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Solving the Business Risk Puzzle: Linking Insurance Coverages to Avoid Gaps and Minimize Losses
Increased regulations and class action suits over the last decade have resulted in a new and riskier corporate and management liability landscape—one in which as many as 60 percent of...Read more
John Albright
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Hub International Limited, USA
Cybersecurity: Overview of United States Guidelines
As the number of high profile data security breach headlines continue to mount around the world, so do the concerns for in-house counsel of how to prevent your company from...Read more
Rachel Stern
Senior Vice President, Strategic Resources, General Counsel , FactSet Research Systems Inc., USA
Dolores Longo
Corporate Attorney and Senior Business Analyst, FactSet Research Systems Inc., USA
On the Road to Recovery: Victims of the Madoff Fraud
In 2008, triggered by the financial crisis, two financial companies fell from power and grace, and were placed in liquidation under the Securities Investor Protection Act (“SIPA”). The failure of...Read more
Josephine Wang
General Counsel, Securities Investor Protection Corp., USA
The In-House Counsel as Legal Risk Manager and Business Partner: Are These Roles Compatible?
With a view to reducing the gap between the perception of the legal office (both internally and externally) and its actual role (communicated and implemented) and mental attitude, I wrote...Read more
Massimiliano Carpino
Global General Counsel, Gucci, Switzerland
First the Bribery Act, now the Banking Reform Act reverses the burden of proof. What can companies do to ensure robust compliance, pre-empt liability, and gain a distinct competitive advantage?
Rob Mason, Becky Stones, Derek Patterson and Toby Duthie at Forensic Risk Alliance in London examine ‘reasonable steps’ companies can take to affirmatively evidence compliance as they face a broadening...Read more
Toby Duthie
Partner, Forensic Risk Alliance, UK
Rob Mason
Partner, Forensic Risk Alliance, UK
Becky Stones
Partner, Forensic Risk Alliance, UK
Derek Patterson
Principal, Forensic Risk Alliance, UK
Smart Risk Assessment for Compliance Risk
Successful management of compliance risk lies at the heart of the compliance mission statement. Practical efforts to develop and expand upon existing methodologies are ongoing, with the goal of identifying...Read more
Maik Ebersoll
Head of Legal Operations, Linde AG, Germany
Florian Stork
Associate Senior Counsel – Compliance EMEA, The Linde Group, Germany
Enterprise Risk Management and the Role (and Life) of the In-House Counsel
Over the past decade, the financial services industry has adopted the language of enterprise risk management, e.g., ERM. Although it can seem otherwise, the mass production of checklists, heatmaps, and...Read more
Pete Maloney
Legal and Compliance Executive, Formerly QBE, USA
Enterprise Risk Management: (A Risk Assessment and Management Control Cycle-Determining if your company's risk appetite is too big, too small, or just right!)
After the collapse of major financial power houses, the push for corporate-wide risk assessment and management increased. At a national and state level, regulators and rating agencies are incorporating enterprise...Read more
Catherine Walberg
Senior Vice President/General Counsel, Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company, USA
'the Buncefield Aftermath' - Restoring Stability after a Crisis
Shortly after 6.00am on Sunday 11th December 2005, a series of massive explosions occurred at the Buncefield Oil Depot, near Hemel Hempstead in the UK. The resulting fire was...Read more
Jeremy Evans
Director, JECCS Commercial Consultancy Services Limited, UK
Legal Risk Management: How can it be Turned into a Competitive Advantage?
Legal Risk Management "LRM" is not a product that was contrived to create a need that doesn't exist. LRM consists of a combination of strategy, management and law. If a...Read more
Valérie Laurent
Head of Legal Knowledge Management, Total SA, France