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New York Law Journal

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: A Trip-Wire for Financial Executives

In his Employment Issues column, Philip M. Berkowitz writes: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is often associated with payoffs between shadowy figures for contracts made in remote parts of the world. But a spate of recent prosecutions and civil settlements makes clear that the financial services industry is in fact a significant target for potential violations of this centerpiece compliance legislation.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

Relativity Expands to Compliance Monitoring with Relativity Trace

The add-on to the base Relativity system focuses on proactive data monitoring in regulated markets as the company looks to go beyond e-discovery.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Five Employment Issues Boards Should Be Thinking About

Several developments in the employment law sphere need to be considered by corporate boards before the year ends.
7 minute read

International Edition

Vietnam Prepares to Implement Data Localization Law as Enforcement Questions Remain

Vietnam's cybersecurity law, set to go into effect in January 2019, requires any online service provider that collects, analyzes or processes Vietnamese users' personal data to host that data, and have a physical office, in the country.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Worried About Data Theft While Traveling Abroad? Here's A Few Tips

Miami trade attorney Eric Ostroff spoke with Corporate Counsel about safeguarding proprietary information when employees venture into foreign countries on business and what companies can do after a breach.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

FTC Consumer Protection Chief Makes Case For EU Data Privacy Cooperation

The FTC's consumer bureau director, Andrew Smith, said Wednesday at a U.S. Chamber summit in Washington that privacy shield renewal is 'a top priority for the Federal Trade Commission.'
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Why Corporate Legal Departments Need Practical AI

General Counsel (GC) continue to face operational challenges, including cutting costs, "doing more with less" and yet delivering a quality service in a timely manner with efficiency, while reducing legal risk to the business.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Law Firms Need to Assume Breach—And Invest Accordingly In Internal Defenses

Even the best-trained teams cannot keep an intruder from moving throughout a cloud environment if the house has no alarms and all the doors have all been left open. The key may lie in micro-segmentation.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Disclose to OFAC—Voluntarily? Tips for Legal and Compliance Pros

A recent conversation with a head of legal of a Fortune 500 technology company relating to the current challenges of complying with U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) restrictions brought to mind a couple of tips that are important for all senior legal and compliance professionals at companies with cross-border operations.
5 minute read

International Edition

CFIUS Pilot Program May Not Affect As Many Businesses as Feared, Experts Say

Last week's sudden announcement that more foreign investments in American technology businesses would be subjected to national security reviews as early as November as part of a federal pilot program startled many, but some international trade law experts say not as many businesses may be affected as initially feared.
4 minute read

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