GIR April 2015

In this ‘Women in Investigations’ special issue, we hope to contribute, in a modest way, to the recognition of women’s achievements in the world of law.

A recent law firm survey by PwC found that while at the lower end of the hierarchy women slightly outnumber men, at the partnership level the numbers fall right off: just 17% of partners are female in the top 10 US firms. At this year’s ABA White-Collar Crime conference in New Orleans, panellists at a session focusing on women lawyers described the ‘unconscious bias’ in law firms.

Here we profile 100 women in investigations. This is not a ranking, although we certainly think that the women we’ve selected are among the very best. What is true of all of them, however, is that they are achieving great things in a competitive and notoriously tough area of law.

Also in this issue:

• US work-product and privilege protections under renewed scrutiny
• The impact of Fokker on US DPAs
• Goodyear FCPA resolution a “roadmap” for cooperation
• ‘Pursue, Prevent, Protect, Prepare’: The UK Anti-Corruption Plan
• UK POCA jurisdiction in cases of money laundering committed abroad
• The Due Process Guide
• ABA White Collar Crime conference: 
  • Caldwell: More declinations, fewer DPAs, tougher NPAs.
  • Patrick Stokes, DoJ: How to distinguish yourself
  • DOJ official; sometimes it’s ok not to self-report
  • Virginia prosecutors “flipped” Switzerland’s view of tax evasion
• People News