Weekend: GCs on Boards and Gin in Ice
Notes For the Weekend: I tend to agree: No, General Counsels Should Not Be On The Board. The conflicts can be too great. GCs...
Mine Blast Plea: Dust, Documents and Deaths
As the article (via @Law360) points out, Ex-Massey Exec Gets 42 Months In Mine Blast Case this Massey mining manager pleaded to “pre-notifying” about MSHA...
The Border, Searches and the Digital Devices of Executives and Employees
Here’s a story (via @nytimes) about how the border is a back door for device searches. There is, of course, a “border exception” to the...
What They’re Saying About White Collar Wire: “Sage advice . . . to any American citizen.”
Generous comments from Professor Michael Greve at Liberty Law Blog: You can follow much of the current action [regarding banking and regulation] on WhiteCollarWire, which provides sage...
SEC Goes To Bat For Misled Compliance Officer
From The Wall Street Journal Risk & Compliance blog (and Samuel Rubenfeld @srubenfeld): Good news for corporate compliance officers whose officers or employees lie to...
Five Years of a Corporate Court-Appointed Monitor As a “Lighter” Sanction
Five years of a court-appointed monitor for Apple is “lighter” than 10 years, true — DOJ Suggests Lighter Penalty for Apple — but it’s still...
Corruption Currents from the WSJ
From @WSJRisk, see this white-collar corruption roundup — WSJ Risk and Compliance Corruption Currents — and especially the bribery section. Very useful for organizations with...
What Happens When He “Shit-Cans The Laptop”? An Ex-Employee and “Exceeds Access” Under The CFAA
From Professor Susan Brenner at Cyb3rCrim3: Once again, in a dispute between a company and a former employee — The Shit-Canned Laptop — under the ...
Less Law Department Budget, More Growth, Unknown Compliance: What’s The Corporate Ethos?
In an era of flat or barely budging general-counsel or risk-management budgets, the question of Balancing Budgets and Growth, especially for a multinational company, can...
Korn/Ferry and CFAA versus Trade Secrets Claims
For companies in disputes with former employees, like this: Korn/Ferry, CFAA and Trade Secrets the best approach may be a trade-secrets claim, not the Computer Fraud...