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In the high-stakes world of legal due diligence, the security and confidentiality of sensitive information are paramount. With the increasing volume of electronically stored information (ESI) and the complexity of modern...more
On June 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a federal law enforced by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), went into effect. The PWFA mandates that employers with at least 15 employees, along...more
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“Antitrust Division”) recently updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations guidance document (“Antitrust Compliance Guidance”)....more
Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top Conducting effective cross-border internal investigations is more critical than ever for companies facing increasingly complex regulatory frameworks across the globe....more
The September 2024 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 4.8%, a decrease from the August 2024 rate of 5.2%. The September applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use...more
To build a robust ethical culture, ethics and compliance professionals need effective culture assessments to pinpoint vulnerabilities and proactively address them. The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) update to the...more
Leveraging 40,000 anonymous ethics hotline reports and expansive customer interviews, Syntrio’s latest analysis uncovers trends in misconduct, reporting, and more...more
Be cautious, be curious, be vigilant, and be brave. Those were the words of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. It is good advice. GenAI is here and lawyers need to understand its...more
On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) finalized long-awaited modifications to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations at...more
Maximizing value is crucial when companies contemplate bringing on external support for any organizational function. While a company may consider several value categories, this article explores five primary categories –...more
Following the introduction of the EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive on December 21, 2021, EU member states and institutions have been working diligently to incorporate the regulations into their existing national laws....more
This second part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems highlights state legislation and litigation to watch concerning AI systems, and provides practical takeaways as we look toward the...more
As generative artificial intelligence (GAI) technology, like ChatGPT, finds new and greater uses in the workplace, employers must consider the myriad of legal and other issues that come with it. For good reason, employers...more
ChatGPT has quickly become the talk of business, media and the Internet – reportedly, there were over 100 million monthly active users of the application just in January alone. While there are many stories of the...more
As previously reported in this blog, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is attempting to force the international law firm of Covington & Burling, LLP to identify hundreds of its publicly traded clients. ...more
Many California health care providers, including hospitals and physician groups, will soon be required to sign on to California’s first-ever statewide data sharing agreement governing the exchange of health and social...more
It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a boom in remote work. But remote employees are not staying where their employer is; they’re moving to where they want to live. And employers are realizing that if their...more
Compliance Today (October 2020) - The International Competition Network, an informal network advocating for effective competition of law enforcement, issued a guidance document outlining best practices for international...more
What are some best practices regarding an internal reporting system? The 2012 FCPA Guidance stated, “An effective compliance program should include a mechanism for an organization’s employees and others to report suspected or...more
The Justice Department “listens and learns” from companies and compliance practitioners. As part of every enforcement action, DOJ prosecutors review and assess compliance programs in accordance with the standards explained...more
Why does this topic matter to organisations? Under the GDPR, the concept of a "processor" has not changed. Any entity that was a processor under the Directive likely continues to be a processor under the GDPR. However,...more
Tennessee has joined other states in formally approving lawyers’ cloud-storage of client-confidential data. The Board of Professional Responsibility (“BOPR”) held that lawyers ethically may use cloud storage for...more
The National Labor Relations Board, the agency that enforces federal labor law, continues to challenge employer policies that seek to impose confidentiality constraints on employees....more