Since its enactment, aviation related companies have received well over $50 billion in grants and loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) that was passed in March 2020. But how do...more
On October 8, 2020, the World Bank Group (“WBG”) issued its Sanctions System Annual Report for the fiscal year 2020 (the “Report”), detailing the WBG’s efforts to investigate and adjudicate allegations of sanctionable...more
On May 15, 2020, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) revealed the blueprint for the Artemis Accords (“Accords”), which are to form the basis of NASA’s international partnerships with other...more
Disrupting the Disruptor: How a Prepared and Proactive Owner Can Mitigate the Effects of Coronavirus on Construction Projects -
Once a remote health issue in China, the rapidly spreading coronavirus (COVID-19) has become...more
The world braces for the effects of the outbreak on global supply chains.
Roughly three weeks after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus to be a “public health emergency of international concern,” the...more
This is the third alert in our series on the risks to corporations, including financial services firms, posed by “deepfakes”—a type of technology, powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, that can be used to...more
12/16/2019
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Audio Recording ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Deep Fake ,
Espionage ,
FBI ,
Financial Fraud ,
Foreign Governments ,
Industrial Espionage ,
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On October 10, 2019, the World Bank Group issued its second joint Sanctions System Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019 (“Report”), which addresses the World Bank’s efforts to investigate and adjudicate allegations of...more
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) has made astounding advancements in recent years. Driven by incredible computing power, AI has the potential to change nearly every industry. AI is touted as having the potential to reduce...more
10/17/2019
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Audio Recording ,
Biometric Information ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Deep Fake ,
Email ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Technology
Recent debarments of contractors by the World Bank underscore the need for entities working under multilateral development bank (“MDB”) contracts to implement effective anti-corruption project finance mitigation strategies...more
10/3/2019
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Banks ,
Collusion ,
Colombia ,
Competitive Bidding ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Indonesia ,
Misrepresentation ,
Project Finance ,
Spain ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
World Bank
The Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), enacted more than fifty years ago, prohibits discriminatory practices in housing. The FHA makes it illegal to “make unavailable or deny . . . a dwelling to any person” or “discriminate against...more
6/20/2019
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HUD ,
Lenders ,
Popular ,
Screening Procedures ,
Technology Sector ,
UDAP