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Duane Morris Partner Jane L. Wexton to Speak at PLI's Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute 2008
April 24, 2008 | San Francisco
| PLI California Center
Duane Morris partner Jane L. Wexton will be a speaker at the Practising Law Institute's "Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute 2008, to be held on April 24-25, 2008, at the PLI California Center in San Francisco. Ms. Wexton's presentation is titled "A View from the Trenches: Effective Communications and Training."
Why You Should Attend
The state of corporate compliance is changing dramatically. The advent of new and more stringent government regulations and oversight and better informed management is causing a shift in the responsibilities and priorities of legal, ethics, and compliance departments and the corporations they serve. At no time has promoting and maintaining an ethical corporate culture been more crucial to a company's survival, well-being, and success. Are you and your company prepared to thrive in this new environment?
At the Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute, a distinguished faculty, drawn from major corporations, ethics organizations, law firms, academia, and the government, will give you the tools you need to develop and advance an effective compliance program, successfully promote your program and keep you and your company abreast of all the latest developments in corporate compliance. The leading experts in the field will discuss how to make your company?s compliance plan stand up to the rigorous new standards. Learn about the current developments in compliance, governance and ethics and how to create and maintain that elusive "tone at the top," along with practical tips on how to effectively manage, communicate, train on, and measure and audit your compliance program.
What You Will Learn
- Recent developments in corporate compliance, including higher expectations on documentation
- How to conduct and design compliance risk assessments to obtain the most valuable information
- The evolving role of the Board – where governance and compliance meet
- How to perform effective compliance audits
- A compliance officer?s perspective on communications and training
Who Should Attend
The Institute will benefit anyone involved in the substantive or procedural aspects of corporate compliance and ethics, including general counsel and other in-house counsel, compliance and ethics officers, compliance and ethics managers, business managers, and outside counsel involved in advising on compliance and ethics subjects or programs.
Special Features
- Case Studies: Practitioners address your concerns and issues through hypothetical and real-world situations
- Luncheon Presentation: Federal Enforcement and Corporate Compliance: Knowing and Managing the Risks
Live Webcast
Simultaneous live webcast of the New York session is available for individual viewing. Webcast participants will receive streaming audio and/or video of the program, view and print the Course Handbook, and have the ability to submit questions electronically.
For more information or to register online, please visit the PLI website.