By Phillip Bantz | February 7, 2019
George Turner leaves his GC post to serve as chief commercial and technology officer at IHG, while Nicolette Henfrey, who has served as IHG's deputy company secretary and head of corporate legal, has been tapped to succeed Turner. U.K.-based IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns more than 5,500 hotels throughout the world.
By Phillip Bantz | February 7, 2019
New report from Mayer Brown highlights key issues that companies and legal departments should expect to confront in responding to cross-border cyber incidents.
By Phillip Bantz | February 6, 2019
New report from Mayer Brown highlights key issues that companies and legal departments should expect to confront in responding to cross-border cyber incidents, from managing multinational forensics investigations and global legal risks to strategically engaging with law enforcement in different jurisdictions, preserving privilege and dealing with the extraterritorial application of data privacy and security laws.
By C. Ryan Barber | February 5, 2019
The former head of the SEC's whistleblower team has some thoughts on the Trump-era commission's move to restrict awards. Plus: we've got the back story on how a Covington partner won, then lost, the ZTE compliance monitorship. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, moves and more. Thanks for reading!
By Erin Mulvaney | February 5, 2019
The National Labor Relations Board has received thousands of comments on its proposal to embrace a new business-friendly standard for defining joint-employer relations. Here's what some big U.S. firms said on behalf of clients and practice groups.
By Gino Cheng and Wakako Inaba, Winston & Strawn | February 5, 2019
In the quest for security, decentralization, and scalability, only two of the three requirements can be achieved simultaneously. Is the compromise on the third requirement something that a cautious company can live with?
By Ellis Kim | February 4, 2019
The news comes as the committee faces a sweeping demand by prosecutors to turn over documents about its donors, vendors, and finances.
By Phillip Bantz | February 4, 2019
While some American companies are hopeful that a regime change in Venezuela will open the door for new business transactions with the country, others are scrutinizing their dealings with Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA and its subsidiaries to determine their level of exposure to sanctions risks, according to international trade lawyers.
By Phillip Bantz | February 4, 2019
While some American companies are hopeful that a regime change in Venezuela will open the door for new business transactions with the country, others are scrutinizing their dealings with Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA and its subsidiaries to determine their level of exposure to sanctions risks, according to international trade lawyers.
By C. Ryan Barber | February 4, 2019
A draft press release showed Secretary Wilbur Ross praising Covington & Burling's Peter Lichtenbaum, who was picked as the ZTE special compliance coordinator. Commerce quickly rescinded the offer after discovering his statements critical of the candidacy of Donald Trump.
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