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Follow on Google News | Ryan Rohlfsen, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP to Speak at KC’s FCPA Voluntary Disclosure WebcastBy: The Knowledge Group, LLC For further details, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org/ About Ryan Rohlfsen Ryan is a partner of Ropes & Gray in the government enforcement group. Ryan has extensive international legal experience as a federal white collar criminal prosecutor and a complex corporate litigation specialist. He has led investigations around the world related to criminal and civil anti-corruption concerns, securities law issues, and other serious matters in addition to litigation both criminal and civil matters through trial. Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Ryan served as a Senior Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Fraud Section. Based in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, Ryan was part of a small group of federal prosecutors responsible for global enforcement of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In that role, he successfully led numerous investigations into alleged criminal violations of the FCPA by major corporations and individuals and worked extensively with foreign and domestic law enforcement, as well as civil regulators including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Also while at the DOJ, he prosecuted cases involving investment fraud, bank fraud, domestic bribery, and other complex white-collar crimes. Before the DOJ, Ryan worked as a litigation attorney at a large international law firm in their Chicago and European offices, advising clients on civil, criminal, and regulatory matters in numerous countries. About Ropes & Gray LLP Ropes & Gray, a global law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers and professionals, has a rich history of achieving success for the world’s leading businesses, educational institutions and technology innovators from offices in the world’s major centers of business, finance, technology and government – Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, London, New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The firm has consistently globally ranked practices in private equity, M&A, finance, investment management, hedge funds, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation, securities litigation and government enforcement. Event Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission frequently espouse the benefits of Voluntary Disclosure of FCPA Violations. Yet, determining whether and when to voluntarily disclose a potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violation is a difficult decisions for a company and their counsel. Volunteering disclosure runs the risk of disclosing potentially illegal conduct while non-disclosure in effect guarantees a government investigation and makes it highly likely the company will be required to enter into a settlement and pay a fine or other monetary remedy to the government. Bruce Hinchey, an attorney attending The George Washington University Law School has published data that questions the value of voluntary disclosure in a publication entitled ‘Punishing the Penitent: Disproportionate Fines in Recent FCPA Enforcements and Suggested Improvements.’ This valuable two hour CLE webinar, arranged by The Knowledge Group, will provide the audience with insight into the approaches taken by the DOJ and SEC to voluntary disclosures of potential FCPA violations, the issues that companies and their counsel must consider prior to voluntarily disclose, and strategies that companies can develop to reduce risk and to minimize penalties. Some of the major topics that will be covered in this course are: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Voluntary Disclosure : An Overview FCPA Enforcement Trends Self-Reporting: Best Practices to Achieve Best Possible Resolution in an FCPA Enforcement Matter From compliance program to internal investigation and remediation to approach with enforcement agency About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series The Knowledge Congress was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register to an event, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org/ End
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