Risk Management

General Counsel Must Discuss Cybersecurity With Their Boards

General counsel responsibility includes insuring that directors have adequate information in advance of any decision-making and continuous…

How To Address A $100 Billion IP Problem With A Drafting Revision

A post from Benesch notes that Gartner analysts predict that starting in 2018 there could be $100 billion per year […]

Mandatory ADR Clause Backfires For Insurer

Insurer Columbia Casualty Co. had a mandatory alternative dispute resolution clause written into its contract with a health care provider.  […]

Plaintiff-Friendly "Public Knowledge" Whistleblower Ruling In 9th Circuit

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals gave a “respectful burial” (the court’s words) to a 1992 defendant-friendly precedent that made […]

Court Denies Reward For Whistleblower Who Aided Scheme

The whistleblower in a False Claims Act case that settled for $19 million won’t get any of it, said a […]

What Employers Are Concerned About Now: The Littler Survey

In-house counsel, HR professionals and other executives were surveyed to determine which legal and regulatory issues are currently of greatest concern…

Mass Emigration Predicted For Florida

The environmental crisis in parts of Florida, notably the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale corridor, is irreversible, according to an article in the […]

Decision-Making After A Breach

Chris Pogue from Nuix runs down a list of seven key decisions a company will need to make after it […]

DOL Clarifies "Independent Contractor"

Last week the Department of Labor issued new guidance on how to determine whether a worker is an employee or […]

GMO Warning From Author Of "The Black Swan"

The author of “The Black Swan” and hedge fund manager and author Mark Spitznagel wrote before the crash of 2007 that the economic system was “fragile and unsustainable,” and they see something similar in…

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