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U.S. Treasury Department Increases Economic Pressure on Iran, Targeting Its Oil Reserves and Human Rights Violations
U.S. Treasury Department Increases Economic Pressure on Iran, Targeting Its Oil Reserves and Human Rights Violations On Feb. 6, the United States tightened sanctions on Iran’s access to its oil revenues and further exposed the Iranian government’s “continued abuse of human rights...
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3 Mar 2013
Resistance Is Futile: When It Comes to BYOD the Trend Is to Go with the Flow
Resistance Is Futile: When It Comes to BYOD the Trend Is to Go with the Flow Try to think of a time when employees wanted to buy their own office supplies. Was there ever a movement to bring your own fax machine? Not since briefcases and backpacks have we seen not just a willingness, but an insistence...
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3 Mar 2013
Best Practices for Corporate Internal Investigations
Copyright 2013 ALM Media Properties, LLC All Rights Reserved Further duplication without permission is prohibited The Legal Intelligencer January 23, 2013 Best Practices for Corporate Internal Investigations BYLINE: HAYES HUNT Special to the Legal By now, the concept of Upjohn warnings...
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3 Mar 2013
California AG Advocates “Surprise Minimization” to Protect Mobile Device Consumers from Unexpected Privacy Practices
California AG Advocates “Surprise Minimization” to Protect Mobile Device Consumers from Unexpected Privacy Practices Hailing her state as the “epicenter of modern innovation,” California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has issued recommendations for app developers and providers...
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3 Mar 2013
With Whistleblower Enforcement Expanding, Companies Need to Focus on Culture and Employee Reporting
With Whistleblower Enforcement Expanding, Companies Need to Focus on Culture and Employee Reporting LexisNexis recently hosted a Webinar titled “Whistleblower Update 2013: Complying With an Evolving, Growing & Increasingly Enticing Government Program,” including panelists from law...
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3 Mar 2013
Whistleblower Update: SEC Update, New Protections for Public Employees, and Hotline Best Practices
Whistleblower Update: 3,001 Whistles, New Protections for Public Employees, and Hotline Best Practices SEC Reports on the Flow of Whistleblower Tips and Its Responses The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower (OWB), in its update on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower...
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17 Dec 2012
Minnesota Tragedy: A Stark Reminder to Implement Anti-Violence Policies in the Workplace
Minnesota Tragedy: A Stark Reminder to Implement Anti-Violence Policies By Ted Boehm, Fisher & Phillips LLP A recent shooting-death at a business in Minneapolis serves as a somber reminder to employers of the perils of workplace violence. On September 27, an employee killed five co-workers...
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12 Dec 2012
Cracking the Code of Conduct Conundrum: Synchronizing Words and Behaviors
Cracking the Code of Conduct Conundrum: Synchronizing Words and Behaviors By Tom Hagy “Children stop your screaming!!! It is 3 A.M. and you’re waking up the entire neighborhood!!!” the mother screamed at 3 A.M., waking up the entire neighborhood. When a boy pointed out that his...
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12 Dec 2012
The SEC Conflict Minerals Rules and Achieving Corporate Compliance: Part One
The SEC Conflict Minerals Rules and Achieving Corporate Compliance: Part One Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series written by Crowell & Moring attorneys Morris F. DeFeo Jr., Jeffrey A. Smith and Danielle Sugarman addressing the new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
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12 Dec 2012
Medical Community Anxiously Awaits Final Rule on Sunshine Act
Medical Community Anxiously Awaits Final Rule on Sunshine Act Many physicians, health–care organizations, and pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers anxiously await a final rule from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine...
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15 Oct 2012
Widespread Use of Social Media Creates Additional Risks for Companies
Widespread Use of Social Media Creates Additional Risks for Companies Network Security Risk: Because of their nature, the use of social media websites increases a company’s exposure to cyber threats such as malware and phishing attacks. With many users accessing their social networks from...
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15 Oct 2012
Recent Declination in Morgan Stanley DOJ Case Spells Out Keys to Effective FCPA Compliance Policy
Recent Declination in Morgan Stanley DOJ Case Spells Out Keys to Effective FCPA Compliance Policy Recently the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release announcing their decision to “decline” to prosecute Morgan Stanley in connection with its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...
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15 Oct 2012
Accountable Care Organization Program Is Alive And Well Due To Recent Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
Accountable Care Organization Program Is Alive And Well Due To Recent Supreme Court Health Care Ruling Regardless of your viewpoint on the issue, it can’t be denied that the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was one...
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19 Aug 2012
Attorneys Stress Increasing Importance of Pre-Breach HIPAA, HITECH Compliance
Attorneys Stress Increasing Importance of Pre-Breach HIPAA, HITECH Compliance If the federal government’s recent activity is any indication, organizations and companies that handle protected health information must be even more vigilant in complying with the HIPAA and HITECH Act before a data...
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19 Aug 2012
Employers Should Pay Heed to New NLRB Standards For Social Media Policies
Employers Should Pay Heed to New NLRB Standards For Social Media Policies By Abena P. Sanders The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is the federal agency tasked with enforcing the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). In August 2011 and in January 2012, NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon...
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19 Aug 2012
Companies Should Take Heed of Best Practices Outlined In SEC’s Cybersecurity Disclosure Guidance, Experts Say
Companies Should Take Heed of Best Practices Outlined in the SEC’s Cybersecurity Disclosure Guidance, Experts Say Although the Security and Exchange Commission’s recent Cybersecurity Disclosure Guidance is by no means a mandate, companies should take heed of its best practices before they...
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19 Aug 2012
Businesses Nationwide Continue to Grapple With Burdensome Massachusetts Data Privacy Laws
Businesses Nationwide Continue to Grapple With Burdensome Massachusetts Data Privacy Laws By David M. Governo and Corey M. Dennis There were over 1,800 data security breaches affecting more than 3.2 million Massachusetts residents between November 2007 and September 2011, according to a recent...
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16 Aug 2012
Corporate Internal Investigations; A User Guide for Companies
Corporate Internal Investigations; A User Guide for Companies Copyright 2012 ALM Media Properties, LLC All Rights Reserved Further duplication without permission is prohibited The Corporate Counselor Newsletter August 1, 2012 Wednesday SECTION: Pg. 1 Vol. 27 No. 4 LENGTH: 2487 words...
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1 Aug 2012
Changing HIPAA, HITECH Regulations Bring New Challenges to Healthcare Providers
Changing HIPAA, HITECH Regulations Bring New Challenges to Healthcare Providers Protected healthcare information is being stolen in this country, through cyber breaches and other methods, at a truly staggering pace. Compounded with new enforcement and compliance actions by the federal and state governments...
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14 Jun 2012
New Legislation and Consumer Education May Help Stem Digital Piracy
New Legislation and Consumer Education May Help Stem Digital Piracy As the entertainment and software industries struggle with the widespread problem of digital piracy, the U.S. government is wrestling with ways it can address the epidemic without infringing on free speech. Recent attempts to address...
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14 Jun 2012
Compliance with Anti-Bribery and Corruption Regulations an Essential Part of Doing Business in Today’s Environment
Compliance with Anti-Bribery and Corruption Regulations an Essential Part of Doing Business in Today’s Environment In today’s global environment of increased awareness and enforcement of anti-bribery and anti-corruption regulations, it’s more important than ever that corporations...
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14 Jun 2012
Anti-Corruption Efforts Must Incorporate These Three Themes
Anti-Corruption Efforts Must Incorporate These Three Themes There are many steps companies must take to avoid the myriad short- and long-term ramifications of corruption in global business— ramifications such as the DOJ and SEC fines and penalties that totaled $2.45 billion during the 24 months...
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14 Jun 2012
Anticipated Dodd-Frank Federal Insurance Office Report Raises Questions About State Regulation of Insurance
Anticipated Dodd-Frank Federal Insurance Office Report Raises Questions About State Regulation of Insurance The Federal Insurance Office (FIO)—which was created in June 2011 under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act—has sparked debate recently as to whether it...
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12 Apr 2012
California’s Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Act Can Potentially Impact Businesses Nationwide
California’s Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Act Can Potentially Impact Businesses Nationwide The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act went into effect on Jan. 1, 2012, and even though it is a state law, because California’s economy is so large and because it applies to all...
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12 Apr 2012
Anti-Bribery Trends and Keys to Compliance
Anti-Bribery Trends and Keys to Compliance Kristin Casler The U.S. government has radically stepped up enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the last few years. Record fines, criminal penalties and targeting individual violators within a business are designed to get multi-national...
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20 Feb 2012
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