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For Women in Law, 'Business Development Is Key'
A recent survey of women in law firms by Marketing the Law Firm affiliate The American Lawyer found that ' unsurprisingly ' women are concentrated at the lower levels of law firms. That wasn't news to Elizabeth Anne “Betiayn” Tursi, who three years ago helped to found the Women In Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), a lecture series that focuses on helping women become firm leaders. Six WILEF events have been planned for 2009 on both the East and West Coasts. A panel on June 23 in New York was entitled, “Different Approaches to Leadership for Women in Law.” Tursi, the principal of Tursi Law Marketing Management and the Editor-in-Chief of this newsletter, has been advocating for the career advancement of women in law since 1992, when she was the business development director at New York-based Kaye Scholer and became involved in several women's initiatives through the American Bar Association. We recently spoke with Tursi about the challenges women in law firms face. Her responses have been edited for length.
Q.: What is your honest assessment of how women are faring in the law firm world?
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.