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So Much Social Media Data, So Little Guidance
The explosion of social networking represents a paradigm shift in online communications. According to the latest statistics, individuals now spend more time interacting through social networking sites than they do through traditional e-mail. (See, “What Americans Do Online: Social Media and Games Dominate Activity,” Nielson.com, Aug. 2, 2010.) Facebook alone now boasts more than 500 million active members, larger than the entire population of the United States. See, Facebook Press Room: Statistics (www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics); and Robert Schlesinger, “U.S. Population, 2010: 308 Million and Growing,” U.S. News.com, Dec. 30, 2009. MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other sites have seen similar growth.
This new mode of communication is not simply confined to personal use. Businesses have discovered social networking's marketing potential and have set up their own social networking pages to attract customers and promote their products or services.
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.