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Anti-Bullying and Corporate Responsibility Image

Anti-Bullying and Corporate Responsibility

Michael W. Peregrine

As boards implement anti-bullying policies to protect against a toxic management-to-employee workplace environment, they should also consider extending similar protection to the vital interactions between the general counsel and the CEO.

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Insurance Fraud Remains Key Area of Government Focus

Michael A. Sirignano

During the past year, there were important government reports examining the defrauding of health insurance programs, new trends and government initiatives relating to fraud, and insurance fraud cases involving significant numbers of defendants. When added together, it is not difficult to understand why insurance fraud remains such a key area of focus for government officials, carriers and attorneys.

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Fourth Circuit: Shareholders Face High Bar In Demonstrating Scienter Image

Fourth Circuit: Shareholders Face High Bar In Demonstrating Scienter

Michael W. Mitchell & Edward Roche

A recent Fourth Circuit decision held that shareholders must meet a high bar in demonstrating scienter to avoid early dismissal of the case. The decision also shows the fact-intensive approach courts use to distinguish fraudulent statements from those that, even if mistaken, were made innocently.

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Biometric Privacy: A Year In Review (2021) and The Year Ahead (2022) Image

Biometric Privacy: A Year In Review (2021) and The Year Ahead (2022)

Lauren Caisman and Christian Auty

The year started with Portland, Oregon's ban on the use of facial recognition technology by private entities in places of "public" accommodation. It concluded with the rendering of important appellate decisions on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. In the middle, was the continued flurry of litigation, class action settlements, and legislative activity.

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Biden Administration Corporate Enforcement Policies More Symbolism than Effective Reform Image

Biden Administration Corporate Enforcement Policies More Symbolism than Effective Reform

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

By undoing some of the higher profile policy changes of the prior administration that many perceived as business-friendly, the current administration has served notice on the business and financial community of a return to practices characteristic of a more aggressive enforcement regime.

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Enforcement of Obligations Imposed In SEQRA Findings Statements Image

Enforcement of Obligations Imposed In SEQRA Findings Statements

Stewart E. Sterk

When, at the culmination of environmental review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), a municipality resolves to require a developer to ameliorate environmental impacts, can anyone other than the municipality itself enforce the requirement?

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With 'Great Resignation', Corporations Need to Prepare for the Great Investigation Image

With 'Great Resignation', Corporations Need to Prepare for the Great Investigation

Veeral Gosalia

Major crisis events, such as political uprisings or financial downturns, are typically followed by an increase in fraud in the business sector and heightened risk to corporate IP and other sensitive information. Anecdotally, this seems to be proving out again in the recent and ongoing fallout from the pandemic. Even before this Great Resignation movement, corporations across the globe were reporting increases in suspicious activity, data leakage, IP theft and other data risks stemming from departing employees and remote workers.

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Cybersecurity and Corporate Privacy Enforcement Is Focus of Feds Image

Cybersecurity and Corporate Privacy Enforcement Is Focus of Feds

David Saunders & Julian L. André

It started as a hushed rumor in the beltway, then became a known fact by those going to join the administration. And now we all know: The Biden administration has brought with it a renewed focus on data privacy and cybersecurity.

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'Never Trust, Always Verify': Zero Trust Security Image

'Never Trust, Always Verify': Zero Trust Security

Rebecca L. Warren

Recognizing the ever-increasing cyber threats to businesses, government entities, and individuals, the White House announced that Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must migrate toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Architecture by September 2024. Under Zero Trust, trust is the ultimate vulnerability of any system and, therefore, trust has to be eliminated from a business' cybersecurity approach.

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Potential Criminal and Civil Penalties of Digital Asset Exchanges Image

Potential Criminal and Civil Penalties of Digital Asset Exchanges

Nola B. Heller & Samson Enzer

This article discusses the potential criminal and civil penalties that companies can face if their employees engage in insider trading in digital assets, and suggests several measures that exchanges can take to reduce their exposure from such risks.

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