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Business continuity used to live in a binder, often reviewed once a year and quickly forgotten. Today, it has become a critical part of day-to-day risk management and operational strategy....more
Today, organizations are more reliant than ever on external vendors, suppliers, and service providers. This interdependency amplifies both operational capabilities and vulnerabilities. Disruptions at a critical third party...more
How do enforcement priorities impact your compliance program? Supply chains, tech tools, consumer data, the use of sanctions, the list is long — there are a vast number of organizational processes and procedures under...more
The key to gaining buy-in for your cyber risk roadmap under tightening budgets and staffing challenges. This statement should come as no surprise: there’s been an alarming rise in the number and sophistication of cyber...more
Managing your vendor network and supply chain used to be easier. You knew who all your suppliers were, you could visit their sites, and you knew them as individuals you’d worked with for many years....more
I was tempted to take the easy way out for a Labor Day message and just repeat the one we sent last year. It seemed that little had changed, and the message still applied. But then, I think that doing so would be to ignore...more
Executive Order 13873 focused on securing the information and communications technology and services supply chain against transactions involving “foreign adversaries.” Companies in the information and communications...more
As we embrace 2021, we would be remiss to move forward without pulling lessons learned from 2020. We’ve experienced many firsts in the past year – be it COVID-19 and its implications on every aspect of our lives, new...more
So, that happened. Finally, 2020 is (almost) over. Rarely have so many been so happy to see a year go. COVID-19 shaped almost every aspect of our lives these past 10 months. But before we mercifully toss this year down the...more
COVID-19 is changing the nature of corruption and fraud. The risks they bring are mutating, and the pandemic is drastically altering the way such risks are detected and mitigated. ...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 10 (May 14, 2020) - SecureWorld, a hub for cybersecurity news and resources, released a discussion on implementing business continuity plans during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...more
As businesses continue to evaluate current operations and how they will modify them as shelter-in-place orders are lifted and employees and customers return, it is important for each business to anticipate potential COVID-19...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed significant strains on virtually every aspect of life. While state and local governments have forced many businesses to suspend operations in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus,...more
As COVID-19 cases have continued to spread across the country resulting in government-issued “shelter in place” orders, few industries have felt the impact as swiftly and deeply as the restaurant industry. Indeed, such...more
For buyers and sellers of goods, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing increasing disruption to supply chains on a local, national and international level. Factories have been shut down, workforces have been downsized, flights...more
Because the lasting impact and full scope of COVID-19 remains largely unknown, companies must be prepared to deal with any challenges that may arise, particularly those that could result in unforeseen financial distress. We...more
Many businesses are already experiencing raw material shortages related to the coronavirus. As the virus and the related quarantines spread, most businesses are likely to experience material and labor shortages that will...more
In light of the Bay Area implementing Shelter in Place ordinances, such laws are now being considered throughout the country. This alert provides actionable steps a company can take to ensure that a Shelter in Place law in...more
In 2008 and 2009, we presented on the impact of the swine flu and efforts that companies should take in the time of a pandemic related to global supply chains. The guidance we provided over 10 years ago is timely once again....more
In managing relationships with their suppliers during the pandemic, companies will find it in their interest to show some flexibility—but only within certain parameters. - Third-party suppliers of technology products and...more
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world, businesses are now confronting significant and unique challenges. Successful navigation of these challenges...more
One by one, at devastating speed, communities across the globe are facing the effects of Covid-19. With more than 115,000 reported cases to date, we are no longer awaiting a new reality; we have met it head on....more
Speculation about the impact of coronavirus and recent stock market volatility, including Thursday’s worst decline since the 1987 market crash, on M&A activity has intensified. Members of Ballard Spahr’s Mergers &...more
Following the increased spread of COVID-19 within the United States, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued a Level 2 Alert on March 10 to all users, owners, and operators of the bulk-power system,...more
Coronavirus Disease 2019 or “COVID-19” continues to dominate national and international discussion. News outlets in Boston, New York, London, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and every other city and town in the world continue...more