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The FTC’s Strong Hand In Cyber-Privacy Cases

March 27, 2017

Most FTC enforcement actions are resolved through settlement and the entry of a consent order following a negotiation. In most […]

Was Bharara Targeting Trump’s HHS Secretary?

March 23, 2017

President Trump’s wholesale replacement of U.S. attorneys was not much of a departure from the norm, with one exception: the […]

Compliance And The Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program

March 21, 2017

The DOJ Antitrust Division’s leniency program provides benefits to companies that self-report a violation, or a possible violation, of antitrust […]

Re: The Case Of The $10 Million Comma

March 21, 2017

In the very first sentence of its opinion, the First Circuit Court of Appeals practically wrote the headline of this […]

Mounting Resistance To Personal Data Harvesting

March 21, 2017

Two new books about the implications of personal data harvesting in the “post-privacy” era….

CA State Bar Says No Sex With Clients

March 17, 2017

Some exceptions are noted, as this rule updates and expands a previous rule that allowed consensual sex, as long as…

Tillerson Used Secret Email To Discuss Climate Change

March 15, 2017

While Rex Tillerson was chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp., he used an email attached to the alias ‘Wayne […]

In Fracking Trade Secrets Battle, a Rare Compromise

March 15, 2017

The formula for what’s injected during the fracking process varies from company to company, and in a competitive industry with […]

Iceland First To Require Equal Pay For Men And Women

March 14, 2017

Iceland has become the first country to pass a law requiring that women and men are paid the same for […]

Court Rules Gay Workers Not Protected By Federal Anti-Discrimination Law

March 14, 2017

A 1964 civil rights law does not protect workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, a three-judge panel of the 11th […]

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