ILR Events

Achieving the Right Balance: The Role of Corporate Criminal Law in Ensuring Corporate Compliance

April 21, 2009

Location: Washington, DC

Georgetown University Law Center Event: Sponsored by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform

Georgetown University Law Center and the American Criminal Law Review hosted a Corporate Criminal Law Conference: Achieving the Right Balance: The Role of Corporate Criminal Law in Ensuring Corporate Compliance. The conference focused on the current state of corporate criminal law. Participants analyzed corporate compliance programs and how a "good" corporate compliance program should be considered by prosecutors.

In cooperation with the American Criminal Law Review and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

The agenda was as follows. You can watch videos of the conference by clicking on the appropriate link. You will need to have the free RealOne Player installed on your computer to view these videos.

VIDEO #1:

Welcome

• Cheryl L. Evans, Special Counsel, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform

Introduced by: Kathryn Dyer and Andrea Kendall, Executive Editors, American Criminal Law Review

Morning Address: Corporate Criminal Liability: The Current State of the Law

• Andrew Weissmann, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP

Introduced by: Cheryl L. Evans, Special Counsel, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform

Panel 1: The History and Evolution of White Collar Crime: Where Do We Go From Here?

• Professor Albert Alschuler, Northwestern University Law School
• Professor Peter J. Henning, Wayne State University Law School
• Robert B. Fiske Jr., Partner, Davis Polk & Wardell
• Professor Sara Sun Beale, Duke University School of Law

Introduced and moderated by: Professor Erik Luna, Washington and Lee University School of Law

VIDEO #2:

Panel 2: The Challenges of Creating and Implementing An Effective Corporate Compliance Program

• Kathryn H. Ruemmler, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
• Barry J. Pollack, Partner, Miller & Chevalier
• Beryl A. Howell, Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission
• Lynn A. Neils, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

Introduced by: Cheryl L. Evans, Special Counsel, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform

VIDEO #3:

Keynote Address

• Larry D. Thompson, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, PepsiCo, Inc.

Introduced by: Cheryl L. Evans, Special Counsel, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform

VIDEO #4:

Panel 3: How Should Corporate Compliance Programs Be Factored into Government Decision Making?

• Professor Ellen S. Podgor, Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Electronic Education, Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law
• Michele A. Roberts, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
• Beth A. Wilkinson, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Introduced and moderated by: Professor Pamela H. Bucy, University of Alabama School of Law

Closing Remarks

• Professor Stuart P. Green, Rutgers School of Law