BRB Risk Jobs Board — Conflict Analyst (Analysis Group)


In this BRB jobs update, I’m pleased to highlight the second of two open risk roles at Analysis Group: “Conflict Analyst” (see previously: “Conflict Attorney“) —

Longtime blog reader Deborah Hopkins, the firm’s vice president of conflicts, provides some special context about Analysis Group, and why many of our law firm risk professionals reading might be curious about what life is like in the consulting world:

  • “Analysis Group is one of the largest international economics consulting firms, with more than 1,500 professionals across 15 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since 1981, we have provided expertise in economics, finance, health care analytics, and strategy to top law firms, Fortune Global 500 companies, and government agencies worldwide. Our internal experts, together with our network of affiliated experts from academia, industry, and government, offer our clients exceptional breadth and depth of expertise.”
  • “For professionals with experience in the legal industry, this is an exciting opportunity to apply your skills in a dynamic, intellectually stimulating environment. Here, you can explore how the analytical rigor, strategic thinking, and sound judgment you’ve honed in a law firm setting can drive success in high-stakes economic consulting.  Join us to collaborate on impactful projects, expand your horizons, and make a difference in a field where critical analysis and exceptional decision-making are the foundation of success.”

About the role:

  • The Conflict Analyst is responsible for assisting in the Legal Department’s risk management activities by performing business research and database content analyses designed to reduce risk.
  • This function performs conflict checks, assists in the resolution of actual or potential conflicts, and functions in a quality control role for the case intake process by confirming data and identifying key content elements of the new case or lead.
  • Responsibilities also include assistance with various projects undertaken by department leadership.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

  • Conduct due diligence and research on new cases and leads.
  • Research company information on the web, such as annual reports, news articles, corporate affiliates, product names and product information.
  • Research case information on the web using Lexis, Bloomberg Law, and federal and state court websites.
  • Accurately enter case information into Firm’s conflict database, Intapp Open.
  • Apply analytical and critical thinking skills to interpret database research results to identify and highlight potential conflict issues related to both parties and subject of the engagement.
  • Organize relevant information and prepare succinct written case summaries that effectively communicate potential issues.
  • Assist in the resolution of conflicts, which requires a high degree of contact with Managing Principals, the Firm’s
  • General Counsel and other senior staff.
  • Prepare necessary reports to submit to the Conflict Committee for review and approval of new cases and leads.
  • Ensure case, client, and related party information is comprehensive and accurate, and identify key content elements of the new case or lead that support other administrative teams.
  • Work with others in the Legal Department on engagement letter terms, and review and track engagement restrictions or agreed-upon terms to ensure compliance.
  • Identify cases that require an information screen, and coordinate with the Risk System Administrator when information screens are necessary.
  • Maintain internal case databases, run searches on internal and external document databases and systems.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree required; paralegal certificate or JD preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years of substantive relevant experience required.
  • An ideal candidate will have 5-8 years of substantive relevant experience.
  • Equivalent work experience in a professional service firm preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and interact with colleagues, both verbally and through written communication.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Strong PC capabilities, including Microsoft Office (Word, Intermediate Excel) required. Intapp Open experience a plus.
  • Willingness to work a flexible schedule dictated by business needs.
  • Research skills required – Lexis, Bloomberg Law, Dun & Bradstreet Family Tree Finder, Pacer, CourtLink, etc.
  • An inclusive and growth-oriented mindset, strong interpersonal skills, and an ability to work across differences.
  • To the extent permitted by applicable law, eligible candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship or restriction, now and in the future.

See the complete job posting for more details on the job requirements and to apply for this position.

Learn more about working at the firm on their careers page.

 

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Tom Borman, Contributing editor

New Zealand’s internet safety agencies came out fighting after getting called out for failing to protect Jacinda Ardern from the dark underbelly of social media.

Back in October 2023, Paul Hunt, the now dearly departed (from the Human Rights Commission) and politically correct Chief Human Rights Commissioner, decided to ruffle some feathers by firing off a letter to NZ Tech’s, Graeme Muller, essentially accusing X and Meta of leaving Jacinda Ardern out to dry in a sea of online hatred and violence.

The Human Rights Commission went full throttle, declaring New Zealand’s shiny new online safety code about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

According to an RNZ report from Guyon Espiner, NZ Tech lawyered up and came out swinging, accusing Hunt’s advisors of bias and threatening to sic the Auditor General and Public Service Commission on them.

The Hunt Letter

Paul Hunt

Hunt’s letter, which RNZ obtained via an Official Information request, painted a grim picture. Over 48 hours in September 2023, some X user with a following bigger than most small towns went on a rampage against Ardern.

Hunt said that over 48 hours in September 2023, an X user with more than 400,000 followers made a series of vile and abusive posts harassing Ardern.

“His targeted harassment is gendered, includes explicit and implicit references to sexual assault and rape and, as a harassment campaign led by a high-profile influencer, meets the description of technology-facilitated gender-based violence,” Hunt said in the letter.

“The replies and re-posts are typified by violence, misogyny, and hate.”

Hunt, a former human rights and civil liberties lawyer from London and former Waikato University lecturer, was famously identified for labelling colonisation as “the major issue of our time”.

His letter to the technies referenced a cesspool of abuse regarding Ardern. “Dog, pest, pig… rodent, vile, bitch and witch.” (That’s just the PG version.)

Death threats were tossed around freely as well.

Hunt claimed X and Meta were dragging their feet, violating not just human rights but also their own online safety code.

The Code of Practice for Online Safety and Harms was launched in 2022 by Netsafe and NZTech and signed by tech firms Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitch and X.

Anna Adams Lawfuel

In response the two agencies hired barrister Anna Adams of Bankside Chambers, (pictured), former Chair of Meredith Connell and former prosecutor and regulatory and administrative law expert, who wrote a robustly worded letter to Hunt.

“The commission’s actions in sending the letters appears unreasonable, unlawful, and outside its statutory functions as a Crown entity,” she wrote.

She said the HRC “appears to have allowed itself to be captured by a group of outsiders – the IAG – with an agenda to fix the Code”.

The IAG is the  Independent Accountability Group set up by the HRC to review the code of practice for online safety, and was signed by Meta (Facebook and Instagram), Google (YouTube), Tik Tok, Twitch, and Twitter in 2022.

The ACT Party in particular has attacked the HRC saying it is a “hard-left organisation masquerading as a government department”.




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