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Media & Communications Corner: <b>Outsource Those Nagging Attorney Biographies</b>
It is time to rewrite your attorney biographies. Send the e-mail, make the calls, reschedule appointments, beg for replies, threaten, and throw up your hands in frustration. Nothing works, right? Inevitably, you will receive incomplete information at the twelfth hour and be left scrambling to put something together for the Web site. Meanwhile, all other marketing initiatives come to a screeching halt, or are given a cursory glance, as time, resources and money are focused on producing biographies. There has to be an easier way. Well, there is, just read on.
When it comes to writing new biographies or updating existing ones, the truth is, most marketing executives cringe at the thought. The beleaguered marketing staff does all that it can to collect information, but this effort takes valuable time away from regular business development tasks, essentially crippling the in-house marketing department.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.