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Landmark European Commission Cartel Fines on No-poaching Agreements and Minority Shareholdings

Jones Day on 6/9/2025

European Commission ("EC") issues its first fining decision for a no-poach agreement, and also sanctions for the first time the exchange of sensitive information between a company and its competing, non-controlling minority...more

Utah Becomes First State To Enact AI-Centric Consumer Protection Law

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/8/2024

On March 13, 2024, Utah enacted the Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (UAIP), which imposes certain disclosure requirements on entities using generative AI tools with their customers, and limits an entity’s ability to...more

Top Five Department of Justice FCPA Enforcement Actions in 2019

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 1/2/2020

Welcome to the 2020’s. The past decade helped shape both Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement and corporate compliance programs. 2019 FCPA enforcements bore out many of the developments from the preceding years of...more

GDPR Guide to National Implementation - A practical guide to national GDPR compliance requirements across the EEA

White & Case LLP on 11/14/2019

Foreword - European data protection laws have made significant strides in the last two decades. Privacy and data protection laws have undergone dramatic changes over the last 20 years, in a race to keep up with technology....more

Google’s Fine and the French Data Protection Authority’s Far-reaching GDPR Compliance Measures

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 2/27/2019

On Jan. 21, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) levied a 50 million euros sanction against Google LLC for violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation2 (GDPR) in the context of the first enforcement...more

Massive GDPR Fine Is a Wake-Up Call to Get Compliance and Cyber Insurance Squared Away

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog on 2/5/2019

Have $57 million (or more) to spare? You’re going to need it if you run afoul of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) without cyber insurance. In late January 2019, the French data protection authority, CNIL,...more

Your Cyber Insurance Policy May Not Cover GDPR Fines and Liabilities

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/20/2018

You may be paying for cyber insurance that will not cover the most significant cyber risks faced by your business. Recent studies call into question whether a company can insure against the unprecedented huge fines for...more

Southeast Asian Competition Regulators Ramp Up Merger Control Enforcement

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/16/2018

Global deal planning often overlooks merger control regimes in Southeast Asia. However, in recent months these regulators have become increasingly active and are enforcing failures to file relevant transactions for review....more

Rolls-Royce Global Enforcement Action: Part I

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 1/18/2017

When most people across the globe think of Rolls-Royce, one word comes to mind – excellence. Yet that image largely relates to Rolls-Royce Limited, the automobile manufacturer, which was founded in 1909. Just a few years...more

Teva FCPA Enforcement Action-Part I

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 12/29/2016

Just when you were thinking things could not get any bigger after the Odebrecht/Braskem Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

New Maine Social Media Privacy Law Takes Effect October 15, 2015

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/12/2015

Maine has become the latest state to restrict employers’ ability to access social media accounts of employees and applicants. A new Maine statute, which will go into effect on October 15, 2015, prohibits a broad range of...more

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