Which scenarios should a company investigate and which should it ignore? Who should conduct the investigation? What should the goals be? How should interviews be conducted? This evaluation is a mix of practical and legal considerations. The session will analyse the numerous aspects to be taken into account when facing an alleged violation of internal policies or local law.
Do you know what legal requirements apply to records storage and how a "bring your own device policy" affects your company's document retention scheme? Document and records storage and retention is not only a key aspect of any compliance programme, but more so; a well-run records management policy can minimise compliance risk and legal spend.
This is a report on EU e-marketing requirements.
This is a sample regional communication regarding conflict of interest.
Understand what comprises an effective compliance program; Understand how organizations with international business units or markets may need to address language barriers and cultural issues when it comes to codes of conduct, compliance training, investigations and remedial actions; Learn to implement and maintain effective monitoring mechanisms and audit plans, which pose ongoing challenges for in-house counsel whose compliance hat is often one of many in their closet; Discuss the implications of compliance reporting channels, e.g., reports to the general counsel/chief legal officer vs. reports to the chief compliance officer; and Learn the nuts and bolts of rolling out and maintaining an effective global compliance program.
This Top Ten discusses the most important topics in due diligence that a General Counsel should know in 2015. This article is relevant beyond 2015.
This article is an AmecTek compliance case study.
The program will introduce a new (and fictitious) federal law that requires officers of corporations to certify, under individual criminal penalty, that all independent contractors are properly classified under federal, state and foreign law, and that all employees are properly classified for FLSA purposes, and parallel state and foreign laws. Work in small groups to do the following: Develop the outline of how they would go about assessing the legal risk to their organization based on existing practices; Develop a strategy for assessing additional resources needed to bring the organization into compliance, budget development, and management involvement; Develop a strategy for internal communications regarding the new requirements and methods for auditing compliance; Assess other needs associated with the operational impact of the law, including, but not limited to, possible organizational restructuring; and Create metrics, controls, and monitoring procedures for measuring the effectiveness of their compliance program.
This is a sample of performing services in new countries and high risk countries.
Learn how to field compliance issues in an environment where there are no supporting compliance resources available. Learn to recognize ethical pitfalls of fielding compliance issues while operating in dual capacities (as general counsel and compliance officer).