Internal Investigations for In-House Counsel: Best Practices for Partnering with HR and Navigating the Investigation Lifecycle
Tuesday, November 5th • 12:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
In today’s complex corporate environment, internal investigations play a crucial role in identifying and addressing potential legal and compliance risks. As in-house counsel, partnering effectively with HR is essential to ensuring a thorough, legally compliant investigation process.
Join us at 12pm ET/9 PT on Tuesday, November 5 as Axiom attorneys Teri Bouchard and Heather Woolley will provide participants with a high level overview of the life cycle of the internal investigation process, best practices for interactions between HR and Legal, current employee issues that are top of mind for US agencies like the EEOC as well as some international issues, and practical suggestions for how to use data from investigations to explain the business case for risk reduction through policy and procedure implementation and revision.
Terri and Heather will discuss:
The types of investigations and how they filter to legal (process, policy, and procedure)
Best practices for conducting intakes and gathering information
Privilege considerations and establishing appropriate boundaries for legal department involvement
Best practices for closing investigations
Evaluating company risk in light of rising trends in employee issues (US and International), and
How to use investigation data to your advantage
Who Should Attend
All in-house counsel and in-house legal professionals involved in internal investigations.
