November 5, 2013, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (E.D.T.)
In recent years, in-house counsel simultaneously have assumed greater responsibility for corporate risk management even as law enforcement agencies have focused increasingly on holding in-house counsel responsible for corporate risk management failures. This One-Hour Briefing explores the challenges faced by in-house legal departments in managing these new responsibilities and risks. The topics include:
- New theories of in-house counsel liability;
- Special risks to in-house counsel in managing internal investigations;
- Lessons learned from DOJ criminal prosecutions of in-house counsel (Computer Associates, GlaxoSmithKline, others);
- Special problems in robust risk management including the need for strong compliance programs, as well as training and advising the board on risk issues; and
- The crisis management minefield.
Moderator:
Gregory J. Wallance - Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP (New York Office)
Mr. Wallance served as Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, was a member of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group to the U.S. Sentencing Commission on the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines, and has testified in Congress on corporate governance issues. He was also Chief Litigation Counsel to Kidder Peabody & Co., Inc. (while a Kaye Scholer partner).
Panelists:
Amy J. Conway-Hatcher - Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP (Washington, DC Office)
Ms. Conway-Hatcher is head of Kaye Scholer’s Washington, DC White Collar Litigation and Internal Investigations Practice. She is engaged in all aspects of crisis management, representing corporate and individual clients in sensitive corporate internal investigations or criminal and civil enforcement matters before the Department of Justice, US Attorney’s Offices, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal and state regulators.
Diane Holt Frankle - Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP (Palo Alto Office)
Ms. Frankle concentrates her practice in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, disclosure, crisis management and internal investigations. She regularly advises boards of directors and board committees on fiduciary duties, corporate governance matters and disclosure issue and co-chairs the ABA’s Joint Task Force on Governance Issues in Business Combinations and the ABA’s Delaware Business Law Forum.
Juliette W. Pryor - EVP, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, US Foods, Inc.
In this role, Ms. Pryor is responsible for all legal, risk management and ethics and compliance functions. Prior to joining US Foods, which is the 10th largest private company in the America, Ms. Pryor worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP where she counseled domestic and international corporate clients in various aspects of sales, acquisitions, corporate restructurings and other insolvency matters and advised major Latin American companies.
Zaldwaynaka (Z) Scott - Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP (Chicago Office)
Co-Chair of Kaye Scholer’s Chicago White Collar Litigation and Internal Investigations Practice, Ms. Scott, a former federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago and former Illinois Inspector General, represents corporations and individuals in high stakes criminal and regulatory investigations. Her practice also includes conducting corporate internal investigations, counseling on crisis management, ethics and corporate compliance matters.
Acknowledgments:
Special thanks to Kaye Scholer attorney Ori Blum (Associate, New York Office), whose research and assistance was instrumental in developing this seminar.
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