The ABA Compliance Officer's Deskbook


Book Description

The ABA Compliance Officer Desk Book is a user-friendly, practical, and real-world focused desk book written for today's compliance professional. Whether working in a big or small, private or public, established or rapidly growing organization, the Book's aim is to empower compliance professionals to better understand the regulatory and enforcement landscapes in which they operate. The Book issue spots compliance pitfalls and challenges across industries, subject matters, and corporate infrastructures and recommends practical solutions today's most high-profile, hot-button compliance topics. In doing so, the Book covers the waterfront of topics such as: - The Role of the Compliance Professional in today's Organization; - Labor Exploitation and CSR;- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") and U.S. Travel Act;- Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley Financial Regulation;- Health Care;- Pharmaceutical, Medical, and Food Products;- Product Safety;- Environmental Regulation;- Government Contracts;- Nonprofit Entities; and- Privacy and Data Security;- Preserving Legal Privilege;- Addressing Law Enforcement Activities;- Immunity Issues in Corporate Compliance;- Crimes of False Certification;- International Transactions Compliance: OFAC Sanctions;- The Corporate Whistleblower;- Corporate Voluntary Disclosures;- Department of Justice Pilot Program for Cooperation;- Deferred Prosecution Agreements, Non-Prosecution Agreements, and Corporate Integrity Agreements; and - Structuring Compliance Programs to Meet and Exceed Statutory Obligations. . Whether a new or seasoned compliance professional, in-house lawyer, outside counsel, regulator, or member of management, The ABA Compliance Officer Desk Book covers key compliance concepts in a manner that is both thorough and easily-digestible.




Model Rules of Professional Conduct


Book Description

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.







International Lawyer's Deskbook


Book Description

A reference tool for lawyers facing international legal problems outside their own areas of expertise.




Measuring Compliance


Book Description

Compliance, or the behavioral response to legal rules, has become an important topic for academics and practitioners. A large body of work exists that describes different influences on business compliance, but a fundamental challenge remains: how to measure compliance or noncompliance behavior itself? Without proper measurement, it's impossible to evaluate existing management and regulatory enforcement practices. Measuring Compliance provides the first comprehensive overview of different approaches that are or could be used to measure compliance by business organizations. The book addresses the strengths and weaknesses of various methods and offers both academics and practitioners guidance on which measures are best for different purposes. In addition to understanding the importance of measuring compliance and its potential negative effects in a variety of contexts, readers will learn how to collect data to answer different questions in the compliance domain, and how to offer suggestions for improving compliance measurement.













Franchise Desk Book


Book Description

Franchise Desk Book is your primary reference to the text of generally applicable franchise registration, disclosure and relationship statutes and accompanying regulations. You'll benefit from the expert commentary on franchise statutes and cases that provide you with a look behind the scenes with respect to the covered state's laws. In addition, this manual includes annotations of reported and unreported cases that are arranged and keyed to topics that franchise lawyers need and can understand, such as franchise fees, exemptions from registration and more. The unique annotation system that is designed specially for franchise lawyers will allow you to put your finger on cases that focus upon the issues that matter most.