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Interviewing Children
The task of interviewing children whose parents are involved in child custody disputes often falls to judges and attorneys. Sometimes the attorney represents one of the parents, and sometimes the attorney is the child's representative. Most legal professionals who have been assigned the task of interviewing children have little, if any, training in conducting a forensic interview of children. Those who have attended trainings learned about the importance of asking open-ended questions and the potential pitfalls of asking children suggestive, directive, or leading questions. The learning was about how to interview.
What is not often taught is what to interview the children about, rather than how to interview the children. This article focuses attention on the content of child interviewing; that is, it discusses what to talk about with children.
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.