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Ethisphere names world’s most ethical companies

Last week, the Ethisphere Institutean organization dedicated to best practices in corporate responsibilityreleased its 6th annual Worlds Most Ethical Companies list.
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Betting on March Madness may be illegal

How is your March Madness bracket doing?
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Facts & Figures: 5 sets of newsworthy data

Settlement SlowdownThe number of securities fraud settlements in 2011 dropped to their lowest levels since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX),…
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International Edition

Regulation clampdown - a senior executive wish list for future regulation

Eversheds recently polled senior executives in the City to compile a wish list for future regulation. Michael Wainwright reports
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International Edition

The new European Union privacy regime – benefit or burden for online businesses?

Compliance with new EU regulation could cause headache for online entities. Latham's Gail Crawford reports
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Inside Counsel

International business partner due diligence: How much is enough?

While the need to conduct due diligence on international business partners is clear, there is no regulatory guidance specifying the depth to which companies need to investigate the background of third parties. However, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) judgments in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...
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Inside Counsel

An overview of state e-discovery rules

When discovery first met the e- that precedes it today, it fell upon trial judges nationwide to figure out how to harmonize primordial sources of electronically stored information (ESI) with traditional discovery rubricsessentially, how to fit a round peg into a square hole.
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Inside Counsel

Regulatory: 4 ways corporations can participate in federal elections

With the 2012 election in full swing, Americans are closely following the brewing civic debate over corporate political participation.
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Inside Counsel

Banks pay New York state $25 million for alleged foreclosure abuses

A month after reaching a record $25 billion foreclosure settlement with U.S. mortgage lenders, several states are ready to collect. Today its New York, which will collect $25 million from five major banks over their alleged abuse of the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS).
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Study: U.S. securities fraud settlements in 2011 are lowest-ever since enactment of SOX

A study by Cornerstone Research reported Wednesday that U.S. securities fraud settlements took a nosedive in 2011, resulting in the smallest number and size since SOX was enacted.
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