We recently attended the first in a series of CLE corporate briefing seminars jointly sponsored by Sheppard Mullin and eTERA Consulting.  The seminars focus on emerging legal issues under the Obama Administration.   The focus of the first session was on understanding and managing cartel investigations in the U.S. and abroad. The panel of experts, including Robert Magielnicki, Donald Klawiter, and Jennifer M. Driscoll-Chippendale (all partners in Sheppard Mullen’s Washington, DC office), Daniel Brown partner in Sheppard Mullen’s New York office), and Bob Gillespie, Vice President ESI Consulting for eTERA Consulting.  A copy of the press release is here.

It was a well-balanced seminar in that it presented the substantive legal issues, as well as the case management and electronic discovery processes using a detailed hypothetical scenario.  We have attached a pdf  of the presentation which has a wealth of information on managing a cartel investigation: the substantive law, the process, the e-discovery challenges, etc.

The cartel program will be repeated in New York City during the second week of December, and will be offered by invitation only.  It is part of a continuing series by Sheppard Mullin and eTERA Consulting which we will cover and report on to our members.