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Knowledge Management and Portal Technologies
Part one of this discussion on KM and portal technologies focused primarily on a historical review and the emergence of the '2nd generation' of KM: Leveraging technology to define KM and utilizing the Microsoft SharePoint architecture to aggregate contextual and task related information into an easily accessible form. This article will continue the modern KM technology discussion by focusing on the relevance of existing search technologies and the potential and viability of SharePoint 2007 as a KM and portal platform.
In parallel with the evolution of portals in law firms was the evolution of search. At first primarily a facet of the document management system, this DMS search was poorly used for three broad reasons. First, the scarcity of the solutions themselves ' many firms disabled the functionality for that reason alone. Second, because of the 'signal-to-noise' ratio: unless the firm had the foresight to impose and enforce classification schemes, searches returned few useable results sets. Last, the complexity and number of search syntaxes meant that queries were often too broad. Also, in most cases, no context was captured during the process of saving to the DMS, so the documents returned were, at best, information not knowledge.
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.
Compliance Officers: Recent Regulatory Guidance and Enforcement Actions and Mitigating the Risk of Personal Liability
This article explores legal developments over the past year that may impact compliance officer personal liability.