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Movers & Shakers
Peter Antonucci, formerly of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C., has joined Greenberg Traurig LLP's New York office as a shareholder in the Litigation Practice. A member of this newsletter's Board of Editors, Antonucci is experienced in all aspects of litigation, including product liability, antitrust, and bankruptcy. He has served as national coordinating counsel in medical device and pharmaceutical liability cases and in litigated matters involving commercial airlines, luxury hotels, body armor, and heavy equipment. He is also experienced in antitrust, bankruptcy, hotel management, contract, and commercial matters.
Products liability plaintiffs lawyer W. Mark Lanier will open a new Los Angeles office for his Houston-based firm, The Lanier Law Firm. The Los Angeles office, in Century City, will focus on litigation, primarily in the areas of asbestos exposure, intellectual property, pharmaceutical liability, and maritime law.
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.