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Corporate Counsel

Conducting Complex Internal Investigations in Complex Times: Key Considerations For Successful Outcomes

The ability to conduct an effective internal investigation and at the same time satisfactorily respond to different stakeholders, while also preserving privilege when appropriate, is more difficult and multi-faceted than ever before. In this article, we provide strategies to help companies navigate these complexities.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

SEC Cybersecurity Rules Go Live in Days. Companies Still Aren't Sure What to Expect

"Companies are faced with this conundrum of wanting to provide more detail but not wanting to give too much," Orrick partner Aravind Swaminathan said.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

How Legal Finance Facilitates New Lawyering Combinations and Strengthens Old Ones

Legal finance is uniquely capable of enabling the integration of lateral lawyers or practice groups into firms by allowing lawyers to meld a firm's risk appetite with the client and case profiles new lawyers can bring to the party. For the same reasons, it's also uniquely suited to bridging emerging rifts in existing firms.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Nokia Embraces Automation to Flag Risks in Real Time, Lands Top Compliance Honors

"Our challenge was to move away from a classic telco approach to a faster, automated and scalable dealmaking approach," Nokia Chief Compliance Officer Alexis Mendoza said.
4 minute read

International Edition

Allen & Overy Removed from Ransomware Website 1 Day Before 'Deadline'

One person said the removal could mean the firm has paid a ransom to the hacking group, which is one of the most notorious in the world and is viewed as having strong links to Russia.
2 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters Launches Global Risk Advisory Practice With Norton Rose Partner Hire

The partner will be joining after over two decades at Norton Rose Fulbright.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs: Department of Justice's Latest Guidelines

Earlier this year the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) published the latest update of its internal guidance for evaluating corporate compliance programs. In this article, we lay out what is new and what you should do.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Family-Owned Conglomerate Taps In-House Veteran With 'Vast Knowledge' for New Role

Amber Hall—who has spent her entire in-house career at Cox Enterprises save for a three-year sojourn to Wells Fargo—is the company's first chief compliance and privacy officer.
2 minute read

International Edition

Sidley Fires Associate After She Speaks Out Against Law Firms' Letter on Israel-Gaza

The New York associate had written a widely-circulated article entitled 'Dear US Law Firms' about Israel's longstanding conflict with Palestine.
3 minute read

International Edition

Being Part of 'a Modern-Day Miracle': A Nonprofit's General Counsel Sees Purpose

As general counsel of the Fred Hollows Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to provide affordable eye health care and end avoidable blindness in disadvantaged communities around the world, Katrin O'Sullivan oversees seven different legal entities across 25 mostly African and Asian countries.
6 minute read

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