Workshop B – An Updated Roadmap on Making High Stakes, Time Sensitive Decisions, from Internal Investigations, to Voluntary Disclosures, Whistleblowers and Consent Agreements

Feb 24, 2025 1:30 pm – 05:00 PM

Sarah York
Senior Counsel, International Trade Compliance
GE Aerospace

Thaddeus McBride
Partner
Bass Berry & Sims PLC

During this “closed door,” smaller-group session, speakers and participants will discuss the finer points of managing a compliance program under pressure, including how to try to get in front of potential enforcement actions, how to conduct a comprehensive, but confidential, internal investigation, how to write a persuasive voluntary disclosure-and more. At the end of this workshop, you will walk away with practical insights that will serve as an invaluable resource for your work after the conference.

  • Preventative Maintenance and Avoiding Violations: Overlooked critical keys to internal controls transparency to avoid a self-disclosure
    • Appropriate resourcing and export control program foundations
    • Management of export-controlled information
    • Open reporting and motivating employee engagement
  • Whistleblower Considerations: Trends and specific challenges
    • Step-by- action plans for handling the complaint, interviews and litigation risk
    • How to mitigate risk around whistleblowers that continue to bring False Claims Act actions
    • Asia Pacific-related whistleblower report trends: Meeting confidentiality obligations and local law requirements
    • Retaliation: Continuing to monitor the whistleblower relationship and to keeping records of management decisions
  • Lifecyle of a Voluntary Disclosure: Conducting investigations and best practices
    • Who needs to know and when?
    • Maintaining confidentiality while conducting comprehensive investigations
    • Writing a regulator friendly disclosure
    • Remedial measures, root cause determinations, and creating effective and achievable corrective actions
  • Enforcement Action Preparation: Consent Agreements and heightened enforcement trend considerations:
    • Building the right internal negotiation team
    • Mitigation considerations- tolling, personnel changes, and investment opportunities
    • Key risk areas as identified by recent enforcement actions