LOS ANGELES – September 1, 2011 – Arent Fox's Terree Bowers and Stephen G. Larson, along with several other high-profile white collar defense attorneys, last month participated in a roundtable discussion of the Dodd-Frank Act’s new whistleblower provisions and the federal government’s use of wiretaps.

The discussion was moderated by California Lawyer magazine and reported by Laurie Schmidt of Barkley Court Reporters, and a published transcript of the discussion is in the September issue. In a preface, the magazine noted:

Two big issues on the minds of white-collar defense attorneys this summer are whistleblowers and wiretaps. Under the Dodd-Frank Act’s new whistleblower provisions, companies are hustling to compete with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s generous bounty for whistleblowers. Companies are incentivizing employees to handle problems internally by cultivating a culture of compliance through robust reporting systems and bonuses.

Our panel of experts from Southern and Northern California discusses these issues as well as wiretaps, the new UK Bribery Act, and health care fraud.

To read the full transcript of this timely and informative panel discussion, please click here.

If you have further questions about the issues raised in this release, please contact the Arent Fox attorney with whom you work or a member of Arent Fox’s White Collar and Investigations practice group.

Terree Bowers
bowers.terree@arentfox.com
213.443.7573

Stephen G. Larson
larson.stephen@arentfox.com
213.443.7616

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