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DLA Piper

Settlement Reached in Meta Investors Suit Over Privacy Violations: Key Takeaways

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Mark Zuckerberg and other current and former Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) executives have reached a settlement with a group of Meta shareholders. The parties reached this settlement at the beginning of the second day of an...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

FTC Focus: Interlocking Directorate Enforcement May Persist

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This article is part of a monthly column that considers the significance of recent Federal Trade Commission antitrust announcements. In this installment, we discuss what to expect from the Trump administration's approach to...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 51 – The Compliance Week at 20 Edition

What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk compliance, of course. Join Tom Fox and Kristy Grant-Hart in 2 Gurus Talk Compliance as they discuss the latest compliance issues in this week’s...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Ninth Circuit Upholds Conviction of Former Uber Security Chief Joseph Sullivan in Connection with 2016 Uber Data Security Breach

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On March 13, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously upheld the conviction of former Uber Chief Security Officer Joseph Sullivan. The ruling affirms Sullivan’s 2022 conviction...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Updated DOJ Antitrust Guidance Offers New Insights for Companies’ Compliance Programs

The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in November updates to its 2019 Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Enforcement (Antitrust Guidance), which provides insights...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Agency Guidance for Avoiding “Interlocking” Directors and Officers

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the U.S. Antitrust Agencies) have recently reinvigorated antitrust enforcement against company “interlocks”—i.e., when a director or...more

BCLP

Disconnecting Companies: DOJ and FTC Push for Broader Interlocking Directorate Liability

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On January 10, 2025, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission filed a statement of interest in Musk v. Altman, signaling a late push by the government to expand the scope of liability for interlocking...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Trump Likely to Shift FTC's Antitrust Stance on Energy Mergers

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The incoming Trump administration suggests a potential return to more traditional levels of antitrust enforcement for energy industry mergers and a departure from novel theories of harm seen under current Federal Trade...more

A&O Shearman

USA – Bill for AI Civil Rights Act introduced to the Senate (24 September 2024)

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On September 24, 2024, Senator Edward J. Markey introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Civil Rights Act to the U.S. Senate (AI Bill). The AI Bill is intended to function as a safeguarding mechanism legislating for the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Securities Law Update - August 2024 #2

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This edition contains updates and reminders on: ..The federal court decision that struck down the FTC’s noncompete ban, blocking it from taking effect...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2024 Insights: Enforcement and Litigation

Expert Allegations Could Become More Frequent in Securities Fraud Complaints and Possibly Erode Pleading Standards - A Ninth Circuit panel ruling that plaintiffs could use expert analysis to bolster securities fraud claims...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Safe Harbor in the Coming Enforcement Storm? DOJ Announces New M&A Policy to Encourage Compliance

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On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (the “DAG”) announced a new Mergers & Acquisitions (“M&A”) Safe Harbor Policy issued by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) as part of her comments detailing increased...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Continue to Target Interlocking Directorate Arrangements

On August 16, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“the FTC”) marked its first enforcement action of the prohibitions on interlocking directorates under Section 8 of the Clayton Act in over 40 years. Section 8 prohibits an...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

For the General Counsel’s Desk: Managing Enforcement Risks Involving Cookies, Pixels, and Other Tracking Technologies

Data governance is a mission-critical issue for every company and institution in the United States. GCs face a host of pressing cybersecurity concerns. Triaging them requires time, attention, and a well-rounded strategy...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Tech Companies Bear the Brunt of DOJ Push on Interlocking Directorates

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week that directors at several technology companies have resigned as a consequence of the agency’s renewed focus on overlapping board membership between...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Northern District of California Dismisses Derivative Lawsuit Alleging Online Child Privacy Law Violations

The acronym “ESG” is shorthand for environmental, social, and governance concerns.  In recent years, companies have used “ESG” to refer to initiatives involving climate change, responding to racial injustice, and supporting...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Corporate Law & Governance Update - July 2019

IMPACT OF EQUIFAX, FACEBOOK SETTLEMENTS - Health care industry boards should give close attention to the governance implications of recent privacy settlements entered into by Equifax and Facebook. Their unique facts...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

FTC Chronicle: “Lessons Learned” from the Agency’s Data Breach Investigations

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – often criticized for not providing clear guidance as to what the agency considers reasonable data security – announced on Friday that it would publish a weekly blog discussing “lessons...more

Dickinson Wright

Analysis: Cyber-Monitoring: The Next Frontier

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Cybersecurity is “hot” and will stay “hot” for corporations, executives, regulators, law enforcement and legislators. Rarely is there a corporate compliance discussion in 2017 where cyber isn’t “the” topic or a material part...more

Morgan Lewis

Proactive Approach To Cybersecurity: Recent SEC guidance and enforcement actions suggest that reactive firms may be in the SEC’s...

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In an environment where even the largest and most powerful corporations have fallen victim to data breaches, it can be challenging to fathom how to protect against the sophisticated and ever-evolving threat of cyber attacks....more

Perkins Coie

Federal Merger Enforcement Increases To Highest Level In Five Years

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Hart-Scott-Rodino Filings Decreased Slightly in 2012, but Percentage of Investigations Leading to Second Requests and Enforcement Actions Increased; FTC Continues to Enforce HSR Act in Connection with Corporate Officers' and...more

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