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Passage of the CARES Act means that $2 trillion in federal loans and grants is being issued. Federal funds come with associated responsibilities for the recipient, which create potential criminal and civil liability if not properly handled. A team from...

These are uncertain times, but epidemiologist and coronavirus prep and risk management expert Roslyn Stone discusses steps C-suite leaders and boards of directors should be taking now to minimize risk and communicate effectively amid the COVID-19 crisis. It’s a tough...

As we move into proxy season, BDO’s Richard Smith and Judy Canavan discuss notable areas to watch for – including scoring, incentives and contractual payments and arrangements – and they reflect on how COVID-19 is affecting things. As proxy season...

Hard times bring out the best and the worst in people. It’s the worst the Department of Justice is concerned with. Michael Volkov discusses what the DOJ is doing to focus on fraudsters preying on public panic in response to...

As the economic disruption from the COVID-19 response continues, we are likely to see significant impact not only to general business operations, but also to the directors and officers (D&O) liability market. Farella Braun + Martel’s Mary McCutcheon discusses. As...

Eversheds Sutherland partners with Smarsh to focus on enforcement actions in key areas that are already presenting significant challenges to firms with mandated work-from-home policies caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is not just creating a health crisis around the...

Access Partnerships’ Logan Finucan addresses nascent U.S. privacy laws and what a comprehensive federal privacy law might look like. 2020 is unlikely to be the year that a U.S. comprehensive privacy law is passed, although developments in the coming months...

Now that the coronavirus is considered a pandemic, employers face a multitude of concerns when it comes to COVID-19, including compensation issues. Cowden Associates’ Elliot Dinkin addresses several of the key questions employers are asking during this crisis. The coronavirus...

Supply chain disruptions resulting from the coronavirus have brought countless international corporations low. Hitendra Chaturvedi, a professor of supply chain management, discusses what may come from these significant disruptions. The coronavirus has disrupted U.S. companies in many ways, and nearly...

From augmented analytics to financial transformations and a broader view of risk, Oversight Systems CEO Terrance McCrossan offers predictions on the risk trends we can look for in the months ahead. At the beginning of 2020, we could not have...

Employers ought to consider the process of how they interact with their disabled employees. As Fisher Phillips’ Devin Rauchwerger writes, good-faith exchanges and an open description of the job’s essential functions can go a long way toward decreasing employers’ risk...

The global economy is facing an unprecedented threat; though we are just a few months into the pandemic, it has already disrupted markets far and wide. In the financial markets, the impact is clearly visible across the financial value chain....