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<i><b>Case Study</b></i> Aon's Matter Management Solution
Aon experienced significant growth in the 1980s and 90s, both organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions. The growth brought about tremendous business gains, but created operational challenges that lingered for many years. One of these was the legal department.
Aon had expanded its global legal staff to more than 100 attorneys and an equal number of support staff to manage its growth and meet an ever-changing and complex regulatory environment. Each new acquisition that expanded our reach into a new market brought a host of new legal questions. However, by the mid-2000s, each of our legal offices were using a different system to manage documents and legal processes. We sought an enterprise class legal document and matter management system that would standardize the department's processes and also give us company-wide visibility into legal matters, spend and liabilities, as well as compliance and regulatory issues.
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.
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.
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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.