Episode 271 -- Deep Dive into Microsoft's OFAC Settlement for $3 Million
Everything Dynamic Everywhere: Managing a More Collaborative Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 and the Age of Automation
Compliance Into The Weeds - Antitrust Issues in Microsoft Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Everything Compliance - Episode 93 - The Activision Blizzard Edition
Microsoft Week on Innovation in Compliance -Legal Compliance for The Future with Alan Gibson
Keeping Up with M365 Software Updates
Efficiently and Defensibly Addressing Microsoft Teams Data
M365 in 5 – Part 7: Teams Audio/Video (A/V) Conferencing
M365 in 5 – Part 6: Teams Channels – The virtual collaboration workspace
M365 in 5 – Part 5: Teams Chats – Modern communications
M365 in 5 – Part 4: Teams – An introduction to collaboration
M365 in 5 – Part 3: OneDrive for Business – Protected personal collaboration
M365 in 5 – Part 2: SharePoint Online – The new file-share environment
M365 in 5 – Part 1: Exchange Online – Not just a mailbox
Episode 104 -- A Deep Dive into the Microsoft FCPA Settlement
This Week in FCPA-Episode 164, week ending July 26, 2019 – the Microsoft and Facebook settle edition
Is the Patent Litigation Boom Coming to an End?
Microsoft Makes Minority-Owned Firm Its Premier Provider
LinkedIn has always been a powerful B2B tool, and its engagement continues to rise. In our post-COVID world, LinkedIn has continued to grow in ways that align with other shifts we are seeing in the business landscape....more
Antitrust merger enforcement historically has focused on horizontal mergers — consolidation of two firms that compete directly in the same space. This is especially true in the U.S., where antitrust authorities have...more
"NEW GAAP" REVENUE RECOGNITION - In 2014, the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued new revenue standards under Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers...more
LinkedIn is on a bit of a roll. Last week, it announced the reintroduction of video to the platform. I say reintroduced because their video effort last year was less than stellar. Today came the first noticeable result of...more
On 6 December 2016, the European Commission cleared the acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft, subject to Microsoft granting LinkedIn’s competitors access to certain LinkedIn tools....more
A NY state court threw out Ace Decade Holdings’ suit against UBS accusing the Swiss lender of fraud for its $500 million investment loss in a Chinese company. The court found that jurisdictional issues plagued plaintiff’s...more
Microsoft’s blockbuster acquisition of LinkedIn earlier this month—a deal where concerns for privacy and data security loomed large—provides a glimpse into the growing trend of including separate privacy and data security...more
Last week, Microsoft announced its purchase of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. This acquisition is interesting for a number of reasons, and is very likely to affect the future of professional social networking. It also got us...more
Lots of press surrounding Microsoft’s purchase of LinkedIn: Will LinkedIn change as a result? Will the Microsoft purchase inspire a Twitter acquisition? “Spam King” gets 30 months in jail for sending 27 million messages....more
Microsoft is in the process of acquiring the business social network LinkedIn, and it’s a really good thing. Let me tell you why. Microsoft Outlook defines essential business software and, even for power users, dozens of...more
Microsoft has an entrenched, enduring monopoly in both personal computer operating systems and office software. LinkedIn is the largest business-oriented social network. Are there antitrust issues with the combination? ...more
The big story of week so far came just a few minutes after the Brief went to [digital] print yesterday, so apologies for the second hand news: Microsoft has agreed to acquire LinkedIn for a staggering $26.2 billion in a move...more
..Big Brother isn’t just watching. A single mother in upstate New York was surprised to find that she had a Facebook page in her name, complete with photos of her, her son, and her niece. She hadn’t actually set up the page....more