Did you know under the U.S. Department of Justice’s new Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program, employees who report antitrust violations may receive between 15 and 30 percent of a government fine? This year, for the first time ever, a company was fined $3.3 million following a whistleblower report. Join this 30-minute webinar to learn about the business implications of antitrust violations and whistleblower reporting.

Who Should Attend:

CEOs, company leaders, HR managers, sales and purchasing professionals

Why attend:

To understand the DOJ’s Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program, learn how to protect your company, and align compliance practices

What you’ll learn:

Recommendations from MSCI’s General Counsel Mark McCareins on how to bolster internal compliance practices and stay one step ahead.

Specifically, McCareins will delve deeper into how companies should:

• Foster a culture of compliance, led by upper management. Employees should feel comfortable voicing potential violations internally and without fear of punishment.
• Conduct rigorous risk assessments, then tailor antitrust-compliance programs accordingly.
• Implement regular, multilevel training to promote consistent compliance with internal reporting procedures.
• Prioritize internal reporting and act promptly, assuring employees that their concerns are heard and addressed expeditiously.
• Do your due diligence for acquisitions by establishing a template to document potential legal risks.

About R. Mark McCareins:

R. Mark McCareins is a Clinical Professor of Business Law in the Strategy Department at Northwestern University, where he teaches courses on Antitrust and Competition, Business Law and Non-Profit Governance and Organization. Mark is also Co-Director of the JD/MBA program at Kellogg and was appointed as the Kellogg Clinical Faculty representative to the Northwestern University Faculty Senate in 2021 for a three-year term.

While Mark has been instructing at Kellogg for over thirty years, he also practiced law as a senior partner in the international law firm of Winston and Strawn LLP for thirty-three years, retiring effective February 1, 2014. Mark’s trial practice concentrated on antitrust, intellectual property and unfair competition issues. Mark is a member of both the Illinois and California bars. Mark currently serves as the General Counsel of North America’s premier metals trade association, the Metals Service Center Institute.