By Eric Willis | March 26, 2018
Legal departments are expected to do more with less and are now charged with better controlling and reducing costs, continuously evaluating and improving processes, and wherever possible, retaining and re-using historical data and knowledge.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Cindy Caranella Kelly and Sarah Gibbs Leivick | March 16, 2018
In the past several years, anticompetitive activity has impacted a wide range of industries around the world. In 2016, global cartel fines across industries reached almost $8 billion, and more than $4 billion in 2017.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Erin Jane Illman and Lyndsay E. Medlin | March 15, 2018
Privacy is serious business. This was made clear in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) recent announcement that it had settled its complaint against Venmo, PayPal's peer-to-peer payment service, for misrepresentations to consumers regarding privacy and security settings.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By N. David Neeman and Timothy C. Stone | March 9, 2018
In the not-so-distant past, when hackers breached a company's cybersecurity defenses and pilfered data, including sensitive customer information, the government and public alike often viewed the company as one of the victims.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Viren Mascarenhas and Kayla Winarsky Green | March 2, 2018
Recently, a landmark United Kingdom case has made it clear that U.K.-based parent companies may be found liable for human rights violations committed by their foreign subsidiaries. Plaintiffs all over the world are filing lawsuits seeking to hold parent companies responsible for the extraterritorial conduct of their subsidiaries.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Barry Dynkin and Benjamin Dynkin | February 28, 2018
Several years ago, cybersecurity was not even on the radar of most companies and their boards. Over the past several years after countless fiascos and crises impacting companies of every size and scope, cybersecurity has steadily risen as a priority and emerged as an integral aspect of a board of director's duty of care and oversight to the company it oversees.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Wendy Schwartz | February 26, 2018
The notion that a compliance officer can also serve as a whistleblower is unsettling to many in the business world. After all, the compliance function's responsibility is to investigate and address issues so people don't have to become whistleblowers.
By Julie Brush | February 26, 2018
Many professionals view the role of general counsel/chief legal officer as the top legal spot in the in house world. It is a “goal achieved”—through years of hard work and career navigation. And it's a legal position unique to any other… and is viewed as such by employers
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion|Best Practices|News
By Caroline Spiezio | February 22, 2018
Pharrell Williams is the latest to experience the litigation that can come along with the issue of website accessibility under the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Michelle Mancino Marsh and Janice Phaik Lin Goh | February 22, 2018
As consumers are becoming more sensitive to the environment, companies are trending toward branding their goods and services with eco-friendly claims such as “carbon-neutral,” “natural” and the like.
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