The Datakos Blawg

This blawg shares perspectives and collects news on developments in corporate governance, compliance and ethics, records management policy development and litigation management. We also publish ideas involving law firm/corporate law department relations and client relationship management in general.

Author: Rick Wolf is the founder of West Orange, N.J.-based Lexakos, a legal business consulting group specializing in compliance and ethics program management, records management policy deployment, and business conflict resolution. Wolf is also vice chair of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice's corporate counsel committee.

Blawg Related Categories: Corporate Law • Corporate Compliance • In-house Counsel • Legal Ethics • Consultant • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from The Datakos Blawg

Justice Department Revises Charging Guidelines for Prosecuting Corporate Fraud
NEW YORK – Deputy Attorney General Mark R. Filip announced today that the Department of Justice is revising its corporate charging guidelines for federal prosecutors throughout the country. The new guidance revises the Department’s Principles…
H.R. 6610: To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine
Texas Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D) has introduced HR 6610, a bill that is in the first step in the legislative process toward having a new, codified law governing inadvertent disclosure and waiver of attorney-client and work…
Morning Bell: Time Running Out to Protect a Fundamental Civil Right
Posted July 17th, 2008 at 9.05am in Rule of Law. The Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy … the assistance of counsel for his defense.”…
Responding to Auditors Without Waiving Attorney Work-Product Protection A practical guide for counsel
Alan I. Raylesberg and Lawrence E. Buterman Special to Law.com In order to comply with various provisions of the federal securities laws, a public company must have its financial statements audited by an independent…
AG Mukasey Hints at Revision of McNulty Memo, Spars With Senators at Hearing
Pedro Ruz Gutierrez Legal Times Wednesday morning’s oversight hearing of the Justice Department by the Senate Judiciary Committee got off to a contentious start between Attorney General Michael Mukasey and the committee’s top senators. And…
Backers Expect Attorney-Client Privilege Bill to Pass
Zach Lowe The American Lawyer 06-25-2008 A bill that would protect attorney-client privilege during federal investigations of corporations gained another major supporter Tuesday when Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., added his name to…
Subpoenas Seeking E-Mails Meet Resistance
By Tresa Baldas The National Law Journal Civil litigants are increasingly trying to get their hands on e-mails to prove their cases, but Internet service providers are starting to challenge their subpoenas — and courts…
E-Mail at Work: Tips to Keep You Out of Trouble
by Heidi Glenn Ever wonder whether your boss is looking over your shoulder as you write e-mails from work? You’re not being paranoid. Companies large and small have turned to monitoring employee e-mail, looking for…
The email age…
E-mail. It was supposed to make communication easier, maybe even make life more manageable. The benefits are obvious — speed, global reach, mobility. But many people feel burdened rather than liberated. NPR looks at the…
A New Breed of Attorney Enters the Fray
By Irene Gamer New Jersey Law Journal June 13, 2008 In an article entitled “E-Discovery Attorneys: Hot or Not?” published at Law.com, a recruiter named Seth Davis contended that the recent technology boom has produced…