Cybersecurity and Trade Secret Protection
Cybersecurity is a major concern for multiple functions of a company, as well as for compliance with regulatory requirements. IT groups take the lead in crafting and detailing security policies, but...
View ArticleCreating a Healthy Cybersecurity Framework
Cybersecurity in its simplest form is the protection of digital information from compromise through use of electronic systems and protocols to prevent loss or theft. It requires a close working...
View ArticleStrengthen Digital Strategy in the Public Sector
Data protection regulation such as the GDPR has exploded, while at the same time data protection has suffered. The abundance of data protection lulls people into a false sense of security. Governments’...
View ArticleEleventh Circuit Decision Will Impact FCA Healthcare Investigations
The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its much-awaited decision in United States v. AseraCare, Inc., debunking the government’s flawed theory that mere differences in clinical opinion...
View ArticleMaryland a Leader In Embracing Blockchain Technology
In April 2019, Governor Hogan signed a bill providing explicit statutory authority for Maryland companies to use electronic networks or databases, including distributed ledgers and blockchain...
View ArticleA Trade Secret Wake-Up Call
Anthony Levandowski was the co-founder and technical leader of Google’s Waymo project, which produced Google’s self-driving car. A U.S. federal grand jury in California has issued a 33-count criminal...
View ArticleFour Questions to Answer About New Privacy Regulations
The United States is introducing new privacy laws that apply to businesses that collect and store consumer and employees’ personal data. The California Consumer Privacy Act, set to go into effect on...
View ArticleCorporate Investigations: What a New Survey Tells Us
In a recent survey of more than 315 corporate professionals conducted by H5 and Above the Law, 63 percent believe that investigations will increase at their companies over the next three years. The...
View ArticleSmall Business Reorganization Act Is a Valuable Alternative
The Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA) of 2019 will become effective in February 2020. It is designed to foster successful restructurings of small businesses. Among other things, it adds a new...
View ArticleLitigation Analytics: An Advantage for In-House Counsel
When a contract dispute arises, in-house attorneys are often tasked with deciding whether litigation is worth the time, cost and human resources to take on the case. Often this decision is based on a...
View ArticleGen Z Joins the Workforce
A fresh crop of entry-level workers is about to join the workforce. “Generation Z” is currently the term most accepted to define those born in the late 1990s and after, with the oldest born around...
View ArticleOvercoming Budget Hurdles Due to Covid-19 Litigation
Three months into the pandemic, expectations about budgeting in legal departments have changed. Survey data shows that only 19 percent of in-house legal departments expected an increase in their...
View ArticleHow In-House Counsel Can Protect Trade Secrets
As bring-your-own device policies proliferate, and digital storage become cheaper and more prevalent, it has gotten easier to pilfer trade secrets. A key point in understanding trade secrets is that...
View ArticleA Checklist for FCPA Compliance
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act contains two key provisions: (1) a prohibition on bribery of foreign officials and (2) accounting and reporting provisions for companies registered with the Securities...
View ArticleNew York Latest State to Enact Cybersecurity Law
With its Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act. New York joins a growing number of states that have enacted cybersecurity mandates. Potentially reaching persons and businesses...
View ArticleCovid Brings Transfer Pricing Issues
As multinational groups respond to the challenges presented by the coronavirus outbreak, many of them need to update their transfer pricing policies and internal supply chains, as well as their...
View ArticleInvestors Pushing Environmental and Social Proposals
An increasing number of institutional investors have begun to include environmental and social (E&S) considerations within their established risk-return analysis framework. Pledges by asset...
View ArticleCutting Litigation Costs in a Post-Covid World
Attorneys who do not create litigation analyses and budgets early in the case cost clients’ money in wasted effort and unnecessary tasks. Attorneys are sometimes unwilling to give clients comprehensive...
View ArticleA Women-Owned Law Firm’s Perspective
The authors, co-founders of a woman-owned and operated firm, note that while women-owned businesses comprise almost 40 percent of privately owned businesses in the United States, and more women attend...
View ArticleTen Mistakes Lawyers Make in Mediation
First on the list, not nailing down the deal at the mediation. After a long day of haggling that ends in a tentative agreement, parties may pack up and walk out promising a shot at a draft settlement...
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