Stephanie Bustamante

May 06, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) updated the guidance that federal prosecutors use to evaluate corporate compliance programs. Update is too strong. Consolidated is a better word. Version 2.0 (should probably be 1.1, but 2.0 sounds better).

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

6 minute read

March 21, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

As avid users of these services and products, we want these companies to succeed. In the last couple of years, we've been involved with over a half dozen tech company acquisitions and building up their compliance programs.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

8 minute read

October 08, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

The key to an efficient and effective process is simplicity, a risk-based approach, and adequate documentation.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

6 minute read

September 20, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Compliance programs have to aim to help the business shake the world by helping shape the culture of the business. And to do that, they need both the support of business leadership and compliance professionals to develop the program around the business strategy. If the business sees compliance speaking the language of the business, the program seems less about being a compliance program and more of just a way of the business working.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

7 minute read

January 19, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) served a hundred 7-Eleven stores nationwide with notices of inspection and detained twenty-one undocumented workers. ICE will require the 7-Eleven stores to produce documents showing 7-Eleven required work authorizations from their employees.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

4 minute read

December 18, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

In November, the University of Texas Law School closed the curtain on a unique compliance series designed to teach compliance through basic core tenets. The modules, which aired in September and November, were moderated by one of your columnists.

By Ryan McConnell, Meagan Baker and Stephanie Bustamante

4 minute read

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

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