SAN FRANCISCO – Sept. 16, 2019 – Carolyn McNiven of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP will speak at the American Conference Institute’s (ACI) West Coast Conference on FCPA Enforcement & Compliance Pre-Conference Boot Camp, Sept. 24, in San Francisco.
McNiven will participate as a panelist in a session titled, “A Nuts & Bolts Roadmap for Developing and Strengthening Your Global Compliance Infrastructure.” Panelists will discuss the lengths and the limits of the FCPA, the most recent significant government investigations and settlements, how to successfully uncover potential relationships with government officials and corruption risks, how industries monitor their existing third-party relationships, and when to consider terminating a third-party relationship over bribery suspicions.
The two-day conference focuses on FCPA enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Speakers include industry leaders and attorneys in the fields of anti-corruption, compliance, and risk management. Topics will include cutting-edge risk mitigation strategies and compliance programs, and exploring the challenges of doing business in high-risk regions.
McNiven is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s San Francisco office and member of the firm’s White-Collar Defense & Special Investigations. A strong client advocate, clients bring their most serious government enforcement problems, criminal, civil or both, to McNiven. Her understanding of government decision-making is grounded in her long experience as a federal criminal prosecutor in Chicago, where she handled the most complex and sensitive white-collar investigations including several high-profile prosecutions of sitting state and federal officials and corporate executives. McNiven established and led Chicago’s health-care fraud task force, and has a deep familiarity with how the federal and state enforcement authorities analyze civil and criminal health-care matters.
About Greenberg Traurig’s White Collar Defense & Special Investigations Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s White Collar Defense & Special Investigations Practice protects companies and individuals under government scrutiny. GT’s creative defense lawyers are at the forefront of client service in the white-collar bar, with wide-ranging experience in structuring internal investigations, developing guidelines, implementing compliance programs, and addressing issues of voluntary disclosure. Our representations involve alleged securities and commodities fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, health care/pharmaceutical fraud, environmental crimes, money laundering, financial services fraud, public corruption/campaign finance, tax corruption, defense contracting, and bankruptcy fraud. In addition, the majority of GT’s litigation shareholders and counsel have first-chair trial experience
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has approximately 2100 attorneys in 41 locations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 20 on the Am Law Global 100.
Web: http://www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.
McNiven will participate as a panelist in a session titled, “A Nuts & Bolts Roadmap for Developing and Strengthening Your Global Compliance Infrastructure.” Panelists will discuss the lengths and the limits of the FCPA, the most recent significant government investigations and settlements, how to successfully uncover potential relationships with government officials and corruption risks, how industries monitor their existing third-party relationships, and when to consider terminating a third-party relationship over bribery suspicions.
The two-day conference focuses on FCPA enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Speakers include industry leaders and attorneys in the fields of anti-corruption, compliance, and risk management. Topics will include cutting-edge risk mitigation strategies and compliance programs, and exploring the challenges of doing business in high-risk regions.
McNiven is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s San Francisco office and member of the firm’s White-Collar Defense & Special Investigations. A strong client advocate, clients bring their most serious government enforcement problems, criminal, civil or both, to McNiven. Her understanding of government decision-making is grounded in her long experience as a federal criminal prosecutor in Chicago, where she handled the most complex and sensitive white-collar investigations including several high-profile prosecutions of sitting state and federal officials and corporate executives. McNiven established and led Chicago’s health-care fraud task force, and has a deep familiarity with how the federal and state enforcement authorities analyze civil and criminal health-care matters.
About Greenberg Traurig’s White Collar Defense & Special Investigations Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s White Collar Defense & Special Investigations Practice protects companies and individuals under government scrutiny. GT’s creative defense lawyers are at the forefront of client service in the white-collar bar, with wide-ranging experience in structuring internal investigations, developing guidelines, implementing compliance programs, and addressing issues of voluntary disclosure. Our representations involve alleged securities and commodities fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, health care/pharmaceutical fraud, environmental crimes, money laundering, financial services fraud, public corruption/campaign finance, tax corruption, defense contracting, and bankruptcy fraud. In addition, the majority of GT’s litigation shareholders and counsel have first-chair trial experience
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has approximately 2100 attorneys in 41 locations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 20 on the Am Law Global 100.
Web: http://www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.