Risk Management

CareFirst: A Primer on Data Breach Response

The breach was headlines last month, but apparently occurred about a year earlier and may have compromised data of more than a million members.

EEOC Pursuing Discrimination Cases Aggressively

To some extent, the EEOC has been thwarted in its efforts to mount  so-called “systemic discrimination” cases. For example, in […]

Legal Issues Affecting Generic Drugs

Inter partes review has emerged as a useful tool for generic pharmaceutical companies to supplement litigation, generic filers IPRs also have downsides…

Forming A Sharia-Compliant Fund

There are five principles to keep in mind when forming a Sharia-compliant financing vehicle, explains Catriona McDevitt, counsel in Akin […]

New Rule Redefines Federal Waters, Many Businesses Affected

A federal rule will significantly expand federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. The rule essentially redefines “waters of the […]

Two Cyber Cases Insurance Did Not Cover

It’s only been a few years since “data-breach” entered the lexicon of corporate mishaps, and not long after that, the […]

When Is A Website A “Public Accommodation”?

A recent settlement between the Department of Justice and a major distributor of MOOCs (“massive open online courses”) sheds some […]

Coming Soon: Self-Regulatory Industry Privacy Rules

The privacy and transparency rules developed by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) go into effect on September 1. They will […]

DOJ: No Need To “Boil The Ocean” To Get Cooperation Credit

Internal investigations, in order to receive cooperation credit from the Department of Justice, can be “appropriately tailored to the facts […]

The Embezzler Profiled: She’s A Long-Term Employee

An insurance company study of employee theft, specifically embezzlement, using a data base consisting of…

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