The Cooperation Dilemma: The New Realities of Corporate White Collar Defense Practice

This timely conference will explore contemporary approaches to white collar prosecutions, including use of "The Thompson Memorandum." It will cover the following topics:

• The Origins and Purposes of the Corporate Cooperation Dilemma and the Phenomenon of Punishment by Indictment
• The Legal Context for Corporate Investigations
• The Defense Bar: New Professional Identities
• The Future of Cooperation

Confirmed speakers include:

Samuel W. Buell, Associate Professor of Law, Washington University, Former Lead Enron Prosecutor

Joseph A. Grundfest, W. A. Franke Professor of Law and Business, Former Commissioner, SEC

Robert Weisberg, Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law

Honorable Gerard E. Lynch, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York

Robert Morvillo, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, & Silberberg, P.C., Attorney for Martha Stewart

Mark F. Pomerantz, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Attorney for Frank Quattrone

Judge Lynch, Mr. Morvillo, and Mr. Pomerantz all formerly served as Chiefs of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorneys Office, Southern District of New York