Jay Schleppenbach

As a white collar practitioner, Mr. Schleppenbach and his colleagues have represented:

• The Chief Financial Officer of a public company in an internal investigation of internal controls issues.

• A special committee of a public company conducting an internal investigation of allegations of bribery and internal control failures.

• The Chief Technology Officer of a public company in an investigation by the EPA and DOJ of compliance with environmental regulations.

• The Chair of the board of a public company in an SEC and DOJ investigation.

• The Audit Committee of a public company in an SEC investigation and internal investigation.

• One of the world’s largest telecommunications companies in litigation and a multi-week civil trial involving theft of trade secrets, among other claims.

• A public company in a cross-border internal investigation into potential books and records and internal controls violations.

• A corporation and its principals in a criminal antitrust investigation being conducted by DOJ Antitrust Division and FBI.

• A software company in a public corruption investigation being conducted by the United States Attorney’s Office and FBI.

• A government contractor in a public corruption investigation being conducted by the United States Attorney’s Office, FBI and Inspector General.

• A former controller of a publicly traded company in SEC and Special Litigation Committee investigations relating to revenue recognition issues and earnings restatement.
  

Includes matters handled at Dechert or prior to joining the firm.

• “Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property Cases,” ISBA Chicago Regional Office (February 5, 2019)

• “Criminal Trade Secret Theft: What You Need to Know,” Webinar (November 14, 2018)

• “ISBA Arbitration Roundtable,” ISBA Chicago Regional Office (May 8, 2018)

• “ISBA Mediation Roundtable,” ISBA Chicago Regional Office (October 17, 2017)

Mr. Schleppenbach’s most recent external publications include the following:

• Rule 42 Special Prosecutors: A Separation of Powers Frankenstein That is Part Judicial and Part Executive Yet All Vulnerable to Challenge, The Champion (March/April 2024), at 44.
• Confidentiality of Communications With Unlicensed Attorneys, Bloomberg Law (November 20, 2023)
• Practice Tip: Key Considerations for Corporate Compensation Arrangements in Light of DOJ Criminal Division Pilot Program Incentivizing Clawbacks, ABA Criminal Justice Section Newsletter (Spring 2023), at 4
  
• “More Cooperation Please”: DOJ Revises Enforcement Policy to Encourage Even Greater Cooperation, The Corporate Governance Advisor, Volume 31, No. 2 (March/April 2023)
  
• U.S. Supreme Court to Decide When Attorney-Client Communications That Contain “Hybrid” Legal and Business Advice Are Protected by the Attorney-Client Privilege, Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report, Volume 9, Number 2 (February/March 2023)
• Crypto Actors Face Increased Enforcement Spurred by DOJ Network, Bloomberg Law (Jan. 24, 2023)
  
• Practice Tip: For Privilege to Attach to Dual-Purpose Messages, the “Primary Purpose” of the Attorney Communications Must be Legal (Rather than Business) in Nature, ABA Criminal Justice Section Newsletter (Spring 2022), at 7.
  
• Practice Tip: Beware Individual Criminal Liability for CEOs and CCOs as DOJ Begins Requiring Compliance Certifications, The ABA CJS White Collar Crime Committee Newsletter, Summer (Fall 2022).
  
• The Collision of the Speedy Trial Clock with the Coronavirus’s Slowdown Realities: Justice in the Time of COVID-19, Criminal Justice (Fall 2020).