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Practice Areas :
Homeland Security, Defense, and Technology Transfer
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Business Continuity Planning
The Business Continuity Planning team at Patton Boggs works with clients in conducting internal reviews of preparedness plans to enhance controls and ensure that directors and officers satisfy their duty of care. The team includes members who have held senior positions in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal departments and agencies, and who have years of experience with both the homeland and national security establishment.
Contingency planning and business continuity programs are ongoing processes. Patton Boggs helps companies implement (and manage) the necessary steps for identifying the impact of potential losses, maintaining viable recovery strategies and recovery plans, and keeping continuity of services through personnel training, plan testing, and maintenance. By establishing and reviewing contingency and continuity plans, the firm prepares its clients for incidents that may affect mission critical functions and processes.
Because companies have a duty not only to their employees, but also to vendors, customers, shareholders, the public, and municipal, state, and federal government entities, contingency and continuity planning has become more than simply a recommended practice – it is now part of the duty of care that directors and officers owe to their shareholders. Patton Boggs instructs its clients clearly on how to sustain – or quickly restore – business operations and activities affected by unexpected situations or incidents that may arise from the current threat environment. In addition, the firm’s attorneys have defended class actions asserting claims that relate to business continuity issues and alleged failures to satisfy the duty of care in connection with man-made and natural disasters.
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