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Wayne Steinberg has become counsel to Hoffer Adler LLP in Toronto, Canada, in addition to retaining his responsibilities as General Counsel with WSI, a Canada-based franchisor providing digital marketing solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.
Deborah Coldwell, a partner in the Business Litigation Section and the Franchise and Distribution Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP, has been nominated as the next chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising. Coldwell is an active member on the Forum's Governing Committee and is the publication officer, overseeing the preparation, production, and publication of all handbooks, manuals, desk books and monographs for the Forum. She is also a featured author in the first edition of the American Bar Association's Franchise Litigation Handbook. Forum members will vote on committee nominations during the Forum's annual business meeting on Oct. 5 in Los Angeles. The Forum chair is elected for a two-year term that will begin in August 2013. Once elected, Coldwell would become the 16th chair (third female chair) of the Forum in its 36-year history.
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.