MP McQueen

March 30, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

If the purpose of law school is to train eager minds to "think like a lawyer," then the purpose of a Columbia Law School seminar taught by former…

By Sue Reisinger | MP McQueen

17 minute read

March 25, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Marriott International Inc. CEO Arne Sorenson publicly described the COVID-19 pandemic as worse for business than the aftermath of 9/11/2001, or the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. Here's how in-house and outside counsel are helping hospitality companies navigate the turbulence.

By MP McQueen

9 minute read

March 20, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

As health officials warn of a shortage of personal protective equipment and ventilators in the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act of 1950 and issued an executive order empowering the federal government to allocate manufacturers' output to the federal government, citing a national security emergency. What does this mean for general counsel of medical suppliers, or companies that could produce medical supplies?

By MP McQueen

9 minute read

March 17, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

The surge in inexperienced remote workers is creating a host of potential cybersecurity threats that in-house counsel need to quickly address, cybersecurity lawyers said. "Hackers love exploiting weakness and they know the entire world is distracted," said Jena Valdetero, partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.

By MP McQueen

8 minute read

March 11, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing companies to deal with issues around public disclosure of supply chain and other disruptions in their earnings reports and periodic statements to the SEC and investors. Their inside counsel and compliance officers also need to keep an eye out for insider trading by employees, lawyers said.

By MP McQueen

6 minute read

March 10, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Proposed new fees for filing transaction reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States were published Monday in the Federal Register, adding another significant CFIUS consideration for deals, international trade and national security lawyers said. And President Trump rejects another deal after CFIUS review, his third such order.

By MP McQueen

4 minute read

March 06, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Belmont discusses how in-house counsel at hospitals and health care systems such as her own are responding to the outbreak in the U.S. of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, or should be. She lectures and writes often on emergency preparedness.

By MP McQueen

7 minute read

March 03, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

The novel coronavirus that apparently originated in China has appeared in the United States, as public health officials said they expected. So what are the steps that U.S. employers and their in-house counsel should be taking now to prepare to minimize legal or financial exposure here?

By MP McQueen

17 minute read

February 25, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

In-house lawyers for payment systems, mobile banking and insurance-focused technologies, cryptocurrency and exchange platforms and other disrupters of the financial services industry, as well as asset managers, will have to pay close attention to changes in the regulations governing reviews of foreign investment transactions by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States that took effect this month.

By MP McQueen

7 minute read

February 21, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra's statement last week that the FTC had voted to launch a "close and careful review" of the FTC's non-binding endorsement guides and a "self-critical analysis" of its enforcement approach may signal an impending crackdown on social media influencers, advertisers and even their tech platforms, lawyers say.

By MP McQueen

8 minute read