Stephanie Bustamante

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 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

April 13, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

A company's immigration program depends on its business environment. Addressing immigration compliance and potential enforcement activity will help companies address issues proactively and minimize exposure in the event of a compliance failure.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

9 minute read

July 19, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

A new database from Stanford Law School offers unique insight on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlements.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

9 minute read

February 23, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Each year, compliance departments try to figure out how to allocate limited resources across their program. Risk assessments help.

By Ryan McConnell and 
Stephanie Bustamante

6 minute read

February 04, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The effectiveness of training depends not only on the method of delivery, but on how the content is developed and the audience is selected.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

5 minute read

January 29, 2016 | New Jersey Law Journal

Effective compliance programs use the results of forecasting to focus resources on the highest risk.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

5 minute read

January 25, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

By using forecasting, you engage and educate the business about the compliance program, a key ingredient to program effectiveness.

By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante

5 minute read

September 15, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

The D.C. Circuit may tell us whether we get to keep what little judicial review we have of deferred prosecution agreements and nonprosecution agreements. Here's what it shouldn't argue in trying to curtail such review.

By Ryan McConnell, Meagan Baker, and Stephanie Bustamante

8 minute read

September 15, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

The D.C. Circuit may tell us whether we get to keep what little judicial review we have of deferred prosecution agreements and nonprosecution agreements. Here's what it shouldn't argue in trying to curtail such review.

By Ryan McConnell, Meagan Baker, and Stephanie Bustamante

8 minute read