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What ERP Can Teach About ELM Adoption
With its origins in accounting, manufacturing, procurement, maintenance, and human resources, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) first emerged in the 1990s as an extension of Material Requirements Planning (MRP). The end game was about integrating company-wide business process and information to provide the insight necessary to manage and benchmark the global enterprise. Following in these same footsteps, Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) holds out the potential to link risk and legal data to enable the global enterprise to proactively mitigate legal risk, streamline the legal process, and make insightful decisions in response to market or regulatory changes. With ELM, the legal function transforms from the traditional role of litigation management to that of trusted business advisor. Drawing comparisons between ERP and the foundation of ELM sheds valuable light on how ELM systems can transform legal, risk, and compliance practices across the enterprise.
In the Footsteps of ERP
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.