Should You Start Your Own Law Firm? A Panel Discussion with Lawyers Who Did Panel Discussion Sponsored by University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law and the DC Bar Date & Time: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm CLE Credit: No Event Description**This is a free event, registration is…
AVOIDING DOMESTIC CORRUPTION PROBLEMS All organizations, regardless of their size and the industries interact with foreign, federal, state and local governments. Whether an organization does business with a government or is simply regulated by a government, the organization is exposed to the risk of corruption. As a result of media attention to investigations…
Get an overview of the problem One of the most difficult challenges for commercial and business clients is to detect, prevent, and mitigate internal wrongdoing by employees. This program planned by a former high ranking agent of the Philadelphia Office of the FBI and an expert in white collar crime…
My past is littered with evidence of my lack of scientific knowledge. A particularly shocking display of this occurred when I had to design and execute a “scientific experiment” in high school physics. My experiment was dropping a gold fish in liquid nitrogen and seeing if he would come back to life after he thawed….
Imagine you have a business and as part of that business you have a Ford pick-up truck with your business and phone number on the side of the truck. Eventually, you need to upgrade the truck, so you go to the Ford dealership buy a new truck and trade in the old truck. The dealership…
Funger Hall at George Washington University, 7:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. DC-PTAC Summit Agenda7:30 A.M. – 8:30 A.M.REGISTRATION & COFFEE CONNECTION8:30 A.M. – 8:40 A.M.WELCOMEMilton Goodman, Program Manager, DC Procurement Technical Assistance Center (DC-PTAC)8:40 A.M. – 9:00 A.M.Ana Harvey, Director, Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD)9:00 A.M. – 9:20 A.M.Dr. Vanessa Perry,…
Most companies get questions and complaints from employees about illegal or unethical conduct. When an employee asks these types of questions or levies a complaint, it behooves the company to conduct an internal investigation to get to the bottom of the matter. When a company conducts these investigations employees are interviewed and corporate documents are…
You want to overnight a letter from downtown DC to upper Northwest DC. You go into the U.S. Post Office to accomplish this task. There are three people in line for the self-serve kiosk. There are five-people waiting in line for the full service window. Thinking it will all move quickly, you grab the overnight…
In May of 2010, the US Government had lots of military and civilian personnel stationed in Iraq and it was dangerous place. To protect the folks in Iraq, the US Government awarded Triple Canopy a contract to provide security. Triple Canopy was supposed to repel attacks, go on roving patrols, shoot at bad people and…
Margaret Cassidy, Course Planner and Presenter for Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Corporate Compliance & Ethics: A Legal Requirements & Business Imperative Corporate Compliance & Ethics: A Legal Requirement & Business Imperative