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The Evolving Minimal Technology Footprint
Here's a theory: The cloud enables firms to adopt a legal project management (LPM) approach to billing, financial management, even client relations, with a minimal technology footprint ' all based on the introduction of a disciplined process, yet perhaps unorthodox approach. LPM in the cloud promotes a team and account management philosophy, including a broader attorney and firm user base all collaborating to provide better client service. While recently speaking at the LawTech Futures event in London, I heard a futurist give a fascinating perspective on how we are evolving from the economics of scarcity to the economics of ubiquity ' basically having easy access to everything! If we indeed have unlimited access, thanks to Google for information, Facebook for interpersonal connections and cloud deployments for collaboration, we should be open to exploring creative and social ways (think in terms of spheres as opposed to “top to bottom” lines) to organize our attorneys into teams and deliver better client service.
It Isn't About Technology
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.
Compliance Officers: Recent Regulatory Guidance and Enforcement Actions and Mitigating the Risk of Personal Liability
This article explores legal developments over the past year that may impact compliance officer personal liability.
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.