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Let's Welcome Our New Board of Editors Members
With the June issue of MLF, we welcome three new members to our Board of Editors.
Mark Beese
Mark Beese is President of Leadership for Lawyers, a consultancy focused on helping lawyers become stronger leaders and business developers. With 20 years of experience in marketing, business development and strategy with professional service firms, Mark helps lawyers and other professionals become better business developers and leaders. He consults to law and other professional service firms on matters of marketing, business development, client feedback, client service and leadership development. Mark is the former Chief Marketing Officer for Holland & Hart. In 2006, the MLF 50 named Holland & Hart among the top 12 law firms in the United States for marketing excellence. Mark will be taking over the Law Firm Leadership column. His first article appears on page 1.
Murray M. Coffey
Murray M. Coffey is Jenner & Block's Business Development
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.
Marketing Analytics: More Is Not Always Best
In the past few decades, law firms have made great strides in catching up with the rest of the corporate world and are reaping the benefits of all kinds of marketing. This acceptance by firm management is in great part due to an increased appreciation of analytics, made possible by digital marketing and social media.