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TransPerfect Legal

Inside the Mind of Corporate Counsel: Winning eDiscovery and Investigation Strategies

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How today’s in-house legal leaders are rethinking discovery, information governance, and collaboration in a data-driven world- The modern corporate legal department is navigating unprecedented complexity. Data volumes are...more

Kennedys

Board minutes under the microscope: Evidentiary value, privilege pitfalls and post-crisis reconstruction

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Board minutes are often treated as routine corporate housekeeping—prepared after the fact, approved quickly and filed away. Yet in litigation, regulatory inquiries and internal investigations, minutes frequently become one of...more

Carey Olsen

Guide to Workplace Investigations in Bermuda (International Employment Lawyer)

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We have contributed the Bermuda chapter to the International Employment Lawyer's guide to workplace investigations, which examines key issues that organisations need to consider as they initiate, conduct and conclude...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Beyond the Dream Heist: Inside Today’s Corporate Espionage Threats — Hiring to Firing Podcast

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In this episode of Hiring to Firing, hosts Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter use the film Inception as a springboard to unpack the very real world of corporate espionage and trade secret theft. Joined by Troutman Pepper Locke...more

Offit Kurman

Holiday Parties Without Headaches: Handling Complaints with Care

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The annual holiday party is meant to lift spirits, reward employees, and create a sense of connection as the year draws to a close. It is often one of the few opportunities for your team to relax together outside the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

5 Strategies to Reduce the Risk of a DOJ False Claims Act Investigation

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The Department of Justice (DOJ), via messaging from its leadership, has made clear it will prioritize and pursue aggressive civil False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement against companies that receive federal dollars....more

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

Managing Complaints and Inquiries: Navigating the Investigations Process

Picture this: You are meeting with a junior employee who tells you that she is concerned that a group within the organization is failing to comply with certain banking regulations. ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Thumbs Up for Upjohn: Sixth Circuit Upholds Privilege for Internal Investigations

On October 3, 2025, in In re FirstEnergy Corp., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated a district court order that, if permitted to stand, would have required wholesale production of materials generated in an...more

Oppenheimer Investigations Group

Finding Clarity in Chaos: The Art and Satisfaction of Workplace Investigations

Workplace investigations often begin in chaos. Investigators are called upon to sort out messy work conflicts, which might include any one or more of the following...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

ASIC Report 827 on whistleblowing practices of 134 surveyed companies: how does your company stack up?

On 4 December 2025, ASIC published Report 827, Insights from the ASIC Whistleblower Questionnaire: July 2024 to June 2025 (Report). The Report sets out the findings of a questionnaire conducted by ASIC into the whistleblowing...more

A&O Shearman

UK SFO New Corporate Compliance Guidance - What It Means For In-House Legal Teams

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In all of the SFO’s corporate prosecutions and Deferred Prosecution Agreements to date for failure to prevent bribery, there are common themes. One of these is that although the organisations had some policies and procedures...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Penn State RIO: To Build Crucial Trust, Understand Culture, Offer Resources

Being a research integrity officer (RIO) is a challenging and high-stress, high-stakes job, working to prevent misconduct and investigating allegations of fabrication, falsification and plagiarism....more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Webinar] Simplify Internal Investigations with Guardian Collaborate for Enterprise - December 17th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

In today’s complex data landscape, business-related communications and messaging data are critical and often only available from mobile devices. Today, 70% of investigations are internal investigations*. Join us for an...more

Hogan Lovells

Privilege Protections Held Firm, but Caution Should Remain: The Sixth Circuit Affirms Privilege Protections in Internal...

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On October 3, 2025, in a highly anticipated ruling in In re First Energy Corp. No. 24-3654 (6th Cir. Oct. 3, 2025), the Sixth Circuit granted a mandamus petition and vacated a lower court order that FirstEnergy, an Ohio-based...more

Adams & Reese

[Webinar] The 2025 Legal Ethics Year in Review: News You Can Use - December 10th, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm CST

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They’re back! Ethics lawyers Lucian Pera and Trisha Rich team up again this December to bring you their incisive take on the most important and interesting ethics and lawyering developments of the year....more

K2 Integrity

Reputational Risk Management In Internal Investigations: Controlling The Narrative Before, During, And After

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Reputational risk has become one of the most significant threats facing organizations today. While internal investigations once focused mainly on financial misconduct, modern challenges increasingly arise from cultural...more

Wiley Rein LLP

What Recent Enforcement Announcements and Judicial Decisions Mean for Internal Investigations

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The decision to conduct an internal investigation has never been an easy one for companies. Internal investigations are often the best way to get to the bottom of compliance concerns, protect privilege, lend credibility to...more

J.S. Held

Fraud Leaves a Trail: How Forensic Accounting and Digital Investigations Expose Financial Misconduct

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The term “forensic accounting” is often misused and misunderstood. Tell someone you are a forensic accountant, and the response typically is, “So, like that show, CSI ?” Sort of. But forensic accountants investigate numbers...more

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[Webinar] Simplify Internal Investigations with Guardian Collaborate for Enterprise - December 3rd, 10:00 am PST

In today’s complex data landscape, business related communications and messaging data are critical and often only available from mobile devices. Today, 70% of investigations are internal investigations*....more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] 14th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 2nd - 4th, Berlin, Germany

Join us for the 14th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute. We'll gather to share practical insights on the unique challenges of European compliance management, explore emerging trends, and connect face-to-face with...more

Stinson LLP

When Sports and Employment Law Collide — Playbook of Considerations When Starting an Investigation

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Allegations of misconduct are not unique to a certain type of workplace, but when they occur in sports, a larger spotlight and the potential for serious financial and reputational damage often follow. An effective...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Compliance Essentials Workshop - February 9th - 12th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

Kick-start your compliance education with this comprehensive workshop - HCCA’s four-day Healthcare Compliance Essentials Workshop is designed to provide foundational education on the key elements of a compliance program...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

What Public Companies Should Know as SEC Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Actions Witness Significant Drop

During last month’s Securities Enforcement Forum in Washington, DC, securities enforcement and white collar criminal defense attorneys highlighted an important shift of priorities happening within the Division of Enforcement...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Sixth Circuit Reaffirms Privilege and Work Product Principles for High-Stakes Internal Investigations

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On Oct. 3, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted a writ of mandamus, vacating a district court order compelling FirstEnergy Corp. to produce internal investigation documents protected by...more

Walkers

Preparing for Jersey’s new whistleblowing regime: Key insights and next steps

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Our recent seminar on Jersey's forthcoming whistleblowing regime brought together senior HR and compliance professionals and business leaders from Jersey and Guernsey to discuss what the changes mean for employers and how...more

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