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Part 2: Corporations Pick up Attorneys’ Fees in Federal Prosecutions
Corporations have been under governmental pressure to waive attorney-client privileges. The question is whether or not this constitutional. This brief by Dr. John Copeland provides some insights into this ongoing discussion along with an update on where the law currently stands. Read this brief to learn more about the debate on attorney-client privileges for corporations and their leaders. | |
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| | | Who sets the ethical tone for the organization? Dr. John Copeland’s brief on setting the ethical tone presents facts and figures on how training is deployed or not deployed across organizations and within organizations. Some ethics training effectiveness results are conflicting based on an organizations interpretation of ethics training. Read this brief to gain insights on how companies are setting, or not setting, the tone for corporate ethics. | |
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| | | Rarely has there been a more compelling story of a distressed board than the story of Disney’s board in the 1990’s. Dr. John Copeland tells the story of how Disney’s board and shareholders got into this distressed state and how they got out of it. Read this brief to here the story of how Disney’s board played the role of “goofy”. | |
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| | | Ever wonder what is appropriate or inappropriate when it comes to taking personal time during and at work. With the explosion of the internet and email, personal time is redefined. Dr. John Copeland provides this brief to present some statistics and insights as it relations to employer and employee rights at the workplace regarding personal time. Read this brief to gain a deeper understanding of laws regarding personal time and how employers and employees should respond. | |
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| | | There is a great deal of interest in executive compensation. Dr. John Copeland provides this brief to cast light on CEO compensation models and plans. Dr. Copeland presents the many different variables that go into CEO compensation. Read this brief to understand the many variables that go into compensation plans for CEO’s. | |
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| | | Executive compensation has been a hot topic in recent years. So much attention has been given to his topic because of recent corporate scandals and, hence, the introduction of Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This brief, authored by Dr. John Copeland, sheds some light on the history of executive compensation and introduces some of the challenges associated with excessive compensation. Read this brief and find recent facts and figures that support a compelling opinion regarding executive compensation. | |
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| | | How effective is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)? This brief presents some challenges associated with SOX – the excessive costs, excessive responsibility, its difficulty to implement and, in some cases, its ineffectiveness to solve many of the problems it was intended for. Read this brief by Dr. John Copeland to gain deeper insights into the challenges and considered changes associated with SOX. | |
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| | | Dr. John Copeland’s brief presents a sticky topic – the whistle-blower – right or wrong. Dr. Copeland provides some valuable insights for both organizations and employees to consider when wrongdoing is observed. These valuable insights should be considered for anyone that is faced with an ethical dilemma. Read this brief to better understand how to handle any perceived or observed wrongdoing. | |
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Part 1: Corporations Pressured to Waive Attorney-Client Privilege
In this brief, Dr. John Copeland weighs the pros and cons of the practice of corporations taking on the financial responsibility of providing legal defense to its employees. Corporations are facing increasing opposition from the Department of Justice to end this practice which is causing some chilling consequences. Read this brief to gain new insights into the ongoing debate of legal defense for corporate employees. | |
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| | | Ninety-five percent of U.S. corporations are closely held. The shareholders, who are often family members and friends, actively manage the companies as directors, officers and employees. This article explains the unique fiduciary duties that exist between close corporation shareholders and how those duties impact shareholder disputes. | |
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| | | A deferred-prosecution agreement allows a company accused of a white-collar crime to avoid an indictment. An indictment can destroy a company, as happened with Enron’s former consulting and auditing firm Arthur Andersen. When an indicted company collapses, employees, shareholders and other third parties suffer. Unfortunately, some federal prosecutors use deferred-prosecution agreements in questionable ways. | |
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| | | If you are a victim of securities fraud you can file a law suite against the company that defrauded you. But what about those who aided the company in its fraud? Common sense says they also are liable, but not according to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Stonebridge Investment Partners LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta Inc. | |
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| | | The race for the White House goes on and on. We get a daily barrage of political advertisements touting each candidate’s qualifications. But can we trust any of them to tell us the truth? Does it matter if a President lies to the American public? | |
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| | | Millions of American workers invest in 401 (k) plans for their retirements. Many of those plans are managed by employers. How well a plan is managed determines when a worker can retire and the worker’s quality of living after retirement. A U.S. Supreme Court decision now makes an employer more responsible for timely following a worker’s investment instructions. | |
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| | | The costs and adverse publicity of defending class-action law suites often forces companies into settlements they ordinarily would not make. For years, companies unsuccessfully sought legislation to limit class-actions. Recent events may give companies some relief from class-actions. | |
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| | | Federal judges use the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to determine sentences for companies and executives found guilty of white-collar crimes. The Guidelines confuse many judges, lawyers and defendants. Recent court decisions make them even more confusing. Should the Sentencing Guidelines be rewritten? | |
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