Addressing the Dissipation of Marital Assets in a Divorce Case
At what point does one spouse's gifts to family and friends, or their bad investments and/or extravagant spending, become considered dissipation in the eyes of an adversary looking to review a case or the judiciary, and what remedies are available to a spouse where a dissipation has been found to have occurred?
The Annual State of the Firm Report
As the year draws to an end, many of the more enlightened law firm managing partners and members of the executive committee assess the results of the current year and begin to develop plans for the coming year.
My New BFF Is a Smart VDR
Review of SmartRoom, a secure virtual data room)that was first conceived to securely host due diligence documents for an expedited Chapter 11 asset sale of multiple properties with multiple potential bidders.
Cracking the FCPA Code: Interpreting Recent DOJ and SEC Enforcement and Messaging
Notwithstanding expectations of a shift in government enforcement priorities, after more than a decade, FCPA enforcement still shows no signs of slowing down. Indeed, the last two years each welcomed two new members to the list of 10 largest corporate enforcement matters: Total and Weatherford in 2013, and Alstom and Alcoa in 2014.
The Global 100
The Global 100 appears to have found its groove. After the turbulence of the financial crisis, which in 2009 caused the world's 100 highest-grossing law firms to collectively suffer their first-ever fall in aggregate fee income, the group has now settled into a pattern of slow, steady growth.
Protecting Your Company's Data from Security Breaches
This article explores some steps counsel can take to protect their organizations from a data breach, and how counsel can proactively help to mitigate any adverse impact in the unfortunate event a data breach occurs.
The Art of Cyberwarfare
Cybersecurity is at a crossroads. No longer resigned to the confines of server rooms overseen by information technology, decisions regarding the protection of data have been forced into the boardroom by events that include breaches at main street businesses and revelations of clandestine government hacking activities.