Sue Reisinger

April 09, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Standard Chartered Bank announced Tuesday it has agreed to pay $1.1 billion and extend its U.S. deferred prosecution agreement two more years on charges that it conspired to violate U.S. sanctions by processing financial transactions through U.S. banks for the benefit of Iranian entities.

By Sue Reisinger

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April 08, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Two in-house lawyers at Michigan State University, Paulette Granberry Russell and Kristine Moore, testified Monday about their key roles in investigating sports doctor Larry Nassar and what they told former school president Lou Anna Simon, who is criminally charged with lying to investigators about what she knew in 2014.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

April 05, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The National Association of Attorneys General has sent a letter to the federal government objecting to parts of a recent draft report on pain management that it's calling "incomprehensible" for deviating from CDC guidelines aimed at decreasing the risk of opioid misuse.

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April 05, 2019 | Legaltech News

The Data Security Incident Response Report from BakerHostetler details the more than 750 incidents the law firm worked on in 2018, compared to 200 in 2014.

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4 minute read

April 04, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The number of cyberattacks on corporate America continue to increase, with many beginning with a “phishing” email, according to the Data Security Incident Response Report from Baker & Hostetler, which details the more than 750 incidents the law firm worked on in 2018 compared to 200 in 2014.

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April 03, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

In a major shakeup at the University of Southern California, the school has announced that top legal officer Carol Mauch Amir is leaving in June amid the admissions cheating scandal and allegations by some 600 students who say they were sexually abused by a former campus gynecologist.

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April 02, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

A new 100-page report by PEN America looks at the rise of hateful speech and incidents of bigotry on university campuses along with other free speech issues as the organization finds in-house counsel worried about violating First Amendment rights.

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April 01, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. Deputy Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio said in a speech at Harvard that hundreds of universities are not doing enough to ensure free speech rights of students and faculty are protected.

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April 01, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Transparency International says the continued failure of most countries to significantly control corruption is contributing to a crisis in democracy…

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March 29, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. has agreed to pay U.S. authorities nearly $232 million to resolve allegations that it bribed doctors and health officials in some 17 countries in order to obtain business.

By Sue Reisinger

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