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Based solely on tone, an employee could be forgiven for wondering if their organization considers setting fire to the office less serious than submitting a form after a deadline. Policy-writing expert and author Lewis Eisen examines this absurd reality: Many...

The savings and loan crisis, 2008 financial collapse and 2023 bank failures all followed the same script: deregulation, excessive risk-taking, crisis, bailout and eventually, stricter regulation. Elaine Duffus of Wolters Kluwer has watched this cycle repeat throughout her career —...

ZwillGen's Andrew Eichen examines how workplace email and social media precedents might guide judges facing novel legal questions that arise when AI joins the chat. Hint, the answer may hinge on whether AI systems use your data for training.

The compliance world loves its frameworks: DOJ's three fundamental questions, France's risk mapping requirements, the UK's "adequate procedures" standard. But strip away the bureaucratic packaging and something interesting emerges — these disparate approaches share much of the same DNA. Former...

In July, the DOJ released updated guidance on what might constitute “illegal DEI” by government contractors under an executive order issued in January. As a result, contractors must now move beyond compliance checklists and toward a strategic, principled and legally...

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...