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Case Study: Foley Hoag's Social Media Marketing Distinguishes a Hot Practice
Foley Hoag's Corporate Responsibility Practice helps international companies manage their risk, enhance their reputation and develop policies to respect human rights in remote reaches of the world. However, innovative marketing was needed to make the practice stand out from consulting firms with similar practices. They needed to educate the clients as to why a law firm is best suited to handle this type of work.
Attracting clients was not a problem. The 250-lawyer firm advised BP on human rights, security practices, and rule of law issues regarding its BTC oil pipeline project, which cuts through 1,100 miles in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. Foley Hoag also advised fashion house Polo Ralph Lauren on its global human-rights compliance program, making sure it complied with international norms. In addition, the law firm analyzed the corporate responsibility codes of 100 multi-national companies on behalf of the World Bank Group.
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.