It is with great pleasure that I released the third edition of The Monitor this week.  Thanks to so many of you who have shared how useful the information in this newsletter has been to you.  My goal with The Monitor has been to provide current and relevant information related to the area of independent corporate monitoring and provide the most comprehensive collection of informational resources available on the topic in one place.  I hope that you continue to use and benefit from this newsletter and the provided resources as that collection grows.

The last three months have seen a surge of activity as it relates to criminal and regulatory enforcement involving organizations that have been resolved through some form of a settlement agreement requiring a Corporate Monitor.  From a "trend" perspective, as occurred with the Sirchie Acquisitions Agreement (see our September 2010 newsletter ), more Agreements are permitting organizations to off-set their fines with various expenses associated with remedial measures taken pursuant to or because of the Agreements, including the costs of the monitorships. Another hot area of interest has developed as it relates to protecting the reports of Corporate Monitors, which is elaborated on in this newsletter and could be of significant use to attorneys and the organizations they counsel.

At Artifice, we have a vast collection of materials related to this field and are always looking for more.  If you have any information concerning Corporate Monitors or relevant to this evolving practice area that you would like to share publicly, please email it to: Information

I hope that the information in our newsletter may continue to be helpful to you and/or your clients and am available to help you should you require more information or assistance.  Whether you are faced as an organization with finding or working with a Corporate Monitor, are counsel to such an organization or are a candidate yourself for a Monitorship, I am happy to share thoughts and "best practices" that might be helpful to you.  Over the last three months alone, I have been contacted and provided such thoughts to three different Corporate Monitors, all without any commercial interest to me, rather with the goal of helping them serve more effectively and efficiently in their roles.

The following link will take you to the web-version of the December edition of The Monitor.