In February 2022, a District of New Jersey court in United States v. Coburn took the surprising step of compelling a private company to produce internal investigation materials to two of its former executives, who were...more
Arkansas Men Convicted in $18 Million Global Investment Fraud Conspiracy - A federal jury in the Western District of Arkansas convicted four men of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money...more
In one of Aesop’s fables, a monkey dupes a cat into pulling roasted chestnuts from a hot fire, promising the cat a share of the bounty. The flattered cat complies — burns its paw in the process — only to watch the monkey...more
A recent case decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (covering Alabama, Georgia, and Florida) analyzed whether property damage investigators were appropriately classified as overtime-exempt...more
Canadian Institute’s 11th Annual Law of Policing Conference, returns this year, in a fully virtual and interactive format where experts will delve into legislative updates, precedent-setting cases, police liability and the...more
The importance of a thorough, independent investigation prior to taking adverse employment action was reaffirmed this week by the Fifth Circuit in Brown v. Walmart. Brown sued her employer, Walmart, for retaliation when she...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 11 (May 28, 2020) - Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham called for an investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to a trade row with China. The...more
On April 23, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 212-182 to establish the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (the “Subcommittee”) as a select investigative subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight...more
In McElrath v. Kalanick et al, the Delaware Supreme Court examined the liability of directors of Uber for an acquisition. The case arose out of Uber’s acquisition of Ottomotto LLC. Otto was founded by Anthony Levandowski, a...more
USC, Ohio State, Michigan State, and now, UCLA: How can big universities, with all the supposedly smart folks who head them, be so blind and deaf to student complaints that school personnel may be sexually abusing them? And...more
In July 2018, changes came into effect to improve the range, quality and timeliness of information available to the market and to remedy certain perceived conflicts of interest during the U.K. initial public offering (IPO)...more
The City of Long Beach has hired Best Best & Krieger LLP Of Counsel Gary Schons to conduct an independent investigation into the Long Beach Police Department’s use of a controversial communications app. TigerText, which...more
For a company under actual or potential government scrutiny, an independent internal investigation performed by outside counsel, sometimes coupled with cooperation with the government, can mean the difference between...more
In January 2016, I was asked to conduct an investigation concerning sexual abuse at St. George’s School, and the school’s response to reports of abuse, from 1960 to the present. At the time, St. George’s faced a firestorm of...more