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Rising costs and falling valuations have left many acquirers questioning deals that seemed sound just months ago. Kasowitz attorneys Sheron Korpus and Andrew Schwartz examine how material adverse effect provisions might offer exit strategies, analyzing court precedents from Covid-19 disputes...

Colleges and universities have faced major difficulties in recent years, ranging from decreasing enrollment to increasing negative public perception, but a new law that includes sweeping reforms to federal student loan programs may prove to be their toughest challenge yet,...

Evidence of an illicit relationship between coworkers went super-viral this summer, culminating in two people (a CEO and his company’s HR director) leaving their jobs after being shown on a kisscam at a concert. Of course, not all cases of...

(Sponsored) With AI projected to contribute trillions to the global economy by 2030, organizations can't wait for regulatory frameworks to catch up. Robert Feldman, chief legal officer of EDB, explains how smart self-regulation is filling the gap and why companies...

The SEC’s bribery case against a pair of former Cognizant Technology executives was six years in the making, with pandemic-related delays and significant pretrial litigation slowing the process. The end of the case? No less tumultuous thanks to a presidentially...

The words that make up your compliance program documents are critical, there’s no doubt about that. But they will only ever be words on a page if their structure and design are disconnected. Mark Beyer, a trade compliance consultant, explores...

It’s not just AI: Uncertainty over the economy and the world order of globalization being turned on its head portend fears of recession that could add further concerns regarding people and talent. Protiviti’s Jim DeLoach poses 10 questions to help...

Unpredictable global trade policies, led by a scattershot rollout of tariffs levied by the US, is having widespread implications across huge swaths of the world economy and affecting organizations large and small in diverse industries. And while those most obviously...

In a recent speech, Matthew R. Galeotti, the head of the DOJ’s Criminal Division, discussed changes in how the DOJ intends to conduct corporate enforcement. The speech, which followed the recent announcements of declinations by the National Security Division, provides...

Regulatory uncertainty and stretched compliance teams are creating new pressures for firms navigating an evolving enforcement landscape, even as the SEC appears to be taking a more targeted approach to violations. STP Investment Services’ head of compliance, Lori Weston, examines...

Ethical management is easy when a rule or regulation tells you what you must do in black and white; the gray areas are tougher to navigate. Ethena’s Susan Divers explores four test cases, including some from the real world, that...

With the Senate's decisive vote against a state AI regulation moratorium, compliance officers face a stark reality: Most organizations are using AI, but not everyone has policies governing the technology as it keeps on advancing. Jennifer L. Gaskin reports on...