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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Privacy Shield Startup: The new program faces challenges. Should U.S. companies self-certify right away or wait and see?
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and European Commission (EC) designed the Privacy Shield program to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with EU data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the EU to the U.S. for commercial purposes....
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A New Era of Cooperation and Compliance: How to Navigate FCPA Investigations
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continue to reveal insights on how to successfully navigate Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations. Recently, the government geared up to combat overseas bribery with the appointment of 10 new FCPA prosecutors...
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One for Two or Two for Two with CCOs?: The Chief Compliance Officer Debate
As the role of the chief compliance officer (CCO) takes on more prominence, many CEOs and boards must evaluate whether their general counsel (GC) can take on this second role or if the function should be led by a separate executive. After the financial crisis, Enron, and growing privacy, corruption...
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Are You and Your CIO in Sync?: Alignment on relevant industry trends significantly impacts IT’s capacity to satisfy a legal department’s needs
Keeping internal tech teams up to date on legal and compliance trends is a never-ending task for many corporate legal departments. But it remains an important one, as CIOs and CISOs developing technology plans for a company need to account for these requirements and more. Security threats, mobile...
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Tying It Together: Successful incident response plans start with thoughtful data governance
Incident response plans are crucial in an organization’s overall strategy for handling potential data breaches and incidents. An incident is defined as a security event that compromises the integrity, confidentiality or availability of an information asset. A breach is an incident that...
Read MoreNew EU Data Protection Compliance Challenges: What’s changed and how can you prepare?
In mid-December 2015, the European Union (EU) finalized sweeping reforms to its data protection regulations. The new rules (GDPR) will be formalized in early 2016 and take effect in 2018. EU leaders took on the massive reform to account for the realities of the digital economy. Their objectives...
Read MoreLet’s Play Nice Together: 4 benefits to getting on the same page for e-Discovery
One of the more intriguing developments with the various changes in evidence rules and judicial expectations that impact e-Discovery is the steady evolution of professional responsibility codes pertaining to client/attorney collaboration. For example, outside counsel is increasingly expected to be...
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