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		<title>The costliest conflict-of-interest cases ever?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jkaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflicts and the Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The FCPA Blog keeps a list of the costliest FCPA cases in history. Doing something similar for COIs is a bit more of a challenge given that COIs can impact many areas of the law. Still, a COI blog should try to take a stab at developing such a list. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Type 2&#8243; Conflicts of Interest, Risk Assessment and &#8220;Inner Controls&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jkaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflicts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his comprehensive taxonomy of conflicts of interest in the financial services industry ,  Professor Ingo Walter of New York University distinguishes between the kind of conflicts  that a firm has with its clients (“Type 1” conflicts) and conflicts between a firm’s clients (&#8220;Type 2&#8243; COIs).   Because the coverage of the COI Blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Justice Department can learn about promoting compliance programs from a noted Marxist (meaning Chico – not Karl)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jkaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflicts and the Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The fundamental truth about incentives can be found in this classic exchange from Monkey Business: “Groucho:  Just how tough are you?  Chico:  You pay little bit, we’re little bit tough. You pay very much, very much tough. You pay too much, we’re too much tough.” And the application of that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarbanes-Oxley Section 307: Attention Must Be Paid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 21:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jkaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflicts and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gatekeepers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his blog on law and other subjects, Professor Bainbridge recently asked: “Did Wal-Mart lawyers violate their [Sarbanes-Oxley] 307 duties?”    It is a good question – among other reasons, because it provides an occasion to reflect on a conflict-of-interest based set of rules that were the subject of much attention when  first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independent Investigations (Part Four): Motivated Blindness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 14:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jkaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investigations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first posting in this series we described two types of independence criteria in investigations – one having to do with an attorney’s relationships with the company and the other  her involvement in the subject matter being investigated. The second posting discussed independence issues regarding board members supervising investigations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEOs&#8217; COIs</title>
		<link>http://conflictofinterestblog.com/2012/04/ceos-cois.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jkaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apparent and Potential Conflicts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Directors and Officers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harm / Trust Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Economic Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said that “The rich are different than you and me,” and, along the same lines, CEO conflicts of interest can be pretty different than those involving people like you and me.  Consider this story – which likely would not have taken place with anyone other than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conflicts of Interest – a matter of perception?</title>
		<link>http://conflictofinterestblog.com/2012/04/conflicts-of-interest-a-matter-of-perception.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jkaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apparent and Potential Conflicts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policies and Procedures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Simon Webley A day doesn’t seem to go by without a news story about a politician or business person who has failed to recognise that they have is a conflict of interest. When this comes to light, they pay the price with their reputation.  In the Institute of Business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independence and internal investigations (Part Three): Wal-Mart</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jkaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investigations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first two posts in this series    gave an overview of the legal landscape regarding independence expectations for internal investigations. Today, I want to draw readers’ attention to a jaw-dropping piece that has just appeared in today’s NY Times about how Wal-Mart allegedly used an utterly un-independent internal investigation to cover-up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some C&amp;E presentations in the coming weeks</title>
		<link>http://conflictofinterestblog.com/2012/04/some-ce-presentations-in-the-coming-weeks.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jkaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 3, I&#8217;ll be speaking on a web cast presented by MetricStream on risk assessment and mitigation, with an emphasis on ways to make sure that identified risks don&#8217;t fall through the cracks. On May 16, I&#8217;ll be speaking at a symposium being held by the Rand Center for Corporate Ethics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes a conflict of interest a crime?</title>
		<link>http://conflictofinterestblog.com/2012/04/what-makes-a-conflict-of-interest-a-crime.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jkaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflicts and the Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Patrick J. Egan  COI is at the heart of a myriad of crimes, ranging from insider trading to FCPA violations, but when does a COI alone rise to the level of criminality? Standards differ between the public and private sectors. Congress and State Legislatures have sought to criminalize COI [...]]]></description>
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