Catherine Dunn

January 02, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Former federal prosecutor and blogger Michael Volkov salutes chief compliance officers, declaring them to be 2011's Person of the Year for their role in protecting data privacy.

By Catherine Dunn

3 minute read

June 05, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Is your company using the right employee incentives to meet its compliance aims? According to the "2013 Global Compliance and Ethics Data Survey" from Consero and Applied Discovery, the answer probably is no.

By Catherine Dunn

3 minute read

March 28, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In taking stock of securities class action settlements in 2012, a new Cornerstone Research report finds that while the number of settlements decreased since 2011, the collective dollar amount of those settlements surged more than 100 percent—reaching $2.9 billion.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

September 19, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Corporate directors are logging more hours on their board responsibilities, taking action on hot-button issues including say-on-pay, fraud risk and compliance, according to a new survey.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

July 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Every heard of a "cookie audit"?

By Catherine Dunn

1 minute read

April 03, 2012 | Daily Business Review

With antitrust probes on the rise internationally, a forensic risk consultant notes companies are giving more forethought and attention to in-house training.

By Catherine Dunn

3 minute read

July 03, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Proponents of splitting chief executive officer and board chair roles will find allies in the real estate and hospitality industries, where more than half of top executives polled in FPL Advisory Group's 2013 "Corporate Governance Outlook" survey said they favor keeping those roles separate.

By Catherine Dunn

3 minute read

August 23, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Corporate Counsel, a Daily Report affiliate, has just learned that Joseph West, associate general counsel for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is slated to leave his post at the retail behemoth to become president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, effective September 12.West presently manages Wal-Mart's outside counsel, which includes some 600 law firms.

By Catherine Dunn

2 minute read

November 07, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Rosetta Stone is in the business of selling software and interactive language learning solutions all around the globe, whether to would-be Urdu speakers or people like vice president and associate general counsel Andrea Charters, who has used her company's products to study Italian.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

May 01, 2013 | Daily Report Online

What could your company do to improve its data breach preparedness?

By Catherine Dunn

3 minute read