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Training is an important part of any compliance program. Rarely, however, do we stop to meaningfully assess the effectiveness of the training. What are people getting out of them? What are the goals of the training and have those goals been achieved? And how can social science research inform how we design and evaluate training? On this episode of the Better Way? podcast, co-hosts Hui Chen and Zac...

On this episode of Fully Invested , Ropes & Gray asset management partner Mike Doherty, along with associate Andrew Lawson, discuss regulatory considerations for “private equity operating companies” and other key features of these alternative investment vehicles.

Join Ropes & Gray’s asset management partners, Eve Ellis and Joel Wattenbarger, as they delve into key regulatory issues impacting clients with interests in both the United States and Europe. On this podcast, they explore pertinent topics and developments for private fund managers, such as new rules, firm culture, valuation practices, and the evolving landscape of ESG factors.

Join Ropes & Gray’s life sciences attorneys for a podcast series exploring regulatory, compliance, and enforcement changes emanating from Washington, D.C. and the potential impact on life sciences companies in 2024. In this fourth and final episode, attorneys Greg Levine, Sarah Blankstein, and Beth Weinman discuss key areas to watch related to FDA regulation of digital health tools in 2024. Th...

On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio podcast, asset management partner Melissa Bender engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Ropes & Gray’s technology strategy leader Ed Black. They delve into the firm's innovative artificial intelligence (AI) initiative, exploring the profound impact of AI on the legal services industry. Gain insights into the strategic integration of AI in cl...

Following the first discussion surrounding the Strategic Plan for Oversight of Managed Care for Medicare and Medicaid and its impact on the first two phases of the managed care life cycle: plan establishment and enrollment and associated enforcement and regulatory actions, Ropes & Gray litigation & enforcement partner Andrew O’Connor provides an overview of the final two stages of the mana...

Tune in to Ropes & Gray's podcast series, The Data Day , brought to you by the firm’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice. This series focuses on the day-to-day effects that data has on all of our lives as well as other exciting and interesting legal and regulatory developments in the world of data, and features a range of guests, including clients, regulators and colleagues. On this sp...

It’s a common phrase in the compliance world: “do the right thing.” But what is “the right thing?” Are there risks to moralizing organizational decision-making? And what happens when two seemingly “right” actions are—or may be—in conflict? On this episode of the Better Way? podcast, co-hosts Hui Chen and Zach Coseglia, along with the Lab’s Dr. Caitlin Handron, explore how culture, context, and ind...

In part one of this two-part podcast series, David Kirchner and Elliot Saavedra of the Ropes & Gray benefits consulting group, revisit one of the biggest advances in retirement plan design in recent memory: pooled employer plans (“PEPs”). Based on their findings from a survey they conducted of several of the leading providers in this space and their experiences with this new, innovative approa...

Join Ropes & Gray’s life sciences attorneys for a podcast series exploring regulatory, compliance, and enforcement changes emanating from Washington, D.C. and the potential impact on life sciences companies in 2024. In this first episode, we focus on key issues to watch related to FDA enforcement and litigation in 2024. These include potential litigation over FDA’s planned final rule to regula...

On part one of this two-part podcast installment, Ropes & Gray litigation & enforcement partner Andrew O’Connor discusses the Strategic Plan for Oversight of Managed Care for Medicare and Medicaid issued in August by the Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”). Part one’s discussion focuses on the first two phases of the managed care life cycle...

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series, A Word for Our Sponsors , hosts Paul Van Houten and Deb Lussier, the co-leaders of the sponsor solutions practice, chat with Vikrant Raina, CEO and managing partner at BV Investment Partners, about BV’s successful first continuation fund. 

Better Way? co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen preview some trends for the New Year, from where artificial intelligence (AI) will take us to how data and story-telling may help humans and organizations be more effective. Start the year with some provocative thoughts on technology, data, and culture and the role we can play in using and shaping them.

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s California Law for Asset Managers podcast series, asset management partner Catherine Skulan, corporate partner and global ESG, CSR & business and human rights practice head Michael Littenberg and counsel Marc Rotter discuss three new climate and greenhouse gas bills recently signed into California law: AB 1305, SB 261 and SB 253. Each law creates new publi...

On this episode of Women @ RopesTalk , hosted by IP transactions partner Megan Baca, capital solutions and private credit partner Alyson Gal interviews Marjorie Goux, chief legal officer at Rodan & Fields. Marjorie shares what it’s like to be CLO at a skincare and haircare company, along with how she prepared to take on the role. She looks back on the “multiple stops” in her legal career, incl...

Wrapping up year one of the Better Way? podcast series, co-hosts Hui Chen and Zach Coseglia share their top themes from the year and discuss how these Better Ways inform the work they do to address organizational challenges. From embracing complexity and expertise to exploring empirical evidence and measuring culture, this episode packs the highlights of 2023 that you won’t want to miss! 

In this installment of Ropes & Gray’s Alumni @ RopesTalk podcast, strategic transactions group co-leader Marko Zatylny interviews alum George Kopcsay, general counsel of Atlas Air. George was an associate at Ropes & Gray for five years before going in-house at Atlas, where he has been for 13 years. George talks about the experience of taking the company private in 2023 and the differences...

On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s California Law for Asset Managers podcast series, asset management partner Catherine Skulan and counsel Colleen Meyer provide an overview of SB 54, a new California law intended to provide transparency with respect to the diversity of founders in which “venture capital companies” make venture capital investments. The law, while highly relevant for traditional...

On this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management partners Jason Kolman and Jessica Marlin are joined by Daren Moreira, a partner at Eversheds Sutherland, to discuss the NAIC’s updated Statement of Statutory Accounting Principles No. 26 (SSAP 26). They discuss the background of and guidance in SSAP 26, and its potential impact on rated note fund structures.

As popular as the phrase “Do the Right Thing” may be, defining the “Right Thing” can be quite a complex and even controversial exercise. On this episode of There Has to Be a Better Way? , NYU Professor Alison Taylor tackles the question of what it means for a business to do the right thing in today’s world, with multiple—and often conflicting—stakeholder expectations. She challenges some common no...

Welcome to the first installment of Ropes & Gray’s new podcast series, Controlling Opinions , which is focused on current trends and developments related to controlled substances that affect the health care and life sciences industries. In this inaugural episode, hear a cross-practice team of Ropes & Gray attorneys—Andrew O’Connor, Josh Oyster, Stephen Warnke, and Beth Weinman—discuss the...

Tune in to the fourth episode of Ropes & Gray's podcast series, The Data Day , brought to you by the firm’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice. This series focuses on the day-to-day effects that data has on all of our lives as well as other exciting and interesting legal and regulatory developments in the world of data, and features a range of guests, including clients, regulators and...

On this fifth and final episode of Ropes & Gray’s Recent Trends & Developments in Health Care Joint Ventures podcast series, health care partner Stephanie Webster moderates a discussion with health care partners Brett Friedman and Jenn Romig on two alternative partnership models for health care joint ventures: clinically integrated networks and professional services agreement models. They...

On this episode of There Has to Be a Better Way? , co-hosts Hui Chen and Zach Coseglia go it alone in a one-to-one talk designed specifically for ethics and compliance professionals. In past episodes, guests have hailed the power of storytelling, and this week, Hui and Zach share personal stories—and learnings—from their decades of experience in the world of corporate ethics and compliance. Topics...

On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio , asset management partner Melissa Bender sits down with litigation & enforcement partner Helen Gugel to discuss the evolving regulatory landscape for digital assets, cryptocurrencies, blockchain and related technologies, and potential impacts for clients operating in this space.