Sue Reisinger

May 01, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The veteran in-house counsel and compliance expert left his job at Microsoft for Sumitomo's Americas division. Sumitomo recently entered a written agreement with regulators to “improve its New York branch's program for compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and related U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations.”

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

April 30, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Health care lawyers and tech lawyers may be soon in high demand with the rise of tech companies entering the health care space.

By Sue Reisinger

8 minute read

April 30, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In her lawsuit, Nancy Saltzman says she was fired after complaining about sexual discrimination and wasn't allowed to attend key company meetings abroad while other executive team members did. The digital intelligence company's eight-person executive committee is now all male, her attorney points out.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

April 30, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The veteran in-house counsel and compliance expert left his job at Microsoft for Sumitomo's Americas division. Sumitomo recently entered a written agreement with regulators to “improve its New York branch's program for compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and related U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations.”

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

April 29, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

In her lawsuit, Nancy Saltzman says she was fired after complaining about sexual discrimination and wasn't allowed to attend key company meetings abroad while other executive team members did. The digital intelligence company's eight-person executive committee is now all male, her attorney points out.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

April 26, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Trucking company Celadon has signed a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to pay $42.2 million in restitution to settle securities fraud charges. The agreement runs for five years and does not impose a compliance monitor on the company, but shows how a company's response to a federal investigation can be paramount to obtaining a deferred prosecution agreement and avoiding an independent compliance monitor.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

April 25, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Shareholders at Bank of America and Wells Fargo this week voted down proxy proposals asking them to reveal more data on their gender pay gaps. The proposals won 26 percent of the vote at Bank of America, and 23 percent at Wells Fargo—up from 15 percent in 2017.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

April 24, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Washington Legal Foundation and the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center have filed amicus briefs in the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, supporting a Pennsylvania-based health care information company. The company argued successfully in the trial court that it should not be forced to defend itself in an Illinois court against nationwide class plaintiffs who also have no relationship to Illinois.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

April 24, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The Washington Legal Foundation and the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center have filed amicus briefs in the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, supporting a Pennsylvania-based health care information company. The company argued successfully in the trial court that it should not be forced to defend itself in an Illinois court against nationwide class plaintiffs who also have no relationship to Illinois.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

April 23, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

General counsel and chief compliance officers at dozens of research universities around the country are struggling with how to handle federally mandated investigations of their scientists after National Institutes of Health demanded University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center investigate scientists linked to possible foreign espionage. The center soon fired three professors.

By Sue Reisinger

5 minute read