A group of scammers recently used deepfake technology – now readily available to just about anyone – to trick a finance employee into paying them over $25 million of corporate funds. This might be one of the world’s biggest...more
2/12/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
Employee Training ,
Employment Policies ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation
The executive order on artificial intelligence issued by the White House yesterday is the federal government’s most ambitious attempt to date to corral this burgeoning technology – and contains numerous items of interest for...more
10/31/2023
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Tech ,
Copyright ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Reform ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Job Market ,
Manufacturers ,
OFCCP ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
US State Departments
Perhaps you’ve asked an employee to take notes during a Zoom meeting, but they complained the task is difficult to manage while collaborating with teammates. Maybe you intended to document everything that transpired during an...more
9/25/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Audio Recording ,
Best Practices ,
Bias ,
Confidential Information ,
Consent ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Discovery ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Record Retention ,
Risk Management ,
Virtual Meetings
We’ve reached another milestone in the AI revolution: the federal agency charged with enforcing anti-bias laws just recorded its first-ever settlement in a case involving AI discrimination in the workplace. The Equal...more
8/15/2023
/ Age Discrimination ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Job Applicants
Whether your organization has deployed a generative AI tool for your employees or hasn’t (yet) hopped on the bandwagon, the time is now for you to create a workplace policy governing the use of the technology. Many...more
Many in-house counsel and employment lawyers have not dealt with the Federal Trade Commission, which historically has focused on antitrust issues and product markets – but that is fast changing, and that means you need to...more
The Supreme Court was seemingly set to decide whether and when a party can assert attorney-client privilege protection over communications containing both legal and non-legal advice, but SCOTUS recently decided to bypass the...more
When your employees go “off-grid” and use unauthorized third-party messaging applications that fall beyond typical email and texting – like the self-destructing WhatsApp messages – they put you at increasing risk of scrutiny...more
1/23/2023
/ Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Data Preservation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electronic Communications ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Instant Messaging Apps ,
WhatsApp ,
Workplace Communication
The Supreme Court just heard arguments in a case that could transform the way in-house and outside attorneys communicate with their clients every single day. The issue before SCOTUS in the case of In re Grand Jury is whether...more