Prompted by the ongoing economic crisis, greater corporate accountability has become an increasing focus by politicians in Washington as well as courts and regulatory agencies across the country. Today's in-house counsel must not only juggle all the substantive compliance balls in the air, but the procedural ones as well, including ensuring preservation of the attorneyclient privilege.
This briefing is intended to update corporate counsel on some of the latest developments in corporate compliance, including:
The Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege: Who Is the Client?
- Distinguishing Between the Entity and Individual Officers
- Ethical Warnings
- Are Third-Party Consultants Within the Privilege?
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Overview and Recent Guidance from the DOJ on Enforcement, including:
- Overview of the FCPA
- Recent emphasis on enforcement
- Prosecution of individuals
- Recent theories of prosecution
- Encouraging and rewarding "voluntary cooperation"
- Review of recent cases
Employee Privacy in the Age of Social Networking and Other Websites
- The electronic workplace: Employee privacy rights v. employer monitoring obligations
- Whose text, email or page is it anyway?: Questions concerning intellectual property and advertising
Moderator:
Frances M. Green '87
Member of the Firm
Epstein Becker Green
Panel:
Vincent C. Alexander '75
Charles M. Sparacio Professor of Law
St. John's School of Law
James P. Flynn
Member of the Firm
Epstein Becker Green
Thomas G. Seaman '86
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
GoldenSource Corporation
This Continuing Legal Education Program will qualify for 2 Ethics CLE Credits.
Fee: $25 per person.
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