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Risk monitoring a key component of social media strategies

But instead, Chobani learned a tough lesson about how social media empowers consumers to disseminate their opinions, and how companies must keep this risk in mind when developing social media strategies.
3 minute read

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Median pay for corporate directors increases modestly to $227K

Cash retainers for directors grew 7 percent at the median to a high of $80,000. Total cash compensation grew to $100,000
3 minute read

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Protecting “End Users” from patent infringement actions

It's important to consider proposals that seek to protect end usersbusinesses that simply buy and use an off-the-shelf product.
4 minute read

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5 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines

A gang whistleblower, a ruined corn field, and three more of the strangest lawsuits making headlines
5 minute read

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Regulatory: Public company financial statements face increased scrutiny from the SEC

Though routine, review of a public companys financials by the SEC's Division of Corporate Finance (Corp Fin) can, in unique circumstances, lead to an enforcement action.
12 minute read

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Rimini Street gets new GC ahead of tough litigation

Rimini Street, a third-party software support vendor for SAP and Oracle applications, sees a long court battle in its future. And its preparing for it.
4 minute read

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J.P. Morgan to beef up its risk and compliance division

J.P. Morgan plans to spend an additional $4 billion and commit 5,000 extra employees to risk and compliance this year.
5 minute read

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Bank commodities stockpiling brings scrutiny from Commodity Futures Trading Commissions

While regulatory bodies can see what banks like J.P. Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley are trading in the markets, its considerably more difficult to assess what they own in the way of physical assets and properties.
2 minute read

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FTC examines potential Facebook changes

Facebook said it was just doing what its supposed to do when it proposed changes to its privacy policy late last month, but the social media giant has again drawn attention to its policyand again, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is getting involved.
5 minute read

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Flying the Flag: Meeting the FTC’s “Made in USA” claim requirements

Advertisers should proceed with care prior to cloaking their products in red, white and blue, given that these types of claims are regularly the target of FTC, competitor and consumer challenges.
6 minute read

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