FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 338, Steven Durham
In this episode, I visit with Steven Durham, a partner in the law firm of Labaton Sucharow. The firm is one of the leaders in the SEC Whistleblower practice. Durham describes his background and how he...
27 Jun 201728min
Day 18 of One Month to Better Investigations and Hotlines
Today I would like to review some best practices regarding a compliance hotline. The hotline should be developed and maintained externally. It seems axiomatic that employees tend to trust hotlines...
26 Jun 201712min
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 337, James Gellert
In this episode, I visit with James Gellert, CEO of RapidRatings, a company which uses a financial dialogue to determine third party supplier health and viability. Gellert explains what supply chain r...
26 Jun 201724min
This Week in FCPA-Episode 58
After last week’s guest announcers, Jay and I return for a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories, including: The first Declination of the Session’s Justice De...
23 Jun 201736min
Day 17 of One Month to Better Investigations and Reporting
Who to suspend during any Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation is always a delicate question to answer. Unfortunately there is never an easy answer. As the Volkswagen (VW) emission-testi...
23 Jun 201712min
Day 16 of One Month to Better Investigations and Reporting
Prior to the Schrems decision by the European Court of Justice, US based law firms could rely on Safe Harbor to use and analyze information from investigations conducted in Europe. However the Schrems...
22 Jun 201712min
Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 43
On June 16, 2017, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a Declination to Linde North American Inc. and Linde Gas North America LLC (collectively “Linde”). This is the first Declination issued by the ...
22 Jun 201728min
Day 15 of One Month to Better Investigations and Reporting
The concept of privilege in an internal investigation is critical. Two important privileges are the attorney/client privilege and the work product privilege. Unfortunately both are often miss-understo...
21 Jun 201714min
