Designing Corporate Polices that Mitigate White Collar Crimes

This 25-page research report written for executives and attorneys features strategies for mitigating potential individual and corporate liability with respect to white collar crime. The report defines the role of counsel in working with executives to identify potential risks and develop a corporate compliance program which should be implemented throughout the company. The key elements of an effective corporate compliance program are identified along with the manner in which standards of acceptable behavior can be enforced from the top down. Leading attorneys provide basic steps a company should take to enact a corporate crime prevention plan and incentives to reward compliance or corrective action that should be taken in the face of non-compliance.

Other topics include:

• document retention policies
• spoliation; Medicare and Medicade
• federal sentencing guidelines
• anti-trust laws
• the foreign corrupt practice act
• securities law; proper documentation
• types of white collar crimes
• government investigations
• policy statements
• international crime
• the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• compliance training
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• the Corporate Fraud Task Force
• and attorney-client privilege

This Executive Report is written by:

• Stephen R. Delinsky, Seth L. Rodner;
• Eric W. Sitarchuk, Esq. & Bruce J. Casino;
• Joseph H. McMahon;
• Joseph F. Savage Jr.;
• Raymond C. Marshall & Donald K. Stern;
• Stephen R. Delinsky, Member, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC - Challenges for the White Collar Crime Attorney
• Seth L. Rodner,, Shareholder, White Collar Crime & Government Investigations Group, Fowler White Boggs Banker P.A. - Preventing White Collar Crimes
• Eric W. Sitarchuk, Esq., Partner-In-Charge; and Bruce J. Casino, Partners, Baker & Hostetler LLP - Outlining a Strategy for Corporate Compliance
• Joseph H. McMahon, Partner, Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP - Focus on Corporate Policy
• Joseph F. Savage Jr., Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP - Developing a Strategy to Prevent Corporate Liability
• Raymond C. Marshall, Co-Chair, White Collar Crime and Business Regulation Group; and Donald K. Stern, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP - Enacting a Corporate Policy

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