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Leveraging Specialty Libraries
Like many law firms in recent years, Ungaretti & Harris LLP has been actively looking for ways to better manage costs. And, like many firms, our law library collection and the prime real estate space it consumed at our offices in Chicago were realistic targets for cost-cutting consideration. The challenge for many law librarians has been to reduce costs while still ensuring their firms' attorneys and research staff have access to the right information they need when they need it.
That was my charge as law librarian when I arrived in 1999. At that time, it was a small library serving a mid-size firm. Our library was sandwiched between the offices of the two named partners located on the middle floor of the three contiguous floors. Many of the attorneys found it convenient, but it was overcrowded with heavily laden, double-faced rolling shelving units. And while small, we still didn't have everything we needed in our print collection and we were also feeling the nudge to further consolidate.
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.
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.
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.
How AI Has Affected PR
When we consider how the use of AI affects legal PR and communications, we have to look at it as an industrywide global phenomenon. A recent online conference provided an overview of the latest AI trends in public relations, and specifically, the impact of AI on communications. Here are some of the key points and takeaways from several of the speakers, who provided current best practices, tips, concerns and case studies.