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Protecting the Company Against Malicious Insiders

Among recent breaches that have made headlines, several have involved malicious insiders. It’s an ongoing problem…

Privacy Risk In Anti-Bribery And Corruption Programs

Due diligence on third party intermediaries is a necessary component of corporate anti-corruption compliance programs, particularly in foreign jurisdictions. At […]

Six Steps To Reduce Cyber-Risk

All companies are advised to review their data security at least annually, and any time new threats are revealed or new…

CareFirst: A Primer on Data Breach Response

The breach was headlines last month, but apparently occurred about a year earlier and may have compromised data of more than a million members.

EEOC Pursuing Discrimination Cases Aggressively

To some extent, the EEOC has been thwarted in its efforts to mount  so-called “systemic discrimination” cases. For example, in […]

Legal Issues Affecting Generic Drugs

Inter partes review has emerged as a useful tool for generic pharmaceutical companies to supplement litigation, generic filers IPRs also have downsides…

Forming A Sharia-Compliant Fund

There are five principles to keep in mind when forming a Sharia-compliant financing vehicle, explains Catriona McDevitt, counsel in Akin […]

New Rule Redefines Federal Waters, Many Businesses Affected

A federal rule will significantly expand federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. The rule essentially redefines “waters of the […]

Coming Soon: Self-Regulatory Industry Privacy Rules

The privacy and transparency rules developed by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) go into effect on September 1. They will […]

DOJ: No Need To “Boil The Ocean” To Get Cooperation Credit

Internal investigations, in order to receive cooperation credit from the Department of Justice, can be “appropriately tailored to the facts […]

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