph then summarizes patterns from 400+ white-collar cases, arguing that structural failures precede cultural and operational failures, and introducing the “access to scrutiny ratio” as the most predictive risk indicator. He lists five warning signals: unscrutinized top performers, known but unmapped monitoring gaps, unmanaged performance pressure, quietly resolved senior incidents, and compensation rewarding results without method (noting DOJ’s September 2024 ECCP update). He outlines a proactive Compliance Rebuild approach using human failure audits, reverse access audits, directional speak-up analysis, and DOJ-aligned prosecution simulations. Key highlights: Pre-Sentence Reports Matter Patterns Across 400 Cases Five Compliance Warning Signals Prosecution Simulation Stress Test DOJ Evaluation Questions and Red Flags Resources: Joseph De Gregorio – Founder, JN Advisor™ Maximum Sentence Reduction – Minimum Time Served Initial Consultation: https://forms.gle/2fLczk7bbwM7KSaP6 Bloomberg Law Contributor: “How to Get a Judge to Reduce Your Client’s White-Collar Sentence” – Bloomberg Law  Bloomberg Tax Contributor: Tax Fraud Sentencing Has a Gap Defense Attorneys Are Missing Featured Expert: American Bar Association Featured Sentencing Mitigation Expert: Law360 Featured Expert on Us Weekly with 5x Emmy Award Winning Journalist Kristin Thorne for her “Uncovered” Series Click Link For Full Video https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/federal-sentencing-strategist-reveals-why-some-real-housewives-stars-commit-fraud/ Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Interested in the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and modern compliance? Check out my latest book, The Game is Afoot in Compliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    25 min
  6. From DOJ’s 7 Compliance Pillars to Sentencing Mitigation: Joseph De Gregorio’s Compliance Rebuild Framework - Part 1

    APR 6

    From DOJ’s 7 Compliance Pillars to Sentencing Mitigation: Joseph De Gregorio’s Compliance Rebuild Framework - Part 1

    In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes former Wall Street trader Joseph De Gregorio, who was federally convicted and now applies a “compliance rebuild” methodology to demonstrate genuine remediation under legal scrutiny. This is Part 1 of a two-part podcast series. Using the Matthew Bowyer illegal sports betting case, Joseph explains the federal pre-sentence interview and pre-sentence report (PSR) process, emphasizing that the probation officer’s credibility assessment and PSR narrative heavily influence sentencing and downstream treatment across the federal system. He describes submitting a 3,500-word personal narrative before the PSR interview, which was attached in full and cited by the judge as mitigation, resulting in a one-year-and-a-day sentence rather than the government’s four-year request. Joseph maps DOJ’s seven corporate compliance program dimensions to individuals via a personal compliance manual, independent accountability structure, credentialed education, verifiable monitoring, documented transparency, voluntary discipline actions, and a post-sentencing continuous improvement plan centered on victims-first accountability. Key highlights: Joseph’s Wall Street Past The Boyer Betting Case What is a PSR, and why does it drive sentencing Preparing for the Interview From Corporations to Individuals Seven Pillars Framework Resources: Joseph De Gregorio – Founder, JN Advisor™ Maximum Sentence Reduction – Minimum Time Served  Initial Consultation: https://forms.gle/2fLczk7bbwM7KSaP6 Bloomberg Law Contributor: “How to Get a Judge to Reduce Your Client’s White-Collar Sentence” – Bloomberg Law  Bloomberg Tax Contributor: Tax Fraud Sentencing Has a Gap Defense Attorneys Are Missing Featured Expert: American Bar Association Featured Sentencing Mitigation Expert: Law360 Featured Expert on Us Weekly with 5x Emmy Award Winning Journalist Kristin Thorne for her “Uncovered” Series Click Link For Full Video https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/federal-sentencing-strategist-reveals-why-some-real-housewives-stars-commit-fraud/ Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Interested in the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and modern compliance? Check out my latest book, The Game is Afoot in Compliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    20 min
  7. Buying Blind: AI Procurement Risks Ethics with Jessica Tillipman

    MAR 30

    Buying Blind: AI Procurement Risks Ethics with Jessica Tillipman

    In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes Jessica Tillipman, Associate Dean for Government Procurement Law Studies; Government Contracts Advisory Council Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in Government Contracts Law, Practice & Policy. We take a deep dive into federal procurement and compliance. We begin with Tillipman’s recent article “Buying Blind: Corruption Risk and the Erosion of Oversight in Federal AI Procurement.” Tillipman explains how her initial focus on AI as a tool to reduce procurement risk shifted after finding instances of AI exploitation and U.S. regulatory changes, raising concerns that contracting practices (commercial terms, limited audit rights, reduced testing and documentation) worsen AI’s inherent opacity. She contrasts government contracting’s “superpower” rights with transparency and competition mandates tied to taxpayer funds and discusses procurement tradeoffs between speed and oversight. Tillipman distinguishes fraud from waste and abuse, warning against conflating categories. She analyzes GSA’s proposed AI clause as overdue but overly broad and potentially unworkable, and stresses the importance of explainability, human oversight, and due process for consequential AI use. The conversation highlights procurement as a major corruption and compliance risk area and the need to invest in people and integrated teams. Key highlights: Government vs Private Contracting Procurement Blind Spots AI Procurement Black Box Fraud, Waste, and Abuse GSA AI Clause Debate Training Future Leaders Resources: Jessica Tillipman at GW Law Jessica Tillipman at LinkedIn Jessica Tillipman Website Jessica Tillipman Publication Buying Blind: Corruption Risk and the Erosion of Oversight in Federal AI Procurement Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, my new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    32 min
  8. World’s Most Ethical Companies 2026: the 8.2% Ethics Premium

    MAR 23

    World’s Most Ethical Companies 2026: the 8.2% Ethics Premium

    In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes back Erica Salmon Byrne to talk about Ethisphere’s 20th edition of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. Erica began by noting that there are 19 first-time honorees across 40 industries and 17 countries in the  2026 World’s Most Ethical Companies awards. They discuss the rigorous 250+ question Ethics Quotient and documentation review. They discuss the Ethics Premium using a five-year lookback (Jan 1, 2021–Dec 31, 2025), which showed 8.2% statistically significant outperformance versus a benchmark, based on index-firm analysis with capped company weighting. Beyond outperformance, the data showed a resiliency pattern during volatility: lower drawdowns, less time at the bottom, and faster recovery, which is correlated with practices that protect intangible assets. They highlight common honoree program elements, including transparency on investigations and discipline, more interactive “espresso shot” training, and manager toolkits and expectations to drive culture. They preview the 17th Global Ethics Summit in Atlanta and the WME gala. Key highlights: How the WME Process Works Record 8.2% Outperformance Resilience and Drawdowns Compliance Protects Value Trust Through Transparency Global Ethics Summit Preview Resources: Erica Salmon Byrne on LinkedIn Inside the Ethics Premium Solactive GBS Global Markets All Cap USD Index Ethisphere Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn The Ethics Premium on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics blog. For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, my new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min
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The FCPA Compliance Report is the longest running podcast in the in compliance and business ethics. Join its award-winning host, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance as he visits with top compliance practitioners, key figures from business, the government and law firms in the top podcast dedicated to all things compliance.

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  • Creator
    Thomas Fox
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
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