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How to Conduct Internal Investigations Efficiently and Effectively<br><i><font size="-1">A Roundtable Discussion</i></font>

By ljnstaff
February 01, 2017

Internal investigations are becoming increasingly common in the modern workplace. But how, exactly, can companies conduct investigations efficiently and effectively, while still protecting innocent employees? In this roundtable conversation, Katherine A. Lemire, President and Founder of Lemire, LLC; Jon Olson, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Blackbaud; Sean Renshaw, former federal agent and currently Director of the Digital Forensics & Investigations Practice at Stout Risius Ross; and Andy Wilson, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Logikcull, share their advice for conducting internal investigations. Editor-in-Chief Adam Schlagman serves as the Moderator.

By way of background, Lemire, LLC assists businesses, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and individuals in conducting complex investigations, compliance, due diligence, risk mitigation, and dispute resolution. Blackbaud, Inc. provides management software, services, expertise, and data intelligence for nonprofits, foundations, corporations, and educational institutions. Stout Risius Ross is a global advisory firm that specializes in investment banking, valuation and financial opinions, and dispute advisory and forensic services; and Logikcull is a cloud-based Legal Intelligence platform that automates e-discovery, internal investigations, and other data-intensive processes for enterprises, law firms, and governments.

Q. Government investigations can be broad and invasive to business operations. What can counsel for the organization under investigation do to work with investigators to narrow the scope of the information requested in such a way that prosecutors have access to the information they need to thoroughly investigate the case, but business disruption and cost associated with collecting, reviewing and producing information is kept in check?

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