Risk Management

Skeptics Fault Wells Fargo Settlement

Wells Fargo’s recent $110 million settlement, covering a number of lawsuits over its practice of opening new accounts for customers […]

Perils Of Buying Cyber Insurance

The demand is rising, the choices proliferating, and the exclusions are numerous and complicated. This post, from an online publication aimed […]

Gutting Of Internet Privacy Regs Renews Interest In VPNs

Congressional approval of a bill that repeals pending internet privacy rules has sparked interest in an old internet technology, virtual […]

The Specter Of Cyber Breach Lawsuits When There Is No Breach

A lawsuit targeting a Chicago law firm raised caused some alarm in professional service circles, because it made what at […]

Slow Poison: CA Supreme Court Will Decide Toxic Tort Statute Of Limitations Case

In California, toxic tort liability for birth defects is arguably subject to two overlapping statutory provisions. One places the injury […]

The FTC’s Strong Hand In Cyber-Privacy Cases

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

Supplier Agreements Should Include Patent Litigation Protection

By law, anyone who uses patented technology can be an infringer. That use can result in liability even when the […]

Compliance And The Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program

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

Mounting Resistance To Personal Data Harvesting

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

When “Big Data” Takes A Vacation

Attorneys general and private attorneys in more than a dozen states have opened a new front in the battle against […]

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