Ryan Mcconnell

October 22, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden told us that the NSA tracks us using a huge database of information. Corporate compliance programs, too, need to embrace data analytics.

By Ryan McConnell and Jonathan Davis

4 minute read

November 15, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Baker & McKenzie partner and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan McConnell looks at the new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act guidance—and isn't so sure it's everything compliance officers have been waiting for.

By Ryan McConnell and Charlotte Simon

4 minute read

August 28, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission have yet to provide updated guidance on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, but a look at some data captured in the Fortune 500 companies' codes of conduct provides some answers on how companies in different industries are addressing corruption risk.

By Ryan McConnell, Jay Martin, and Paula Bonavides

5 minute read

May 31, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The movie Moneyball showed how baseball franchises use statistics to improve performance. Now, some legal departments have begun gathering statistical data to evaluate their compliance programs.

By Ryan McConnell, Daniel Trujillo, and Katelyn Richardson

6 minute read

August 20, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Third-party due diligence is big business. For companies, it begins by considering a business relationship with a third party. The third party will perform some sort of service that the business either cannot or does not want to perform itself.

By Ryan McConnell and Shane Kimzey

4 minute read

March 04, 2013 | Daily Report Online

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced recently that the U.S. government would continue to make investigations and prosecutions of intellectual property crimes a top priority for the Department of Justice.

By Ryan McConnell and Tim McInturf

5 minute read

February 15, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

As part of a review of codes of conduct from Fortune 500 companies, we wanted to test the conventional wisdom on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and facilitation payments. The results are interesting.

By Ryan McConnell and Charlotte Simon

5 minute read

January 16, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

Can techniques developed in fields as diverse as weather forecasting and baseball management be applied to developing a risk-based compliance program?

By Ryan McConnell, Dianne Ralston and Charlotte Simon

7 minute read

June 06, 2012 | Daily Report Online

In the movie Moneyball, Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane, the innovative general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team who used statistical data about player performance to lead the team to 20 straight wins in the 2002 season. Beane analyzed how pitchers released the ball, where the ball crossed home plate, which pitches drew the most swings, and how often players got on base. Moneyball is a baseball movie, but more broadly it illustrates how empirical data and statistics have changed the way we analyze and solve problems.

By Ryan McConnell and Daniel Trujillo

6 minute read

June 11, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

At the University of Houston Law Center's second Ethics and Compliance Symposium, forecasting expert Dr. Philip Tetlock and ex-GlaxoSmithKline in-house lawyer Lauren Stevens stole the show.

By Ryan McConnell

5 minute read