04.29.2008

Complying with Anti-Bribery Statutes While Doing Business Overseas: Update on the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (Seattle)

Washington State Bar has approved this program for 2 general credits.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 29, for a Lane Powell breakfast seminar about the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, with guest speakers from Kroll and Bat Works. Learn how accounting and internal control provisions are required to deter or uncover illicit payments to a foreign politician or public officials. Find out how to guard against civil and criminal sanctions.

Who should attend: In-house counsel, compliance officers, human resources professionals and others who must stay up-to-date about international business laws.

Cost: $40, prepay online; $50, pay at door

Agenda:

7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Best Practices/Compliance Issues on FCPA matters
Brian DeFoe, Shareholder, Lane Powell

8:25 a.m. Nuts and Bolts of Responding to a Government Investigation
Bob Calo, Shareholder, Lane Powell

8:50 a.m. Pre-employment Screening: Overseas Agents and Investigations
Maggie Strand, Client Executive, Kroll Background Screening

9:15 a.m. Conducting the Internal Investigation “On the Ground” Globally
Steve Cash, CEO, Bat Works, and Dave Hallman, Principal, Bat Works

9:40 – 10:00 a.m. Questions and Answers

Washington Athletic Club
Lobby Lounge
1325 6th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101