Public companies are under the highest level of scrutiny by government regulators in recent memory. The trend toward more aggressive enforcement has, in some cases, led to overzealous or misguided prosecutions by the government. Yet many of the cases that have resulted in large financial penalties for corporations, some of the catastrophic results could have been controlled and likely mitigated by early, effective action by the corporation in advance of a government probe. In this article, which originally appeared in the Orange County Business Journal, Dorsey partners Mike Piazza and Zach Carter review steps that should be taken when the government comes knocking on the door of your company’s offices.