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3 Reasons Why AI Requires an Essential Human Component in RegTech

In the best interest of accurate data, enlisting a team of industry or topic-focused experts will give the AI the direction it needs to better analyze and classify data.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How Mexichem's GC Brought His Team Together by Building a Global Compliance Program

Francisco Hernandez of Mexichem took a group of disparate lawyers spread throughout the world and shaped them into a global legal function using a rather surprising tool--ethics and compliance.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

From Frying Pan to Fire: MSU Names Robert Young as New General Counsel

Still reeling from the Larry Nassar scandal, MSU has hired a former Michigan Supreme Court chief justice to head its legal department. Robert Young, who was once on President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court shortlist, is an experienced attorney, but has also been criticized.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

DHS Cyber Strategy the Latest Overture to Public-Private Info Sharing. Can It Work?

The strategy emphasizes the importance of pubic and private sector information sharing in combating breaches and places special focus on national security and critical infrastructure.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Most US and EU Companies Not Ready for New Data Privacy Law, Survey Says

With the Friday GDPR deadline approaching, the report said 63 percent of U.S. respondents stated they will be largely or completely compliant. The report said there is “a mixed picture across Europe,” however.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Racist Rant, Other Events Show Social Media's Power Over Lawyers

A racist rant. Scrutiny over prolific billable hours. Controversy over arbitration pacts. All three have made news in the legal world in the past few months, and all were thrust into the spotlight through social media.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

AB InBev Toasts to Its New Path on Due Diligence and Compliance

The brewing giant used truly unconventional and high-tech methods to transform compliance on a global scale.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Takeaways From the SEC's First Action After New Cybersecurity Disclosure Guidance

The SEC's $35 million penalty in the Yahoo data breach shows that while a company presumably can delay some disclosures in order to investigate a data breach, the existence of an investigation itself does not excuse untimely disclosure.
17 minute read

Legaltech News

Match's IP, Trade Secret Challenges Could Be a Lesson Facebook's Dating Service

If legal fights in the online dating industry are any indication, Facebook's legal department would be smart to strategize about its inroads into this new line of business.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Guidelines for Shaping Your Internal Investigations

In her Litigation 101 column, Shira Forman writes: Every internal investigation must be tailored to the events and issues involved, so there can be no one-size-fits-all checklist. That said, she provides some guidelines and considerations that are worth keeping in mind as you shape your investigation.
5 minute read

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