We interrupt our usual stream of news and analysis about corporate compliance to note a milestone: Radical Compliance turned 10 years old today! Our very first post was published on Jan. 1, 2016, announcing Radical Compliance to the world — which doesn’t quite count as news, so our first “real” news posts were an obituary…
Good news for anti-corruption enthusiasts! Five law enforcement agencies around the world have published fresh guidance on indicators of foreign bribery, to help you focus your anti-corruption risk assessments and be sure that your compliance program has the right structure and resources to tackle the threat. The guidance was released just before Christmas by the…
As 2025 draws to a close, I’ve been pondering this first year of the Trump 2.0 Administration and what its arrival has meant for corporate ethics, compliance, and governance. That’s not easy to do. Over the last 12 months we’ve seen an endless stream of tweets, policy pronouncements, lawsuits, and threats from the Administration —…
Fresh research suggests that the Trump Administration’s freeze on FCPA enforcement earlier this year led to a jump in the share price of corruption-prone businesses — which, in turn, raises some unsettling questions about how to make a culture of ethics and compliance truly stick in an era of diminished enforcement. The research comes from…
You might have seen news the other week that President Trump proudly proclaimed an executive order that purported to bar states from enforcing their own laws and regulations for artificial intelligence. Corporate compliance teams should probably respond to Trump’s order the same way that U.S. states are: by ignoring it. Just this weekend, New York…
Well look at that, compliance community! A plastics importer in upstate New York has avoided criminal prosecution for tariffs evasion because the company did everything right by U.S. Justice Department standards: self-disclosed its misconduct, helped prosecutors nail its now-former chief operating officer, and improved its compliance program. The company in question is MGI International, which…
Our last Compliance Jobs Report of the year is as comprehensive as ever! Big news in the auto sector this week, as two compliance chiefs take their leave; plus hiring news at Bank of America, Coloplast, Anduril Industries, PayPal, and elsewhere. We also have a slew of promotions to note, and job leads in defense…
Today we have quite the case study in False Claims Act compliance, courtesy of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. The renowned cancer treatment center is paying $15 million to settle charges that researchers there slipped false data and images into research grant applications, in a case filled with lessons about modern FCA risks. The…
2026 promises to be a pivotal year for corporate compliance teams and artificial intelligence, so Radical Compliance is pleased to announce that we’re launching a six-part webinar series in January to explore how compliance teams can think about AI and where this technology does or doesn’t make sense in your compliance program. We’ve joined forces…
You gotta love a government official who uncorks what they really believe on their way out the door, so today we salute Carolyn Crenshaw, departing Democratic member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. She delivered a farewell speech last week and holy poop, it was a genuine barn-burner about securities regulation and corporate governance. Crenshaw…
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Technically, Radical Compliance is the personal blog of Matt Kelly, long-time writer and observer of the corporate compliance and GRC scene. I was a writer, editor, and publisher at Compliance Week, 2003 through 2015; some of you may know me from my career there. I also speak frequently at compliance conferences and other events, and will pretty much shoot the breeze on any compliance topic with anyone who asks.