John F. Wood, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP to Speak at The Knowledge Group’s Webcast

New York, NY, February 01, 2017 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that John F. Wood, Partner will speak at the Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “The Yates Memo and the Evolving FCPA Enforcement Paradigm in the 2017 Landscape Live Webcast”. This event is scheduled for February 7, 2017 from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm (ET).

For further details, please visit:
https://theknowledgegroup.org/event-homepage/?event_id=2279

About John F. Wood
John F. Wood is a partner in Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP’s Washington, D.C. office. He is chairman of the firm’s Defense Industry Practice Group and focuses his practice on providing compliance program-related advice to corporations and conducting internal corporate investigations. Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard, John served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, the chief federal law enforcement official for that district.

About Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP is an international law firm ranked for ten years, including five years in a row as the top-ranked New York-based firm, on The American Lawyer’s A-List of what the magazine calls “the top firms among the nation’s legal elite.” Our attorneys advise and represent clients in over 30 specialized practices from offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Paris, Los Angeles, Miami, Jersey City, Kansas City, and Tokyo. For more information, please visit www.hugheshubbard.com.

Event Synopsis:
Last September 10, 2016, the Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates released a memo entitled "Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing," now known as the "Yates Memo," to provide a strengthened focus on individual liability for alleged corporate wrongdoing.

In this live webcast, a seasoned panel of thought leaders and professionals assembled by The Knowledge Group will help the audience understand all the important issues surrounding the Yates Memo and the evolving FCPA enforcement landscape. Speakers will provide the audience with the fundamentals as well as recent developments with regard to this significant topic.

Key topics include:
- Yates Memo - An Overview
- FCPA Enforcement Trends
- SEC Broken Windows Enforcement
- Trends and Developments
- What Lies Ahead in 2017?

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Group was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register to an event, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org