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Responding to Bullying
A family consults with your office concerning their child, who has been victimized by bullying at her high school for over a year, and cannot tolerate the abuse any longer. The family has attempted to deal with the issue at the school level by directly engaging the school's administration from the teacher to the principal, only to be met with frustration and inaction. Their child is suffering, her grades have fallen, and she is depressed. The parents have enrolled her in therapy. However, the situation remains intolerable.
Your first thought might be that this family has come to the wrong attorney. You deal with matrimonial matters, adoptions and child protection issues. But the parents in your waiting room are disappointed and frustrated and they have sought legal counsel. Their goal is to spur the educational community into action, stop the bullies from harassing their child, and assist her in regaining the peace she is entitled to enjoy. You want to assist them and their child, but you may know little about the issue of bullying and even less about what legal steps are available to deal with this situation.
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.
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.
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.