FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 444, Jim Murphy on the Dangers in Using Slack
Modern collaboration tools have changed the very definition of metadata—and antitrust litigators must evolve with it. From Slack threads to Google Doc revisions, today’s metadata challenges can derail discovery if not handled...more
Republished with Permission The incoming Trump administration and Republican majorities in Congress are poised to open a variety of investigations after they take power. Those investigations will most likely follow the...more
Corporate use of third-party messaging platforms, including ephemeral messaging tools (which allow messages to disappear), is quite common and has become both a cost efficiency for employers and a convenient way for employees...more
The Federal Trade Commission and United States Department of Justice recently released new guidance on preservation of electronically stored information from ephemeral messaging tools and collaboration platforms like Slack,...more
The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division earlier this year released a joint statement reiterating document preservation obligations for companies and...more
Doubling down on guidance originally issued in September 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced updates to standard preservation letters and...more
Anyone who has ever received a civil investigative demand, subpoena, second request, voluntary access letter, or other form of compulsory process from a federal antitrust regulator knows that the government’s standard...more
I. The Phenomenon of Instant Messaging- Evolution and Proliferation- From basic platforms like IRC and AIM to globally dominant apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram, instant messaging (IM) has witnessed a radical...more
Elon Musk and the SEC have reached an agreement to revise their earlier agreement to settle the latest round of issues caused by Musk’s Twitter habit. Under its terms, a Tesla securities attorney must now “preapprove any of...more