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Highlights of 2016 and Predictions for 2017 Attract Year-End Media Interest
2016 has been a year unlike any other, with the U.S. presidential election campaigns and the Summer Olympics. Many industry, business and legal publications will assemble a year in review to summarize the significant new products, corporate transactions, litigation, legislation and court decisions of the calendar year.
They also will invite industry leaders to look into their crystal balls and speculate on what will be the greatest trends and issues in 2017: How will technology, competition, regulation, the new presidential administration and other factors affect industry sectors? How will these dynamic factors, in turn, reverberate in the local, regional, national and global markets?
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.