Boutros, Schleppenbach & Risch: Corporate Risk Assessment and Incident Response Plans
Shook Government Investigations and White Collar Practice Co-Chair Andrew Boutros and Partners Stuart Risch and Jay Schleppenbach have authored an article for Corporate Counsel focusing on corporate incident response plans and risk assessments. High-profile incidents of violence towards political and corporate leaders, they say, "serve as a powerful reminder of the need for crisis management response plans."
"Given the current state of affairs as well as the overall framework for corporate and director and officer liability, corporations would also do well to ensure they conduct robust risk assessments of officer security and prepare incident response plans to follow in the event the unthinkable happens—whether at a company’s headquarters, other onsite locations, or just in general," they explain. The authors explain what types of situations companies may be obligated to prepare for as well as key points to consider in developing incident response plans.
