Category — White Collar Criminal Defense

Tuesday, October 28:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partners John M. Dowd and Andrew J. Rossman will be presenting a free webinar titled “Who’s Going to Court, Who’s Going to Jail?: Civil and Criminal Law Enforcement in the Wake of Financial Crisis.”  The program will address issues such as—

• assessing what laws, regulations and legal theories are available to federal and state law enforcement
• examining potential private litigation causes of action and the likely targets of such civil lawsuits
• evaluating the impact recent federal court rulings, such as Stoneridge, will have on civil litigation
• analyzing possible plaintiffs’ and defendants’ legal strategies in civil and criminal actions.

The live webinar takes place on Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST.  To view the program, please go to the Washington Legal Foundation Web site at www.wlf.org.  The program will be recorded and available for later viewing on the Foundation’s Web site, as well.

Wednesday, October 29:

With credit tight, corporate managers are looking for other ways to grow their businesses.  Strategic partnerships fit the bill.  But corporate finance experts say such hook-ups—while often appealing—come with their own set of problems.

On Wednesday, October 29, Financial Week M&A reporter Tim Catts, along with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s C.N. Franklin Reddick III and KPMG Corporate Finance LLC’s Cherie Smith Homa, will participate in a live Financial Week Webcast—”To Buy or Not to Buy? Why a Strategic Partnership May Be the Way to Go”-in which they will discuss the promise and perils of strategic partnering.

To register for this free webcast, visit the Financial Week Web site.

Criminal cases come in all shapes and sizes in regulatory and business garb. They are not neatly labeled and packaged.  The consequences of all of these inquiries—private and public—can be fatal if not carefully and thoughtfully managed by experienced criminal lawyers.

Currently, there are 1,400 full-blown investigations underway in the country.  This current hysteria will make Enron look like child’s play.  Congress is considering spending $700 billion and the taxpayers want someone hung from the next tree. The citizen calls on the Hill are running 400-1 against the bailout legislation. The DOJ has sent document freeze letters to all agencies and institutions involved and the SDNY has issued Grand Jury subpoenas. The investigative committees on the Hill are sure to follow.

Why? This entire crisis is under a massive criminal/congressional investigation and the atmosphere is poisonous. That means every executive of every company or agency under inquiry can expect to be interviewed by someone who is working with or for the FBI. For example, suppose today, an internal auditor in a banking entity wanted to interview the former CEO about a deal with an investment banking house. These are complicated matters in a toxic environment that require counsel because how you behave during an inquiry is more important than the subject under inquiry.

For more information, please contact—

• John Dowd, 202.887.4386, Washington DC