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DOJ Turns Tables On A “Shell” Whistleblower

March 7, 2019

What typically happens in a False Claims Act case is that a whistleblower – a relator in FCA terminology – […]

Did Iowa’s Governor Keep A Sexual Harassment Suit Under Wraps Before Election?

March 5, 2019

Shortly before her election in November, the administration of Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds okayed a highly unusual settlement of […]

Big Law Firms Said To Be Deeply Complicit In Kleptocracy

March 4, 2019

An article in The Atlantic alleges that Russian oligarchs have bought up high-end U.S. real estate on a massive scale, […]

Retaliation Is Common Despite Anti-Retaliation Policies

March 1, 2019

Anti-retaliation policies are pervasive in U.S. corporations but retaliation is pretty common too, according to a blog on the Converscent […]

Search Expert, Attorney Collaboration

February 27, 2019

A blog on the H5 site describes how attorneys from Covington & Burling and search experts worked together using a […]

Protecting The Corporate Jewels: Digital Forensics In Internal Investigations

February 25, 2019

Digital forensics, in particular as applied to internal investigations of potential trade secret theft or improper use of proprietary data, […]

Which Attorney Jobs Pay The Most?

February 22, 2019

A recent survey broke it down by type of attorney, from the top two (“Law Firm Partner”) to the bottom […]

Civil Asset Seizure Slapped Down By Unanimous Supreme Court

February 22, 2019

Civil forfeiture, a practice that’s periodically been demonized by critics from both left and right for decades, has finally been addressed […]

Data Privacy Landscape Changing Fast

February 20, 2019

Unlike Europe, with its General Data Privacy Regulation, the U.S. has no single major “harmonizing” data privacy law. That may […]

Novel State Law Will Protect Against Cyber Lawsuits

February 19, 2019

Documentation of cybersecurity efforts is often regarded as an afterthought, sometimes just a check-off for compliance purposes. This post from […]

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