The Art of Persuasion
Compliance Leadership Tips from the Surgeon General Tom Fox recounts some lessons learned from a recent New York Times profile of Surgeon General Nadja Y. West. Her guidance is widely…
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Thomas Fox
Thomas Fox has practiced law in Houston for 25 years. He is now assisting companies with FCPA compliance, risk management and international transactions.
He was most recently the General Counsel at Drilling Controls, Inc., a worldwide oilfield manufacturing and service company. He was previously Division Counsel with Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. where he supported Halliburton’s software division and its downhole division, which included the logging, directional drilling and drill bit business units.
Tom attended undergraduate school at the University of Texas, graduate school at Michigan State University and law school at the University of Michigan.
Tom writes and speaks nationally and internationally on a wide variety of topics, ranging from FCPA compliance, indemnities and other forms of risk management for a worldwide energy practice, tax issues faced by multi-national US companies, insurance coverage issues and protection of trade secrets.
Thomas Fox can be contacted via email at tfox@tfoxlaw.com or through his website www.tfoxlaw.com.
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The Kokesh Decision
One Question Answered, Others Left Open In a recent Supreme Court decision, the nation’s highest court limits the SEC’s power to recover ill-gotten gains. It’s a seeming victory for Wall…
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What is Your Ethical Culture?
Overcoming Key Obstacles Does your organization have a “speak up” culture? Is it widely understood that there won’t be retaliation against someone who does? Corporate culture is defined from the…
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Compliance Expertise Needed on the Board
The Case for a Compliance SME Just as it wouldn’t be wise to have a tax attorney negotiate a bribery settlement, you don’t want someone with minimal compliance experience serving…
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Due Diligence Means You Must Actually DO Something
With due diligence, the expectation is that when risks are identified, something is done about them. Knowledge of a potential threat and mitigation of that problem are two very different…
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Mary Poppins, Corporate Culture and the Board
The latest massive corporate scandal has been brought to you by Wells Fargo. After news broke that thousands of Wells Fargo employees have been creating fraudulent customer accounts for years,…
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The End of the Wild West
As much as Volkswagen wants us to believe it, corruption never happens in a vacuum. As VW squirms under the weight of a DOJ investigation into their decade-long emissions scandal,…
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Harry Potter, Whistleblowers and Compliance
It is a sad reality that many whistleblowers are subject to serious repercussions for shedding light on corporate wrongdoing. For the want of support from compliance leadership, their acts of…
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Goldman Trial in London – See Any FCPA Issues?
Goldman Sachs’ dealings with the Libyan Investment Authority have been under scrutiny for a number of years, and the trial finally opened earlier this month in London. The case centers…
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The FCPA and SOX & Internal Controls – Twin Sons of a Different Mother?
Both pieces of legislation aim to minimize wrongdoing – one to prevent corruption abroad, the other to minimize financial fraud. Both focus on robust internal controls as part of the…
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The New FCPA Pilot Program & the DOJ’s Guidance
When the DOJ speaks, compliance officers had better listen. At a recent press conference, the DOJ announced a pilot program to encourage companies to self-report FCPA violations and address deficiencies…
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Corporate Governance and the Imagination of Reality
Valeant Pharmaceuticals has come under fire in the past few months for its too-cozy relationship with a third-party vendor. The company, like China’s Anbang Group, also operates under a debt-fueled…
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