Corporate Governance

Study Confirms: Employees Are Biggest Data-Security Threat

October 15, 2019

Sixty-nine percent of organizations said they had been breached due to an insider threat. Symptomatic of how intractable the problem […]

Governance NGO Tackles Ivory Trade

October 2, 2019

The Basel Institute on Governance, a non-profit that counters corruption and works to improve the quality of corporate governance, has […]

Cyber Insurance Said To Be Fueling Ransomware Attacks

September 17, 2019

An article from ProPublica makes the case that the economics of the insurance business is resulting in decisions that effectively […]

A Few Rules Of Thumb About Press Releases

September 9, 2019

Press releases, even social media posts, can draw attention from both regulators and the plaintiff bar. “Treat your posts on […]

Is The ABA Defending Money Laundering?

August 26, 2019

A British lawyer and specialist in investigations and asset recovery says the ABA has come out against proposed legislation that would make it more difficult for company principals to hide their identities.

Big Fines, Early Lessons, From The GDPR

July 30, 2019

The two biggest fines ever imposed under the General Data Protection Regulation were leveled by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office in July. Both dwarfed the €50 million ($56.3M) imposed by France against Google in January.

Big Payday For GC, But With A Gender Gap

June 11, 2019

Average annual salary increased in 2018, with the greatest increases showing up in publicly-traded companies. The highest levels were found in…

Cyber Lawsuits Are Targeting Boards of Directors

May 20, 2019

Before cyber-breaches were that big a deal – or at least it before they were making headlines and costing some […]

You Can’t Beat It, So You Better Insure It

May 14, 2019

That’s the message from the insurance industry, or at least as relayed from one San Francisco-based cyber-specialty insurance company that […]

A “Chilling Caution” On Expectation Of Privilege, From A Blackberry Case

April 12, 2019

The market analyst’s report was bad news for BlackBerry, coming shortly after the company released an updated smartphone in 2013. […]

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