Scott Greytak of Transparency International U.S. joins the podcast to talk about the many loopholes that permit U.S. lawyers to work for criminal actors as they exploit the U.S. financial system. He brings us up-to-date on the ABA&rsquos recent change to its Model Rules of Professional Conduct and when we&rsquoll see the ENABLERS Act revisited.

Kelly Richmond Pope, Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University, joins the podcast to talk about her new book: Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry. She describes the three types of fraud perpetrators and why we blame the victims of fraud for their gullibility and I ask her whether lawyers or accountants are more at fault for rampant fraud!

Hans Greimel and William Sposato, journalists and authors, join the podcast to discuss their new book:Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire.They cover Ghosn&rsquos rise to hero status in Japan, his ultimate fall&mdasharrest, detention and escape from the country&mdashand the many compliance challenges raised by this strange story. (This episode was originally published in 2021.)

Jessica Warwick in Norton Rose&rsquos Ottawa office joins the podcast to talk about the Arapakota decision and what it means for anti-bribery enforcement in Canada.

Jesse Eisinger of ProPublica joins the podcast to discuss their investigation into the gifts, travel, tuition, rent and other benefits lavished on Justice Thomas directly&mdashor indirectly for the benefit of family members&mdashby right-wing billionaire, Harlan Crow. Jesse discusses the initial article, the tips they received with additional information after publishing it, and the political backlash to their reporting.