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Use Twitter to Cut the Clutter
The other day, my son was sitting next to me while I did some work on the computer. He started pushing icons on my screen with his finger. My computer doesn't have a touch screen like my iPad, so nothing happened, but it demonstrated an expectation with which my son is growing up: He expects to get the media he wants, when he wants it, at a touch of a button. When I was a kid (not very long ago), the only options for watching cartoons were right after school and Saturday morning. My son will likely never have to deal with this constraint. I had to search through libraries to find content as a child; for my kid, finding content will be as simple as a Google search.
This search capability presents a problem, referred to by many as information overload. “I don't have time to answer my e-mails every day ' how will I find time to use social media?” complained one attorney. “I just can't handle sifting through any more information,” complained another. What these lawyers don't realize is that as this technology progresses, so does its ability to organize information.
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.