Ryan Mcconnell

December 01, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Compliance remains a people business. And behavioral economics is the study of why people do what they do.

By Ryan McConnell, Meagan Baker, and Stephanie Bustamante

6 minute read

September 25, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

We were in Buenos Aires, Argentina when we found out Hurricane Harvey was headed to Houston.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

6 minute read

September 25, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

I can remember the first time I heard about Uber.

By Ryan McConnell

6 minute read

June 20, 2017 | Inside Counsel

In 2010, William Poundstone wrote a book on pricing called Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It). Poundstone lays out…

By Ryan McConnell, Meagan Baker

6 minute read

June 19, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Law firms will continue to use anchoring as a pricing model for legal work. Billable hours are very conducive to it. In-house counsel would be wise to read William Poundstone's book called 'Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It)' to understand the principles behind the pricing model. Once you do, you'll never look at a law firm discount the same.

By Ryan McConnell and Meagan Baker

6 minute read

June 15, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

This week it was widely reported that filming of "The Bachelor" series spin-off, "Bachelor in Paradise," was canceled after allegations of sexual misconduct involving two cast members. Both of whom were reported to have been drinking heavily during filming. The conduct was reported to occur with cameras rolling and no intervention by Warner Bros. (owned by Time Warner). Bachelor spokesman and Final Rose (no pun intended) chaperone, Chris Harrison, urged patience during the investigation.

By Ryan McConnell, Stephanie Bustamante and Erica Rose

6 minute read

June 15, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Last week, we made a trip to Zurich, Switzerland for client work and after finishing a day early made a side trip to Stuttgart, Germany to tour the Porsche…

By Ryan McConnell, Stephanie Bustamante

6 minute read

June 14, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Last week, we made a trip to Zurich, Switzerland for client work and after finishing a day early made a side trip to Stuttgart, Germany to tour the Porsche factory. Our friends at Porsche North Houston suggested we make the trip and showed us how to set it up. The trip got us thinking about our work in compliance.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

5 minute read

May 23, 2017 | The Recorder

Amanda Packel is the managing director of the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University, where she coordinates and executes the center's programs and projects and serves as co-director of Stanford Directors' College, an executive education program for board members and senior executives of publicly traded firms.

By Ryan McConnell

11 minute read

May 12, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Compliance will always be a people business. You can have the regulatory framework down, understand the business, and how to put together and manage a program, but to make it work you have to understand the people executing it—how they make decisions, which people will be effective on your team, and how they work together.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

8 minute read