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Common Pitfalls In Personal Device Collection

Both the DOJ and the SEC have made it clear that they will look at company BYOD policies when assessing how to resolve matters under their purview. To avoid pitfalls — and sanctions — counsel must take proactive steps to ensure proper preservation and collection of personal mobile data and verify that clients comply.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Firms Are Stuck With Abiding by New Anti-Secrecy Law, Even Though Judge Ruled It Unconstitutional

"Treasury's targets are those dubious LLCs without operations and employees that are holding shell companies hiding assets," said Snežana Gebauer, a partner at the compliance consulting firm StoneTurn.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Divided EEOC Announces Final Rule for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

In dissent, Commissioner Andrea Lucas said the rule "extends the new accommodation requirements to reach virtually every condition, circumstance, or procedure that relates to any aspect of the female reproductive system."
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Privacy Lawyers Lead Way as Job Market for Privacy Professionals Perks Up

"The regulatory landscape is trying to keep up with technological advancements. As a result, there will be an increase in the demand for lawyers with expertise in AI-adjacent spaces like privacy, intellectual property and regulatory affairs," Anna Gorodetsky of Major, Lindsey & Africa said.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC Member Fires Back at GOP Critics Who Say Agency Is Aiding EU Takedown of US Tech

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the longest-serving of the agency's five commissioners, said any suggestion that the FTC should be in the business of "protecting national champions" is absurd.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Companies Need Users' Affirmative OK to Share Sensitive Data, FTC Chair Says

"Unless companies are affirmatively getting permission from users to sell the sensitive data or share this sensitive data, they can't as a default matter do that," said Lina Khan.
3 minute read

International Edition

Head of Climate Change at Australia's Minter Ellison Departs for Consultancy

Executives are increasingly grappling with emerging risks and opportunities from climate change.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

GOP Lawmakers Seek to Block SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule Via Legislation If Not Litigation

"When you hear Democrats accuse Republicans of being 'anti-science,' they are proving our point that this rule is about the left's climate-policy agenda, not simply standardizing disclosures," said House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Microsoft's Ben Glatstein on How to Be a Real AI Lawyer, Not Just One Who Throws the Acronym Around

"Just to be a mediocre lawyer in general, you have to understand AI," Glatstein told Berkeley Law's Irene Liu during an online event Tuesday. For those with higher aspirations, he said, "there's really no substitute for just digging in and doing the work."
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Recent Securities Fraud Dismissal Raises Critical Question on the Scope of the Federal Fraud Statutes

"The dismissal raises critical questions about what the government must prove to convict a defendant ... under the federal fraud statutes," according to attorney Elisha Kobre.
5 minute read

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