Compliance Programs and the Corporate Sentencing Guidelines (Westlaw, login required)
A step-by-step guide that examines compliance programs under the sentencing guidelines and suggests how to prevent and detect violations of law. It covers the standards and procedures necessary to:
Prevent and detect violations
Train employees
Delegate authority
Handle internal whistle-blowing and disciplinary measures
Establish a compliance officer position
Ensure appropriate oversight by directors
Corporate Criminal Liability (Lexis, login required)
Corporate Criminal Liability and Prevention provides essential guidance on all aspects of this critical area-the sources of corporate criminal liability, the immediate and collateral consequences of conviction, and the available defenses to, and limitations on, liability. This up-to-date guide also examines current prosecutorial discretion standards, amnesties and sentencing guidelines. It instructs corporate counsel on how to adopt forward-looking compliance policies that can prevent criminal liability and how to mitigate the severity of penalties when they are unavoidable
Corporate Compliance Portfolios (Bloomberg, login required)
This link takes the user to the login screen for Bloomberg Law. The coporate compliance portfolios can be found by following these steps: (1) login, (2) click on the secondary sources tab, and (3) click on Search BNA Portfolios.
ABA Corporate Director's Guidebook (Bloomberg, login required)
The primary purpose of the Guidebook is to provide concise, practical guidance to corporate directors in meeting their responsibilities. The Guidebook focuses on the role of the individual director in the context of the duties and functions of the board and its key committees (audit, compensation, and nominating and governance). Although many director decisions and tasks occur against a legal backdrop, the Guidebook attempts to avoid legalisms.
In-House Counsel's Essential Toolkit (Bloomberg, login required, click on "Full Contents" on the left for TOC access)
The best way to serve the in-house counsel members of our community was to collaborate with colleagues nationwide—both in-house and outside—to create a guidebook filled with annotated forms, general advice, and practical tips. The desire was to create a publication that in-house counsel could use to quickly understand the key issues in matters that arise often, but that are outside their particular area of expertise.
Westlaw Corporate Counsel Secondary Sources (Westlaw, login required)