This Week in FCPA-Episode 136

The Texas Longhorns won the Sugar Bowl and Tom is still celebrating. Will he come down to earth with both the Cowboys and Texans playing on Saturday in the first round of the NFL playoffs? Tom and Jay are back in the saddle for a look at some of this week’s top compliance and ethics stories. 1.    McKinsey may well find out that nit is ever good to be on the front page of the NYT accused of advocating bribery. 2.    In what is the biggest corruption scandal in 2019 (to date) 2 ex-Credit Suisse bankers, a Lebanese businessman and the former finance minister from Mozambique all charged in a massive, $2 billion bribery and corruption scandal. 3.    What issues should compliance professionals be alert for in 2019? 4.    When (if ever) will the bleeding ever stop for Wells Fargo paying fines and penalties for its illegal conduct? They paid another $575MM in December to state regulators. 5.    Want a quick wrap up of all FCPA enforcement actions in 2018. 6.    Colombian anti-corruption chief sentenced to 4 years in jail for engaging in corruption. 7.     Sloan Kettering facing massive conflict of interest scandal. 8.    Where is blockchain and compliance going in 2019? 9.    Miller & Chevalier’s James Tillen and Ann Sultan make 3 predictions for the 2019 FCPA year. 10. Tom starts off the year with a 5-part podcast series on leadership based on General Stanley McChrystal’s book Leaders-Myth & Reality. Check out the following: Part 1-The Founders, Walt Disney and Coco Chanel; Part 2-the Geniuses, Leonard Bernstein and Albert Einstein; Part 3- the Heroes, Zheng He and Harriet Tubman; Part 4-the Power Brokers, Boss Tweed and Margaret Thatcher; Part 5-the Reformers, Martin Luther and MLK, Jr.  The podcast is available on multiple site: the FCPA Compliance Report, iTunes,JDSupra, Panoply and YouTube. Soon to be on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices