Antitrust Internal Audits on Pricing, Distribution Practices, Competitor Collaborations and More
Managing the Audit Process, Mitigating Regulatory Sanctions, and Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar/teleconference with Q&A
Conducted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Recorded event now available
This CLE webinar will prepare antitrust counsel to advise clients on developing and conducting internal audits. The panel will address how to conduct specific audits to evaluate pricing issues, collaborations with competitors, distribution practices, document creation practices, and trade association activities.
Description
Internal audits are essential to monitor compliance with antitrust laws. Conducting regular audits as part of an antitrust compliance program will help business clients uncover potential risks, identify corrective solutions, and minimize liability in the event of a regulatory investigation.
Counsel must develop effective audit processes to help their clients avoid costly government fines, civil damages, and sometimes even criminal penalties. However, counsel must also be aware of potential attorney-client privilege pitfalls and take measures to preserve it during the audit process.
Counsel must plan and make decisions about the timing for an antitrust audit, the appropriate type of audit to conduct for specific potential violations, the scope of the audit, documentation of the audit, preservation of the audit documentation, and follow up on any potential violations uncovered.
Listen as our authoritative panel of antitrust attorneys discusses the importance of conducting regular internal antitrust audits, outlines step-by-step guidance for conducting key audits, and reviews special considerations for attorney-client privilege during the audit process.
Outline
- Internal Audits Overview
- The case for audits
- Who should conduct the audit?
- Reviewing industry structure and client’s antitrust history
- Determining the scope and objectives
- Announcing the audit
- Document review
- Interviews
- Analysis & Recommendations
- Written report?
- Specific Audit Applications
- Compliance Programs
- Horizontal price fixing
- Merger Issues
- Monopolization & attempted monopolization
- Price Discrimination
- Resale Price Maintenance
- Trade association membership
- Government Contracting
- Commercial Bribery
- IP issues
- Post-audit issues
- Attorney-client issues
- Attorney work product issues
- Data Privacy and Protection
- Self-Evaluation
- Sarbanes-Oxley
- Auditors Letters
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- When is an antitrust audit necessary?
- What special approaches should be utilized to detect specific potential violations?
- How should the scope of the audit be determined?
- How is the attorney-client privilege best preserved in an internal antitrust audit?
- What are the best practices for documenting the antitrust audit?
Faculty
Richard J. Wegener,
Shareholder
Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis
He is a resident shareholder in the Minneapolis office, and he practices antitrust and trade regulation law. He advises clients in all aspects of antitrust law including product distribution and marketing, advertising and promotions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, consumer protection, intellectual property, and pricing.
Douglas M. Tween,
Partner
Baker & McKenzie, New York
He focuses his practice on antitrust, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, tax, securities, fraud, money laundering, immigration and RICO matters. He advises on crisis management, conducts internal investigations, and assists corporations with compliance, risk management and governance issues. He also has substantial expertise overseeing and managing large electronic discovery projects.
John F. Collins,
Partner
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York
He has over 35 years of extensive experience in representing and counseling clients in complex commercial litigation, antitrust litigation, securities and corporate governance litigation, intellectual property litigation, franchisor-franchisee litigation, merger and acquisition litigation, and administrative proceedings and arbitrations.
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