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In the Marketplace
CoreTech Leasing, Inc. of Newport Beach, CA, announced that it will be expanding into the semiconductor industry. The decision to diversify the firm's portfolio and expand into the growing semiconductor market is based on projections such as Gartner's, which forecasts semiconductor capital equipment spending to increase 15% in 2014 to a total of $38.5 billion, followed by projected increases through 2018. CoreTech, an independent technology and equipment lessor, also recently added Gary Atkins as VP of diversified technologies. Atkins was a founding member of two Fortune 500 equipment leasing companies, including Comdisco Electronics Group , with his division originating $3.6 Billion in asset-based business. Atkins was also an original member Babcock & Brown Electronics Management LLC.
Cole Taylor Equipment Finance of Chicago has opened a new office in St. Louis, MO, and has appointed Chris Byrnes as direct sales manager for the St. Louis region. Byrnes will be responsible for building client relationships and developing new lease and loan originations in Missouri, Kansas, western Kentucky, and western Tennessee. Byrnes joins Cole Taylor from BancorpSouth Equipment Finance' where he was a vice president and regional account executive.
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.
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.
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.
How AI Has Affected PR
When we consider how the use of AI affects legal PR and communications, we have to look at it as an industrywide global phenomenon. A recent online conference provided an overview of the latest AI trends in public relations, and specifically, the impact of AI on communications. Here are some of the key points and takeaways from several of the speakers, who provided current best practices, tips, concerns and case studies.