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Corporate Counsel

Criminal Liability Risks for Compliance Officers: a Multi-Jurisdictional Perspective—Part I

Amid ever-increasing regulatory complexity and diversification, it's important to stay on top of the current criminal enforcement risks for companies and their compliance departments. Part I of this two-part series homes in on the U.S., France and the Netherlands.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Corporate Compliance Lessons Abound From Navy's Report on the USS Theodore Roosevelt

This latest chapter in the Roosevelt saga should prompt some important introspection by the general counsel, the compliance officer and others with responsibility for organizational ethics and legal compliance.
7 minute read

International Edition

Cultural Problems at Your Law Firm? These Women Might Have the Solution

A new legal consultancy is determined to tackle the industry's ongoing diversity problems.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Designating Documents as Confidential and Requesting They Remain Confidential Insufficient to Avoid Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that a party waived attorney-client privilege by producing documents to a federal commission during the course of an investigation without requiring the commission to sign a confidentiality agreement first.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Sweepstakes, Contests and Lotteries: Businesses Win by Following the Rules

When running a game, the participants are not the only ones beholden to rules. Attorneys versed in this field of law know that in order to create a successful sweepstakes or contest, the business hosting such a game has the burden of ensuring all rules of the game are clear and it does not run afoul of any local, state or federal gaming laws.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Oracle Shareholder Suit Calls on Board to Replace 3 Members With Black and Minority Leadership

A shareholder suit against Oracle argues that the company is "the oldest and most egregious 'Old Boy's Club' in Silicon Valley."
5 minute read

International Edition

Hong Kong Lawyers Unsure of City's Future as Hostilities Between Beijing and Washington Escalate

The new law marks the most significant shakeup to Hong Kong's Constitution since the city's return to Chinese rule in 1997. Global law firms say they are scrambling to deal with clients' inquiries about how the new law will affect their bottom lines.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Frozen Visas Bring New Risk and More Compliance Headaches to Legal Departments

Corporate legal departments may find themselves taking on more work—and passing some of that load onto outside counsel—as a result of the Trump administration's temporary visa suspension.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Future of Business Contracts Post-COVID-19

While it is likely that businesses will think to add force majeure clauses to future contracts, there is also reason to believe the specific language of these clauses could be modified. Likewise, there are other changes to be expected in post-pandemic contracts.
9 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Decision Seeks to Further Clarify Operation of Del. Borrowing Statute

Delaware's borrowing statute provides that a suit to enforce a cause of action that arises outside of Delaware cannot be brought in a Delaware court after the expiration of the applicable Delaware statute of limitations or the statute of limitations of the state or country where the cause of action arose, whichever is shorter.
8 minute read

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