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Through the Financial Regulation Looking Glass: Avoiding missteps, real or imagined, is no easy task when every move is hawked by a dizzying array of agencies
Financial institutions face tremendous scrutiny from the whole host of regulatory bodies that claim some authority over their services and operations. Jayant W. Tambe, co-head of Jones Day’s Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation practice, and C. Hunter Wiggins, a former Principal...
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The Changing Face of Cyberthreats: Faced with an evolving threat environment, more companies are treating cybersecurity as an enterprise risk issue
When the experts stop talking about “if” and start talking about “when,” you know a corner has been turned. That’s the situation with the vast array of cyberthreats facing organizations today. In the interview below, Mauricio Paez and Jeff Rabkin, partners in Jones Day...
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DOJ Aims for Corporate Transparency: New FCPA program incentivizes companies to self-disclose and cooperate with law enforcement
On April 5, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a one-year Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Enforcement Pilot Program to encourage voluntary self-disclosure, cooperation, and remediation.1 This effort is designed to boost enforcement by further incentivizing companies to...
Read MoreMcClendon Indictment Calls for Caution, Not Confusion: The DOJ oilfield indictment should encourage compliance rather than overreaction
On March 1, 2016, a federal grand jury indicted Aubrey McClendon, the high-profile former CEO of a major oil and gas company, for alleged bid rigging in the acquisition of natural gas leases. This news and the events that followed leave no one in the oil patch feeling comfortable, in an industry...
Read MoreLabor’s Wide Enforcement Net: DOL guidance on joint employment signals a broad view of employment relations
On January 20, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2016-1, which the agency describes as guidance for employers on joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker...
Read MoreEU Poised to Overhaul Its Patent System: New unitary patent and court are likely to shake up global patent dispute strategies
On the heels of patent reform in the U.S., the EU is preparing to dramatically shift its approach to patent disputes. A new EU-wide unitary patent to supplement country-by-country patents and a new court system, with jurisdiction that makes it almost as big as the U.S. system, mean big changes...
Read MoreWest v. Moe’s Franchisor LLC: Good customer service can be an “auxiliary aid”
Last April, Mary West and Patricia Diamond visited a Moe’s Restaurant, where they attempted to use a “Freestyle” drink dispenser, which allows customers to select from over 100 different beverages using a touch screen interface. Both women are blind, and neither could use the...
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