The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 45 - The Grit, Grace and Gift of Second Chances
The Justice Insiders Podcast - The Ever-Expanding Net: Corporate Compliance in an Era of Increasing Trade Sanctions and Restrictions
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
Episode 333 -- The Boeing Proposed Plea Agreement
DOJ’s New Self-Disclosure Policy and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
False Claims Act Insights - Assessing the Fallout from a Thermonuclear FCA Verdict
FCPA Survival Guide - Step 8 - Investing in Compliance
Exploring the AI and Crypto Intersection
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Jarkesy’s Implications for the Administrative State
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 41 - The Dynamics of Decision-Making: Psychology and the Criminal Justice System
INTERPOL and Child Kidnapping Cases. What are INTERPOL’s Abilities and Limitations?
False Claims Act Insights - Eureka! Government Investigators Seek Out Research Misconduct
The Justice Insiders Podcast - AI-Washing: Everything Old Is New Again
The CFPB and State AGs Act Jointly Against Online Educational Company
Will the U.S. Have a GDPR? With Rachael Ormiston of Osano
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
FCPA Survival Guide: Step 3 - Extensive Remediation
Episode 324 -- Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day – Compliance Lessons from the Albemarle FCPA Enforcement Action
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 38 - A Blueprint for Compliance: The Fraud Pentagon Theory
On Oct. 30, 2020, the United Kingdom’s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), in connection with France’s Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), announced the largest...more
In a remarkable decision, the UK ICO has issued British Airways ("BA") with a £20m fine, in connection with a data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers. This is a significant reduction from the £183m the ICO had...more
On 16 October the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) confirmed that it had imposed a fine of £20m on British Airways (BA) for infringing the GDPR by failing to protect the personal data of approximately 400,000 of its...more
The decision to appeal a regulatory finding is never taken lightly. By the time a regulator has completed its investigation and notified a company of its intention to fine, the company will have invested significant time and...more
With it being Halloween, October being National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and 2019 drawing to an end, let’s take a look at the data privacy breaches giving compliance professionals a fright this year! ...more
Friday remarks from Fed Chair Powell in Zurich confirmed the central bank’s dedication to keeping the US economic expansion on track and appear to have signaled the Fed’s plan to cut interest rates for a second time this...more
While GDPR has been active as a regulation since May 2018, the first fines have just started to hit companies for data breaches. Announced by the ICO on July 8 2019, they intend to fine British Airways £183.39 million for...more
In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the UK, including the Court of Appeal's ruling regarding pay for fathers or other caregivers taking shared...more
Das ICO kündigt an, Bußgelder gegen British Airways und Marriott zu verhängen. Was ist passiert, wie geht es weiter? Am 8. Juli 2019 kündigte das Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) an, gegen British Airways wegen...more
On July 24, 2019, both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced landmark settlements with Facebook. The agreements were significant not only because of the hefty fines...more
July 2019 brought an escalation in the enforcement of privacy infringements by companies around the world. The trend began with a press release published on July 8, 2019, of a fine in the approximate amount of GBP 183 million...more
GDPR fines are seemingly like buses, you wait over a year for enforcement action by the UK’s data supervisory authority, the ICO, and then two come along at once – and with quite dramatic effect. The ICO has stretched its...more
British Data Protection Authority Flexes GDPR Enforcement Muscles - No longer is the bark of sanctions for lax data protection practices worse than its bite. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)—the United Kingdom's...more
The UK Information Commissioner's Office has announced its intention to issue a £183 million fine to British Airways, in respect of a personal data breach under the GDPR. The announcement has wide-ranging consequences for...more
On 8 July 2019, the UK data protection authority (Information Commissioner’s Office; ICO) issued a notice of its intention to fine British Airways (BA) GBP 183.39 million (approx. USD 229.46 million) for infringements of the...more
Cathay Pacific, the Hong Kong airline, is the latest airline to face a cyber-attack; in this case, one that has resulted in the theft of personal data of up to 9.4 million passengers. The hackers gained "unauthorised access"...more
OFAC, acting under the direction of President Obama’s Executive Orders, has lifted the economic and financial sanctions against Burma and Côte D’Ivoire. The revisions open these countries, and their financial markets, to...more