Risk Management

SEC’s In-House Courts Battered, But Still Intact

A proposal by the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee would, if enacted into law, move most SEC enforcement […]

In A First, SEC Fines Morgan Stanley $1 Million For Cybersecurity Lapse

According to the SEC, Morgan Stanley violated the “Safeguards Rule” by failing to prevent an employee from downloading customer information he was not supposed to have access to.

Warning: Security Products Can Backfire

Security software from some of the biggest and best-known companies in the cybersecruity business has been successfully…

Exxon Strike Back, Sues AG Over Climate Investigation

Contending that the civil investigation demand by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and other state attorneys general are part of […]

Consumer Groups Target Cable Companies For Exploiting Customer Data

Several consumer groups have complained before both the FTC and the FCC regarding privacy and data-collection practices of cable and satellite companies AT&T, Cablevision and Comcast …

Insurance Lags Self-Driving Advances

Insurance companies are not able to keep up with advancements in self-driving vehicles, something made tragically clear this weekend when […]

OSHA’s New Bad Actor List

An OSHA “severe violators” pilot program has been rolled out in four Midwestern states. It will have significant implications for […]

SCOTUS, Again, Limits Foreign Access To US Legal Remedies

The case initially involved a RICO claim by the European Community and 26 of its member states. alleging that RJR participated in a money-laundering scheme by selling cigarettes to Colombian and Russian drug dealers…

“Alice” Down To Earth: Two Livestock Patents Ruled Ineligible

In decisions that invoked the Supreme Court’s much discussed Alice decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled that two claims by Leachman Cattle of Colorado, LLC, were not….

Court: Experts Must Refute Counter Views

What does a paid expert witness owe to the court, in the way of a giving opposing views at least […]

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