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A Recent Folly by General Mills Exemplifies the Need to Consider the Business Consequences of All Legal Decisions

Without thoroughly vetting a legal decision, unintended business consequences could overshadow the intended benefits.

Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage

The proposed Defend Trade Secrets Act, a bipartisan effort to amend the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 to create the first federal private right-of-action for theft of trade secrets, may create a uniform standard for trade secret misappropriation, and facilitate access to federal courts.

Whose Risk Is It Anyway? New Revenue Ruling Provides Guidance for Employee Benefits Captives

The IRS recently provided guidance in the rapidly expanding area of insuring or reinsuring employee benefits with captives, reaffirming current rules on the issue.

GM Lawyers Taking Heat In Ignition Investigation

After reported ignition switch failures, the company made changes in the part but not the parts number and tried to […]

Plot To Unseat Three Tennessee Supreme Court Judges Revealed

Tennessee Republicans have a secret plan, led by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey’s office, to unseat three members of the state’s Supreme Court…

Overlooked Business Strategy: Levity

Workplace humor is an underappreciated asset, according to Peter McGraw, professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder and director […]

Military Think Tank Warns Of Security Risk From Climate Change

A report from the Center for Naval Analyses Military Advisory Board warns that a host of new security threats will  […]

Americans Of All Stripes Want Supreme Court Reform

A bipartisan majority of Americans support broad overhauls to the U.S. Supreme Court, including abolishing lifetime appointments and opening Court […]

New Studies Analyze Sources, Types Of Data Breach

One study breaks out the types and then correlates the frequency with particular industries.

Social Media Invaluable In Bank Anti-Fraud Efforts

Alerting customers to emerging cyberthreats via social media is becoming crucial, one bank’s fraud prevention officer says. Alerts on Facebook […]

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