Risk Management

U.S. Regulators Fine Airbag Company For Non-Cooperation

Federal regulators are fining Takata, the Japanese airbag manufacturer, $14,000 a day for failing to respond “fully or truthfully” to […]

Key Recent Developments In White Collar Law

We are now in a comment period regarding some proposed changes in the sentencing guidelines, with the definition of a […]

Privilege For GM Internal Investigation Is Upheld

The district court upheld GM’s claim of privilege for investigations in the matter of GM ignition switch failures, rejecting the stringent “primary purpose” test…

“IoT” Will Change Everything, Including The Practice Of Law

More sensors means more data, and more data means more – and different kinds of – evidence. And of course sensors can be…

Strategies For Minimizing Risk Of Privacy Class Actions

Plaintiff attorneys are invoking both federal statutes, like the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), and state statutes, like California’s Invasion […]

Law Firms Slow To Address Cybersecurity

Only 40 percent of law firms would place cybersecurity as one of their top five risks, and more than half either have not “taken steps” to insure that risk or don’t know if they have.

Take Control Of The M&A Process

A firm contemplating a merger must consider the potential anti-competitive effects of the merger process itself, as well as those of the deal.

Compliance Plans Should Reduce Risk, Not Create Liability

Tying to copy a program wholesale or cobble one together from another industry, failing to staff a program appropriately, and failing to take enforcement seriously, are among the strategies to be avoided.

Responding To A Social Media Attack

When social media comment turns negative and begins to harm a business, is there anything the organization can do about? […]

The Face Of International Litigation

A post from Merrill Brink, a company that provides language translation services for international business, looks at some general trends […]

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