Risk Management

Monitoring Employees’ “Wearable Technology”

A recent survey finds that 10 percent of organizations are already using wearable technology as part of their HR strategy. […]

The “Employee-Misconduct Defense” After An OSHA Citation

When safety violations are committed by employees, is the company liable? That depends, explains a client alert from Stites & […]

The Evolving Strains Of Ransomware

An insidious new strain of ransomware is said to be infecting 100,000 computers per day. A post from Jai Vijayan […]

SEC’s First “Outsider” Whistleblower Award Has Lesson For Companies

In January the SEC issued its first ever whistleblower award to an “outsider” – someone who was not an employee […]

Build A Company-Wide Culture Of Compliance

At the same time that budgets are flat or increasing modestly, the job of legal departments keeps getting bigger and […]

Ingredients Of A Sound Legal Hold

Recipients of a legal hold memo don’t necessarily need to know what “misappropriation of trade secrets” means, or what court […]

Sleeper Requirement: Climate Change Disclosure

Companies are advised not to become complacent about climate change and sustainability disclosure obligations, despite the fact there has been scant followup to a…

Leverage HR To Address Risk Of Data Breach

For all the paranoia about organized hackers, foreign and domestic, in fact most data-breach problems are the result of negligent […]

A Scrappy GE Fights Local Property Taxes

General Electric Company has saved millions by contesting local property tax assessments in several states. The company is said to have a large internal staff of tax experts, but also to retain tax-abatement specialist law firms…

Oil Industry Report Warned Of Climate Change In ’82

A report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute in 1982 outlined several models for climate change, all of them pointing […]

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