Ryan Mcconnell

July 26, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

If your company's compliance training has been falling flat, you can quickly improve things by taking a few simple steps and thinking a bit more like a trial lawyer.

By Ryan McConnell and Gérard Sonnier

7 minute read

December 26, 2012 | Daily Report Online

On Nov. 14, a week before the usual Black Friday shopping madness, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission gave companies a free gift by releasing long-awaited guidance on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

By Ryan McConnell, Dianne Ralston and Charlotte Simon

6 minute read

September 03, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Corporate counsel have successfully implemented the plaintiffs' lawyer model when their client is suing another large company. But the plaintiffs' model and approach offers some lessons for companies evaluating firms for defense work as well.

By Ryan McConnell and Herrick Sovany

6 minute read

October 13, 2011 | Legaltech News

The data consumers share with Google pales in comparison to the data companies have on employees and customers. Ryan McConnell and Katharine Southard, of Haynes and Boone, and Margaret Cox Mousoudakis, of LyondellBasell, ask: What are employers doing to protect it?

By Ryan McConnell, Margaret Cox Mousoudakis, and Katharine Southard

4 minute read

March 21, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

The NCAA basketball tournament presents a good way to conduct an internal compliance assessment, by creating a compliance risk bracket in the style of the ones used leading up to the Final Four.

By Ryan McConnell

4 minute read

January 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

They can compile and sift compliance data, but humans need to look for patterns.

By Ryan McConnell, Dianne Ralston, and Charlotte Simon

7 minute read

January 08, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Compliance lawyers could take a lesson from Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban by understanding that leadership and discipline are key to an organization's compliance success.

By Ryan McConnell

3 minute read

October 10, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

The information that consumers share with companies such as Google and Facebook pales in comparison to information that companies have about their employees and customers. What are employers doing to protect this data?

By Ryan McConnell, Margaret Cox Mousoudakis, and Katharine Southard

5 minute read