The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 26: "International Sports: Politics, Corruption, Doping and Compliance"
February 28, 2023
On this week’s episode, Stroock Partner Tom Firestone talks to Vladas Stankevicius, an experienced corporate compliance lawyer who served as an international expert for World Athletics, where he lead efforts to ingrain governance reforms and a culture of zero tolerance for doping. He also advised the World Athletics Taskforce chair as to the fitness for purpose of the compliance program of the Russian Athletics Federation.
Tom and Vladas discuss:
- The current World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) sanctions against Russia
- Proposals to ban Russian and Belarussian athletes from the 2024 Olympics
- The 2014 Sochi Olympics doping scandal and the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act
- Various integrity violations in sports
- Best compliance practices and how to clean up sports
Click here to listen to all episodes of “The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance”.
February 28, 2023
On this week’s episode, Stroock Partner Tom Firestone talks to Vladas Stankevicius, an experienced corporate compliance lawyer who served as an international expert for World Athletics, where he lead efforts to ingrain governance reforms and a culture of zero tolerance for doping. He also advised the World Athletics Taskforce chair as to the fitness for purpose of the compliance program of the Russian Athletics Federation.
Tom and Vladas discuss:
- The current World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) sanctions against Russia
- Proposals to ban Russian and Belarussian athletes from the 2024 Olympics
- The 2014 Sochi Olympics doping scandal and the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act
- Various integrity violations in sports
- Best compliance practices and how to clean up sports
Click here to listen to all episodes of “The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance”.
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