This class is eligible for CLE Passport use. You will be able to select the CLE Passport as your payment method for no additional cost when registering for this course.

Credits: 4.0 ethics & professionalism credit hours*

*This class is NOT eligible for ethics credit in Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio, and Virginia, but is eligible for general credit in these jurisdictions.

Description: This popular and multifaceted class provides those who attend with an overview of how to develop and execute an effective compliance and ethics program, including a discussion of theories of criminal liability for an organization and its directors, officers, and employees. Our expert panel will also discuss a selection of laws, regulations, policies, and case studies that either require an organization to have a compliance and ethics program or provide best practices for a compliance and ethics program. The panel will call upon their experiences to provide practical methods for both large and small organizations, as well as nonprofits, to develop or manage an effective ethics and compliance program to mitigate the risk of criminal liability, including conducting risk assessments, developing internal controls, conducting internal investigations, and managing third parties.

This class is designed for experienced attorneys who advise organizational clients and in-house attorneys. These are among the topics the panel will discuss:

• Appreciating the requirements for organizations to have a defined ethics and compliance program to manage legal risks
• Learning the theories of criminal liability that prosecutors may use to investigate and charge organizations, directors, officers, and employees
• Receiving practical ideas for working with clients to establish effective methods to develop a practical, action-oriented ethics and compliance program
• Learning about the unique risks for an organization that works with governments (domestic and international) and with third parties, as well as methods to mitigate those risks
• Learning about emerging enforcement trends and recent prosecutions of organizations and their officers/employees for engaging in wrongdoing

To engage the audience and to tailor their remarks to those who attend, the faculty will poll those who attend on their familiarity with developing or managing an ethics and compliance program (whether they are in-house or external counsel) and on their knowledge of the topics being discussed.

Faculty: 

Margaret M. Cassidy, Cassidy Law PLLC

Erin H. Creahan, Compassion International

Mary Marks, Cassidy Law PLLC

Joan E. Meyer, Thompson Hine LLP