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Navigating the #MeToo World: Practical Advice for Corporate Board Members and Executives

Executives and Corporate Boards in every industry are grappling with the explosion of sexual harassment complaints seemingly triggered by the claims against Harvey Weinstein. If your organization has not yet experienced a #MeToo type claim, now is not the time to be complacent or self-congratulatory.
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Daily Report Online

Reality Winner's Lawyers Say FBI Interrogation Was Unconstitutional

Lawyers for the Air Force veteran accused of leaking a classified document are asking a judge to suppress comments she made to the FBI during a search of her home last year.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protections With Respect to Outside Consultants

Stephen DalyNearly every lawyer shares one fear in common: the inadvertent waiver of the attorney-client privilege. Last summer, in BouSamra v. Excela Health, 167 A.3d 728 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2017), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that a company waived the attorney-client privilege when it forwarded an email containing legal advice to one of its consultants, a public relations firm.
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Legaltech News

Online Marketing Practices Continue to Pose Regulatory Threats for Financial Services

This article appeared in Cybersecurity Law & Strategy, an ALM publication for privacy and security professionals, Chief Information Security Officers,…
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New York Law Journal

Challenges and Advice for Multinational Companies in Complying With Chinese Cybersecurity Law

Cori Lable, Jodi Wu and Zachary Brez provide an overview of the key requirements imposed by China's Cybersecurity Law and a roadmap for multinational companies seeking to assess their obligations and responsibilities under the law.
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Legaltech News

To Overhaul Corporate E-Discovery, It's About Working Around Tech

Two corporate e-discovery practitioners share their stories of revamping e-discovery in-house, offering insight into the pitfalls and successes these efforts can entail.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Supreme Court Limits Stockholder Ratification of Director Compensation

Over the past several years, the Delaware Court of Chancery has applied the stockholder ratification defense in challenges to director compensation awards made pursuant to stockholder approved equity incentive plans (EIPs).
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The Legal Intelligencer

E-Discovery Ethics: It's Still—And Always Will Be—About Doing Tech Right

In Klipsch Group v. ePRO E-Commerce, No. 16-3637-cvNo. 16-3726-cv (2d Cir. Jan. 25), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York's order that “the likely valuation of actual damages” in the matter was “$25,000,” the defendant had to pay the plaintiff $2.68 million as “compensation” for “additional discovery efforts” the plaintiff had to take because of the defendant's misconduct.
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Legaltech News

Facebook Foreshadowing: German Court Underscores Tech's Uncertain GDPR Future

A Berlin regional court's ruling against Facebook highlights the fundamental problems social media and tech companies may face under the GDPR's strict consent mandates.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

The Class Action Litigation Consequences of Business Email Compromise Attacks

A look inside the likelihood of class action litigation from BEC attacks, the judicial results of such litigation, and potential costs associated with settling such litigation.
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