
Law Departments and Clients Face Budgetary Concerns in 2017
Law departments are not being asked to do more with less? Instead, they are being asked to do more with more (though sometimes their budget increases are not keeping up with their new responsibilities).
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Corporate Guilt and Individual Innocence in Financial Fraud
Comparing the success of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in extracting guilty pleas from companies for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) with the DOJ's notable trial failures in FCPA matters brought against individuals is particularly instructive when we are discussing individual versus corporate criminal accountability, as we did in the first part of this article.<br><i><b>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i>
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Trademark Board Amends Its Rules of Practice
Entertainment and intellectual property practitioners and businesses should take note of these changes, as they directly inform the manner in which these matters will be handled moving forward and could potentially affect outcomes.
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Internet Law in a Trump Presidency
President Trump is already being pressured to reverse President Obama's Open Internet Order (also known as “net neutrality”) and take an aggressive stance against it. It remains to be seen how President Trump will balance the call for privacy regulations amidst our country's vulnerability to cyber-attacks.
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Effective Contract Management
<i><b>Three Goals</i></b><p>A recent report laid bare one of the most pressing problems of today's companies — and their GCs. Simply put, the report found that businesses of all types do a poor job of contract management.
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Is Your Data Breach Response Plan Good Enough? Stress Test It
As the chances of a data breach incident increase, savvy businesses have invested time and thought in a response plan. But plans never survive first contact with the enemy. Stress test your incident response plan to find and resolve its weaknesses while time is on your side.
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Most Firms Feel Assured in Cybersecurity Abilities, But Is That False Confidence?
Law firms are increasingly confident in their cybersecurity capabilities, despite many falling short of adequate breach response preparation.
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Mastering the Art of Self-Promotion
Hard work alone will not propel your career forward to its highest possible level; you are going to need to be savvy at the art of self-promotion. This includes going outside of your firm to get new clients and letting those inside your firm know about your accomplishments to propel you up the corporate ladder.
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Forum Shopping for a Double Recovery: <i>Kranz v. Schuss</i>
It has long been axiomatic that a plaintiff may not recover twice in tort for the same injury. This directive makes intuitive sense. Although a number…
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Best Practices in Data Security for Financial Institutions
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) recently revised its Information Security Booklet. The changes bring the financial services industry closer to the goal of having a clearly defined set of cybersecurity and data protection protocols to ensure regulatory compliance.
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