Corporate Governance

Information Sharing Under The New Cybersecurity Law

The text of the the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) was incorporated by amendment into a consolidated spending bill in […]

Serving On Boards “Not For The Faint Of Heart”

A look at the current director liability landscape in the context of the “Yates memo” and what directors can do minimize their risk.

How In-House Lawyers Can Lose Privilege

The first question is “Who is the client?” and the answer can be somewhat complicated, but if you don’t it […]

Big Data As Tool To Both Prevent And Investigate Breach

That you can put a library in your pocket or bring up ten years of research while sitting at the […]

New Multi-Agency Crackdown On White Collar Crime

“If the recent proliferation of taskforces and initiatives is any indication, the aggressive cross-border expansion of white-collar crime enforcement is […]

Exec Ignores In-House Counsel, Takes $18M Hit

When a a company president was advised by in-house counsel that an on-line marketing strategy was problematic, he “put his […]

Uptick In Big Class Action Settlements

AIG and Bear Stearns top a list of defendants that took major hits in class action settlements last year. The […]

SEC Is Getting A “Fire Hose” Of Whistleblower Tips

The SEC is definitely bullish on its Dodd-Frank Whistleblower program, judging from its report to Congress a few months ago […]

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 […]

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