Episode 147, The Welcome to 2025 Edition

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Karen Woody, and Karen Moore examine various issues for compliance professionals under the incoming Administration.

a. Jonathan Armstrong takes a lesson on business ethics from handbags in South Korea, and we learn about ‘Say-Do.’ He rants about Liz Truss trying to salvage her name through litigation.

b. Karen Moore deeply dives into some interesting litigation around pregnancy discrimination claims, and we learn about ‘stray remarks.’ She rants about Meta dropping its fact-checking and shouts out former President Jimmy Carter.

c. Matt Kelly considers the Bayview Asset Management enforcement action and what it may mean for compliance. He shouts out to Steve Guttenberg and all those Los Angelinos who assist during the ongoing fires. .

d. Karen Woody looks at what the new Trump Administration may mean for the CFPB going forward. She rants about the idiots denying climate change.

e. Tom Fox shouts out to two brothers in arms: former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Their love for each other and Gerald Ford’s tribute to Jimmy Carter, read by Gerald’s son, Steven Ford, at Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

The members of the Everything Compliance are:

• Karen Woody – is one of the top academic experts at the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu
• Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com
• Jonathan Armstrong – is an experienced compliance & technology lawyer based at Punter Southall Law in London (https://puntersouthall.law/). He adds an international focus and can be reached at Jonathan.Armstrong@puntersouthall.law.
• Jonathan Marks – can be reached at jtmarks@gmail.com
• Karen Moore – is a principal at Sounding Board Compliance and can be reached at karen.moore@soundingboardcompliance.com

The host and producer, rantor (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network.

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