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Expanding Your Business in an Emerging Market?
There's no question that businesses are looking for every competitive advantage they can find these days. From seeking to expand the customer base to lowering production costs, management is always mindful of the bottom line. Consequently, expanding to emerging markets and all the potential they hold has become increasingly attractive for many companies. With these opportunities, of course, come challenges, particularly the concern about escalating compliance and integrity-related risks. In fact, executives are not confident that their companies have effective processes in place to identify and manage these risks when making investments or engaging third parties in emerging markets.
These are some of the key findings of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP's fifth annual Look Before You Leap survey, which solicited the views of 126 business executives on the approaches their companies are taking to address compliance and integrity-related risks in emerging markets. Survey participants represented a wide range of industries including financial services (29%), manufacturing (25%), and information technology and telecommunications (12%). Roughly 75% of participating companies were headquartered in the United States, with other companies headquartered in Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Law Firms are Reducing Redundant Real Estate by Bringing Support Services Back to the Office
A trend analysis of the benefits and challenges of bringing back administrative, word processing and billing services to law offices.
New York's Latest Cybersecurity Commitment
On Aug. 9, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced New York's inaugural comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. In sum, the plan aims to update government networks, bolster county-level digital defenses, and regulate critical infrastructure.
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Summary Judgment Denied Defendant in Declaratory Action by Producer of To Kill a Mockingbird Broadway Play Seeking Amateur Theatrical Rights
Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel
'Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel is a continuation of the discussion of client expectations and the disconnect that often occurs. And although the outside attorneys should be pursuing how inside-counsel actually think, inside counsel should make an effort to impart this information without waiting to be asked.