Strategic Benefits of Consumer Surveys in Complex Litigation | Episode 69
Compliance Perspectives: Michael Horowitz, Inspector General at the Department of Justice, on Conducting High Profile Internal Investigations - Part 2
Compliance Perspectives: Michael Horowitz, Inspector General at the Department of Justice, on Conducting High Profile Internal Investigations - Part I
On August 7, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report spotlighting four marketing and financing practices relating to solar financing that it claims pose significant consumer risks (the...more
Debates about the health and environmental effects of PFAS are raging, but the societal value of these substances – particularly so-called “fluoropolymers” – has become increasingly clear. Most recently, the U.S. Chamber of...more
The OIG, the nation’s leader in fighting fraud, waste and abuse of Medicare, Medicaid and other HHS programs, periodically publishes reports on how federal healthcare programs could improve....more
Critical Infrastructure Protection/EPA Urgently Needs a Strategy to Address Cybersecurity Risks to Water/Wastewater Systems: GAO Issued Report - The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released on August...more
Google and Microsoft are spearheading the Coalition for Secure AI, focusing on supply chain security and mitigation strategies. Whether this attempt at self-regulation will ultimately succeed is unknown, as it overlaps with...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an August 12th report titled: State Program Deficiencies and Inadequate EPA Oversight of State Enforcement Contributed...more
The U.S. Copyright Office published Part 1 of their report on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on digital replicas. Digital replicas are "a video, image, or audio recording that has been digitally created...more
Now nearly a year on from its 2023 Notice of Inquiry, the U.S. Copyright Office has now released Part 1 of its findings and recommendations on the legal and policy issues at the juncture between artificial intelligence (AI)...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the July 2024 webinar....more
On July 10, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the results of two global internet sweeps that examined the prevalence of certain deceptive design practices, or “dark patterns,” within a variety of websites and...more
An employee time traveling to today’s workplace from the 1980s would be astounded at where we’ve arrived. While we don’t (yet!) have flying cars as imagined by many 1980’s sci-fi movies, the world of work is undergoing its...more
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the financial markets regulator in France, has published a summary report on the regulatory issues surrounding decentralized finance (DeFi). The AMF has published the feedback it...more
On July 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released an interim report describing their ongoing study of pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) and their impact on access to and affordability of medicines....more
With so much focus on the regulatory treatment (and mistreatment) of blockchain related businesses, the benefits of commercial legal certainty for choosing a country or territory as a home of choice for these businesses is...more
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently released the first edition of its Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook, and the report provides an interesting glimpse into the anti-corruption and...more
If you're looking for a global update on the world of patents and generative AI (GenAI), look no further than the recent Patent Landscape Report: Generative AI by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). ...more
In this episode, expert guests Dr. Charles Cowan and Dr. Gabriela Orsak explain how consumer and business surveys can inform legal strategies, specifically in intellectual property, deceptive sales, and class action disputes....more
The principle of doing more with less is crucial in today’s rapidly changing business world. In-house legal departments consistently face rising workloads in the face of frozen headcounts. These market conditions paired with...more
The Department of Defense assessed an average of about 40 defense-related mergers and acquisitions each year from 2018 to 2022, a small portion of the roughly 400 defense mergers estimated to occur annually, according to a...more
Roughly one in four organizations reporting through CDP have adopted climate transition plans aligned with capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average, according to a report Wednesday by CDP...more
One of the stated goals of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is to preserve external audit quality. To further this priority, the PCAOB regularly invites public company audit committee chairs to have...more
In the first part of this article, we discussed why we need experts in international arbitration, how to find the right expert to instruct, and some practical guidance on how to work with experts for the best results. In this...more
Every spring, BakerHostetler collects, analyzes, and compares key metrics on the incident response matters we handled in the prior year. The output – our Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report – highlights key findings...more
Our May update includes a case on whistleblowing where the claimant’s belief in the disclosures was questioned along with whether decision makers who knew little or nothing about the disclosures could be blamed for those who...more