January 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel
The Fin Reg Crystal BallPredicting the Dodd-Frank rules likely to emerge in the year ahead.
By Catherine Dunn
3 minute read
July 02, 2013 | Corporate Counsel
Did Citizens United Hurt Politically Connected Companies?According to researchers from the University of Oklahoma, "politically connected" companies took a big hit in their market capitalization after the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling came down in 2010.
By Catherine Dunn
2 minute read
November 14, 2012 | Daily Report Online
Global survey: Corporate fraud drops, but insider threats persistIn a year when many companies adopted a host of new anti-corruption measures, global fraud levels also dipped, according to a new executive survey that also shows corporations facing a rising tide of insider threats.
By Catherine Dunn
3 minute read
November 07, 2011 | Legaltech News
Rosetta Stone Translates Global Frameworks Into Data PrivacyRosetta Stone's associate GC, Andrea Charters, discusses how her legal team helped guide the language software firm to comply with international data privacy regulations.
By Catherine Dunn
4 minute read
June 14, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Using data to close the corporate 'ethics divide'More companies have adopted codes of ethics and added ethics training, but fewer companies have senior management and corporate boards monitoring in-house ethics data.
By Catherine Dunn
3 minute read
March 25, 2013 | Corporate Counsel
West Virginia AG's New Rules for Outside CounselStarting next month, outside counsel who want legal work from the West Virginia Attorney General's Office will have to play by a new set of rules.
By Catherine Dunn
3 minute read
June 27, 2013 | Corporate Counsel
Cameron Findlay Leaving Medtronic for ADM GC RoleArcher Daniels Midland Company, the agricultural conglomerate, will get its second general counsel in less than a year, having lured Medtronic Inc. GC Cameron Findlay from the world's largest medical device manufacturer and into ADM's legal department.
By Catherine Dunn
2 minute read
November 09, 2011 | Legaltech News
U.S. Businesses See Uptick in Cyberattacks by Russia, ChinaA U.S. government report identifies Chinese and Russian actors as primary culprits in electronic economic espionage and the plundering of trade secrets via cyberspace.
By Catherine Dunn
3 minute read
May 16, 2012 | Corporate Counsel
Yahoo Board Moves May Reduce Future LiabilityDoes replacing its CEO, changing board members, and other moves by Yahoo add up to a free pass on future legal liability faced by the company around its most recent governance troubles? Not quite.
By Catherine Dunn
3 minute read
December 06, 2011 | Corporate Counsel
In-House Code of Conduct Dataset Launched by Ethisphere InstituteA company's code of conduct sends a strong message to employees and federal investigators, alike. And when in-house counsel, typically tasked with compliance matters, have to write and update those polices, they often want to know: What's everyone else doing?
By Catherine Dunn
4 minute read
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