Internal Investigations 2007: Legal, Ethical & Strategic Issues

Dates:

• Jun. 12, 2007(PLI New York Center — New York, NY)

Why You Should Attend:
Some of the most difficult legal, ethical and strategic issues in today’s regulatory environment and post Sarbanes-Oxley world concern internal investigations. How a company responds to alleged wrongdoing, including how it conducts an investigation, will often determine how government officials treat the company’s alleged misconduct.

At this advanced level program, a preeminent faculty will particularly focus on the thorny ethical issues that arise in internal investigations and will offer a two-hour ethics session. Further, the faculty will consider the perspectives of government prosecutors and regulators, in-house counsel, forensic experts and auditors and will offer practical advice on how to counsel your clients or your company facing an internal investigation.

What You Will Learn

• Current developments and hot button ethical issues including
  • Protection and waiver of the attorney-client privilege
  • Representing and interviewing employees
  • Handling whistleblowers
  • Advancement of employees’ legal fees
  • Joint defense agreements
• The Government’s perspective on internal investigations
  • Learn from a panel of senior federal and state officials from the Department of Justice, the SEC and the New York State Attorney General’s Office
• In-house counsels’ perspective on internal investigations
  • Learn from a panel of senior in-house counsel
• When and how to work with outside experts
• How to deal effectively with auditors

Who Should Attend
In-house and outside corporate counsel, internal auditors and compliance officers who conduct internal investigations will not want to miss this program. In addition, forensic accountants and other experts that handle internal investigations and government attorneys will find this program extremely valuable.

Special Features
Live Webcast – Simultaneous live webcast of the New York session is available for individual viewing. Webcast participants will receive streaming audio and/or video of the program, view and print the Course Handbook, and have the ability to submit questions electronically.

Special Bonus to all Registrants
All attendees will receive a complimentary copy of PLI’s comprehensive Internal Investigations 2007: Legal, Ethical & Strategic Issues* Course Handbook. This softcover, bound volume was written to augment the program and to stand alone as a permanent reference. PLI’s Course Handbooks represent the definitive thinking of the nation’s finest legal minds, and are often the standard reference in the field.

Please note: Individual Webcast attendees will receive a downloadable version of the Handbook the day of the program, and the Course Handbook after the program date.

Registration

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