Compliance

SEC’s First “Outsider” Whistleblower Award Has Lesson For Companies

In January the SEC issued its first ever whistleblower award to an “outsider” – someone who was not an employee […]

Build A Company-Wide Culture Of Compliance

At the same time that budgets are flat or increasing modestly, the job of legal departments keeps getting bigger and […]

Ingredients Of A Sound Legal Hold

Recipients of a legal hold memo don’t necessarily need to know what “misappropriation of trade secrets” means, or what court […]

Sleeper Requirement: Climate Change Disclosure

Companies are advised not to become complacent about climate change and sustainability disclosure obligations, despite the fact there has been scant followup to a…

A Scrappy GE Fights Local Property Taxes

General Electric Company has saved millions by contesting local property tax assessments in several states. The company is said to have a large internal staff of tax experts, but also to retain tax-abatement specialist law firms…

Facebook Faces French Sanctions Over Privacy

Facebook has been given three months to update its data collection practices in France, or it will face sanctions in […]

Historical Role For FCC General Counsel

The general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, Jonathan Sallet, is said to be a policy wonk and strategist as […]

Liability For Third Party Vendor’s Conduct

More and more corporate services – accounting, HR and recruiting, and payroll processing, among many others – are being outsourced […]

Victoria’s Secret Sued For Sending 97 Texts In One Day

After opting in to a Victoria’s Secret text message marketing program with the understanding he was to receive no more […]

EU and U.S. Reach Agreement On Data Transfer

The European Commission and the United States have reached a tentative agreed on a new framework for transatlantic data flows. […]

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