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Career Journal: Reinventing the Interview
For the most part, legal marketing executives possess tremendous interviewing prowess. Most are able to present their career stories in an attractive, cogent manner. Writing skills honed while developing marketing collateral; brochures, advertisements, press releases, proposals and presentations easily transfer into effective resume writing. Similarly, presentation skills are refined and come through during interviews. As a lot, marketing executives are typically well-prepared for interviews, having done their homework, often asking thought-provoking and insightful questions, and generally, having very likable dispositions. As such, many have the innate ability to take control of the interview ' skillfully influencing the topic of discussion and cadence of the session.
Despite their interviewing success historically, candidates for legal marketing positions are more likely to be facing a higher level of scrutiny on multiple fronts that could easily trip up an otherwise strong interviewer's performance. The line of questions too may be very different from what they are used to. Law firms are assessing more carefully prospective leaders across all management fronts, but especially in marketing.
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.
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.
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.