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Records Management Goes 'C Suite'
Just 5 years ago, if you were to approach a C-suite executive about discussing his company's record-keeping policies and procedures, you likely would have been shown the door. After all, wasn't record-keeping, file storage and electronic data retrieval the purview of middle management; perhaps residing somewhere in facilities management, information technology, or human resources?
Today, a few years and numerous perspective-changing developments later, a topic that once resided quietly in back offices and file rooms has emerged at the epicenter of high-level business conversations around internal controls and risk management. What happened? Sarbanes-Oxley legislation clearly was a watershed event, elevating records management to senior executives' radar screens, as were several high-profile ' and costly ' legal actions related to record storage and retrieval. Further fueling the issue, technological advances have made records of all types both more easily accessed and more easily erased.
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.
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.
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.