Business

Event: conversation between white-collar crime enforcers, businesses and counsel

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 @ 2:38 PM | By Elisa Birnbaum

Osler will be hosting a live roundtable discussion moderated by Lawrence Ritchie, chair of Osler’s risk management & crisis response group on Feb. 28 from 4 to 5:45 p.m.

The conversation will feature:

Ann Koenig, RCMP officer in charge of GTA financial crime unit
Jeff Kehoe, director of enforcement, Ontario Securities Commission
Stephan Luciw, assistant deputy commissioner, Ontario region, Competition Bureau
Linda Chatman Thomsen, partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, former director of enforcement SEC
Phillip Warren, partner, Covington & Burling LLP, formerly with U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division

Topics explored will include:

When and how enforcement officials expect businesses to voluntarily report matters;
The relationship among self-generated internal investigations and those pursued by regulators and the police;
Where whistleblowing fits in the enforcement context; and
Whether and how tools such as no contest settlements, deferred prosecution agreements and immunity/leniency programs effectively advance interests engaged.