Compliance Today: What It Means for Your Business

What does compliance mean to you? Join us for a 90-minute event featuring presenters in Barnes & Thornburg’s Fort Wayne, South Bend and Indianapolis locations, with a webinar option for those unable to attend in person. The program is designed to elevate the understanding of business executives and IMA members relative to compliance in today’s ever-changing business environment. Topics include how to tailor your company’s overarching compliance program, as well as how to integrate best practices regarding environmental, antitrust, director liability, intellectual property, and OSHA concerns. We will also take a look at enforcement trends by the U.S. Department of Justice, including whistleblower activity. Attendees will leave armed with insights to allow you to critically assess the state of your overall compliance programs.

What Does "Compliance" Mean to Your Business?
Tabitha Meier, Barnes & Thornburg
A big-picture overview of compliance, the elements of an effective compliance program, and why having an effective compliance program makes good business sense.

Responsible Corporate Officers Doctrine: Personal Exposure in the Face of Compliance Failures
George Horn, Barnes & Thornburg
An overview and liability update on the Responsible Corporate Officer (Park Doctrine), especially given the recent 8th Circuit opinion in USA v. DeCoster.

Environmental Compliance
Tim Haley, Barnes & Thornburg
A look at environmental compliance issues for industry in the modern landscape, including an overview of substantive environmental issues, compliance issues associated with operations and new development, enforcement and litigation risks, and how environmental compliance fits into the overarching compliance program.

IP Compliance
Randy Brown, Barnes & Thornburg
A brief overview of the risks associated with infringing another’s intellectual property and how an IP audit and sound IP compliance policy can minimize these risks while enhancing the value of your own existing IP.

OSHA Compliance
Mark Kittaka, Barnes & Thornburg
A discussion of OSHA’s newest final rules, proposed rulemaking, and enforcement trends, including the areas of: mandatory electronic filing of OSHA logs and incident reports; anti-retaliation protections in injury/illness reporting procedures; prohibitions against mandatory blanket “post-accident” drug testing; prohibitions against safety incentive programs and/or bonuses; and whistleblower developments.

Antitrust Compliance
Alex Barnstead, Barnes & Thornburg
Antitrust rules of the road and a look at 2015-16 enforcement activity.

Where: Barnes & Thornburg's Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and South Bend offices

*This program is also being offered via webinar

When: Thursday, February 2, 2017

Registration: 11:30 a.m. (Eastern)

Program: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Questions? If you have any questions, please contact Jodie Daugherty at jdaugherty@btlaw.com or (317) 261-7922.