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Compliance and Ethics Programs: Passivity Is Pass'
Corporate compliance and ethics programs have matured significantly from their humble beginnings. Since they appeared in the 70s in response to government investigations of overseas bribery in the aerospace, defense and armaments industries, leading to enactment of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, compliance programs have spread into most, if not all, other industries. Moreover, compliance programs have received official “endorsement” by the government through the Sentencing Guidelines for Organizational Defendants (Sentencing Guidelines), which appeared in their original form in 1991 as Chapter 8 of the Federal Sentencing Guideline Manual.
The adoption of corporate compliance and ethics programs throughout many industries led to the establishment of the Ethics Officer Association (EOA) in 1992 as “a professional association for ethics officers and the organizations for which they work, that provides for sharing of ideas and best practices, continuing education and professional development.” From its 12 founding members, EOA has grown to over 1000.
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.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
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.
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.