Last week, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (“NCSC”), the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (“OESET”) and other coordinating government agencies issued a warning to U.S. venture...more
7/31/2024
/ Bad Actors ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Confidential Information ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Due Diligence ,
Emerging Technologies ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Agents ,
Foreign Investment ,
Government Agencies ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investors ,
NCSC ,
Private Equity ,
Sensitive Business Information ,
Startups ,
Technology ,
Venture Capital
At the start of 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) issued an industry letter: Guidance on Assessment of the Character and Fitness of Directors, Senior Officers, and Managers (the “Guidance”),...more
4/2/2024
/ Board of Directors ,
CEOs ,
CFOs ,
Corporate Governance ,
Designated Agent ,
Documentation ,
Due Diligence ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
NYDFS ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Risk Management ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Senior Managers
While the global pandemic has highlighted the perils of remote work, decades of collective experience undertaking internal investigations for corporations and their advisors in connection with the misappropriation of...more
3/22/2023
/ Data Storage ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Training ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internal Investigations ,
Misappropriation ,
Need to Know ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Assessment ,
Technology ,
Trade Secrets
Understanding and managing insider risks is not a new discipline. The manifestation of insider-related risks can be disastrous but the fact that these events are caused by people inside an organization rarely receives enough...more
3/13/2023
/ Analytics ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corruption ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Ethical Standards ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Individual Accountability ,
Leadership ,
Misappropriation ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Whistleblowers
In today’s rapidly changing sanctions landscape, a bare minimum approach to sanctions compliance can leave organizations open to a range of risks that can wreak havoc across their business. Holistic approaches to due...more
1/4/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Mergers ,
North Korea ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Private Equity ,
Russia ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Relations ,
Ukraine
In testimony before Congress earlier this year, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler reported that the SEC received 46,000 complaints, tips, and/or referrals in fiscal year 2021, which nearly...more