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Administration Pushing Curbs On Tax Inversions, Chances Slim

Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew has been talking up the idea, as part of a larger package of tax reforms and programs to fund infrastructure projects.

Number Of LSAT Test Takers Hits 14-Year Low

The paltry 21,802 people who took the LSAT exam in June is the lowest total for that month in 14 […]

Insurers Rush To Gain Cyber Expertise Ahead Of Booming Market

Ahead of the potentially exponential growth of cyber coverage, insurers are rushing to gain expertise in that fledgling market. Some […]

New York Court: Storm Surge is a Species of Excluded Flood

The Superstorm Sandy jurisdictions have yet to address whether flood exclusions bar coverage for loss by storm surge, but a recent federal case in New York suggests the matter may be settled similarly to Hurricane Katrina cases.

Does Your Company Align Compliance Training To An Annual Ranking of Risks?

Compliance software provider Cindy Knezevich observes the trends in PricewaterhouseCooper’s State of Compliance survey, which asks respondents to pick their top three areas of perceived risk to their businesses. There were some surprises – social media slipped from 2013 to 2014 – and, Knezevich says, a worrying lack of concern for IT security.

Speak Up or Pay Up: Lessons from GM

GM CEO Mary Barra’s newly-launched campaign, the “Speak Up for Safety” program, is meant to encourage exactly the kind of internal reporting that was ignored in the lead-up to a massive recall of more than six million cars, and the death of at least 13 customers.

Handling Your Digital Estate

The law is being overtaken by the reality of the digital legacy that most people now leave behind. A very […]

Start-Ups Are Skipping NDAs When Pitching Investors

It used to be common practice, but now it’s rare for an entrepreneur to request, or for a funder to […]

Europe’s “Right To Be Forgotten” Creates A Business Niche

To help customers invoke their newly acquired “right to be forgotten,” reputation management firms are springing up in Europe to […]

What Legacy Will This Supreme Court Session Leave?

How has the Supreme Court changed America this term? Politico got responses from more than a dozen legal experts, who […]

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