How to Effectively Conduct Internal Investigations: A Practical Guide
Overview:
An internal investigation conducted properly is essential to any business. It nips issues in the bud, keeps companies running, and saves millions of dollars from potential litigation. Not only do internal investigations help in ensuring ongoing legal and regulatory enforcement, but they also provide businesses with an opportunity to correct mistakes and identify risk areas before they become actual liabilities.
However, conducting an internal investigation can be a challenging task. If the investigation is done wrong, it can be costly, disruptive and time-consuming, and may lead to a variety of legal issues and complications. Thus, it is important to plan and carry out an internal investigation that is both effective and accurate.
In this LIVE Webcast, litigation lawyer Nancy Durand (Smith Buss & Jacobs LLP) and attorney and certificated workplace investigator Daphne P. Bishop (Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP) will provide the audience with an in-depth discussion of internal investigations. Speakers, among other things, will present a comprehensive guide on how to effectively conduct and establish an internal investigation while mitigating potential risks and pitfalls.
Key Issues:
- To investigate or not to investigate
- Developing an investigative plan
- Tips for conducting remote investigations
- Best practices for conducting witness interviews
- Making credibility determinations
- Preparing the investigation report
Agenda:
Smith Buss & Jacobs LLP
Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP
- To investigate or not to investigate
- Developing an investigative plan
- Tips for conducting remote investigations
- Best practices for conducting witness interviews
- Making credibility determinations
- Preparing the investigation report
Who Should Attend:
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Human Resource Professionals
- Risk Management Professionals
- Business Owners
- In-house Lawyers
- Corporate Ethics Professionals
Nancy Durand is special counsel with Smith Buss & Jacobs, LLP. She focuses her practice in the areas of litigation …
Daphne Pierre Bishop, J.D., AWI-CH, is a Senior Counsel & Chair of the Internal Investigations Practice Group at Carothers DiSante …
Course Level:
Intermediate
Advance Preparation:
Print and review course materials
Method of Presentation:
On-demand Webcast (CLE)
Prerequisite:
None
Course Code:
147789
NY Category of CLE Credit:
Skills
Total Credit:
1.0 CLE
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SPEAKERS' FIRMS:
About Smith Buss & Jacobs LLP
Smith Buss & Jacobs LLP (“SBJ”) is a full-service multidisciplinary law firm with offices in Yonkers, Manhattan and Garden City, New York. SBJ combines superlative legal service with a practical approach to deliver real-world solutions that ensure client value. SBJ’s attorneys, many of whom are veterans of large multinational law firms, deliver enhanced expertise across a broad range of legal services within the following practice areas: Corporate, Real Estate & Land Use, Co-ops & Condos, Employment, Litigation & Appeals, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations. SBJ is the preeminent law firm in the area of community association law, representing over 300 condominiums, cooperatives and homeowners’ associations in the New York metropolitan area, including the largest affordable housing corporation in the United States.
Website: https://www.sbjlaw.com/
About Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP
For over 25 years, CDF’s 45+ labor, employment and immigration attorneys practice collaboratively, from five offices across the state - in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, on cases that have helped shape labor and employment law in California. CDF’s attorneys represent and counsel national and regional employers on California employment law, as well as California-based startups, midsize ventures, privately and publicly held companies and Fortune 500 corporations on single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits. For more information, visit: www.CDFLaborLaw.com. To visit CDF’s California Labor and Employment Law Blog, click here.
Website: https://www.cdflaborlaw.com/