Following the adage that prevention is better than cure, keeping the staff educated on the steps to meet dawn raids would reduce what is normally termed as a harrowing experience . Dawn Raids looks at all this and more the Commission s legal powers, the role of in-house counsel, a comparative study of dawn raid powers in over 15 states, and tips of vital importance to all concerned. Of keen use would be the precedent company guidelines for EC Investigations a detailed document for adaptation and use, with 12 appendices. Unlike dawn raids, which are investigations by external agencies, internal irregularities, including fraud, may necessitate internal investigations, requiring the corporate to embark upon dealing with the first few hours after the problem gets known putting together the investigation team preserving evidence document handling dealing with witnesses preservation and recovery of assets privilege and confidentiality employment issues. Investigations looks at the steps to be taken to minimize the legal risk on account of such irregularities and the strategy to handle it head-on.
Case studies lend added credibility to the chapter.
Product Safety and Liability dissects the risk points, the role of product liability audits, case histories to reflect the statutory mind, crisis management, insurance, and once again, the role of the in-house lawyer. Managing a Crisis , as an appendix takes an illustration to explain different views on meeting the crisis and tackle the product risk. Another role that corporates have had to compulsorily don is that of being environmentally friendly and responsible the demand is from the layperson and regulator alike. Compliance programmes to keep track of constantly changing environmental laws and their suitable implementation become essential. Environmental Compliance reasons that it is incumbent for responsible companies to prepare for the future, have appropriate compliance manuals in place, use environmental audits, be ready for crises and have an intelligent and combative staff in the in-house legal function who regularly update the legislative developments and conduct due diligence.