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Compliance Hot Spots: CFTC's Foreign-Bribery Advisory | FTC's Joe Simons Raises Concerns | Huawei Taps Trump's Firms | Plus: Notable Moves

We've got a snapshot of early commentary on the CFTC's advisory on foreign-bribery enforcement. Plus: the SEC will respond to Elon Musk's tweet fiasco, and scroll down for Who Got the Work in some big new white-collar actions. Thanks for reading Compliance Hot Spots.
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Legaltech News

4 Recent Compliance Apps—Created by Attorneys—to Replace Attorneys

:aw firms are now merging their legal expertise and technology to create compliance software that clients can use for assistance without counsel.
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Legaltech News

Challenges and Considerations When Hiring a Data Privacy Officer

Perhaps the most surprising challenge that many companies face with the GDPR is complying with one of its more straightforward requirements: appointing a Data Protection Officer. But evaluating these considerations can help.
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Litigation Daily

DOJ's Benczkowski Pledges 'Fair Shake' for Cooperating Companies

"Aggravating factors like high-level executive involvement in the misconduct will not necessarily preclude a declination," Brian Benczkowski, who leads the Justice Department's criminal division, said at a white-collar conference in New Orleans.
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National Law Journal

DOJ's Brian Benczkowski Pledges 'Fair Shake' for Cooperating Companies

"Aggravating factors like high-level executive involvement in the misconduct will not necessarily preclude a declination," Brian Benczkowski, who leads the Justice Department's criminal division, said at a white-collar conference in New Orleans.
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Legaltech News

The Brave New World of Cybersecurity in M&A Due Diligence: Pitfalls and Opportunities

Like poorly-behaved school children, new technologies and intellectual property are increasingly disrupting the M&A establishment. Cybersecurity has become the latest disruptive newcomer to the M&A party.
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Legaltech News

Saving Face(book)? Message Encryption Raises Legal Complications for Tech Platforms

As Facebook moves toward privacy-focused messaging, encryption's legal and ethical complications could come into play.
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Corporate Counsel

DOJ Cites Lack of Oversight in Bribery Case Against Russian Mobile Phone Company

MTS's “failure to implement effective internal accounting controls” had allowed the company's executives and others to get away for years with disguising the bribery payments on the company's books as acquisition costs, option payments, purchases of regulatory assets and charitable donations, according to the DOJ.
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Litigation Daily

Labor Judge Warns Lawyers About 'Tone' in Oracle Discrimination Case

“I remind the government particularly that, 'counsel for the government has an interest only in the law being observed, not in victory or defeat in any particular litigation,'” a U.S. Labor Department judge wrote in a new ruling in the agency's long-running case against Oracle.
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The Recorder

US Labor Judge Warns Lawyers About 'Tone' in Oracle Discrimination Case

“I remind the government particularly that, 'counsel for the government has an interest only in the law being observed, not in victory or defeat in any particular litigation,'” a U.S. Labor Department judge wrote in a new ruling in the agency's long-running case against Oracle.
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