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Efficient Text and Chat Data Discovery Starts with Information Governance (IG)

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When it comes to ensuring that data is preserved and available for litigation, investigations, or government inquiries, it all starts with establishing and codifying clear data governance policies and procedures....more

Goodwin

What DORA Means for Fund Managers

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Q: What is DORA? “DORA” stands for the Digital Operational Resilience Act, an EU regulation that creates a new framework for the EU financial sector with regard to information and communications technology (ICT)....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Assessing Communication Compliance: Ephemeral Messaging and Retention

I recently had the opportunity to visit with Alex Cotoia, Regulatory Manager, and Daniela Melendez, an Associate at The Volkov Law Group, on the importance of addressing electronic communications preservation and management...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Ephemeral Messaging

As U.S. regulators and enforcement authorities alike become increasingly focused on corporate oversight practices of their employees' use of third-party messaging applications, including ephemeral messaging, companies should...more

Bodman

The Dangers of Texting for Business Communications

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In the not-so-distant past, there were fewer channels utilized for business communications, and business norms often limited communications to traditional channels even if other methods of communication were available. This...more

Benesch

Technology and Data Privacy Implications for Driver Relationships

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It is no surprise that technology is driving change in the motor carrier industry. In fact, we are observing a perfect trifecta of challenges as technology and carrier business converge. ...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

New U.S. Government Review Process Effective March 22 for Information Communications Technology and Services from China, Russia...

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On January 19, 2021, one day before the transition to the new Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Commerce published its interim final regulations (“Regulations”) that will allow the United States to review, block,...more

Fisher Phillips

NLRB Upholds Ban On Use Of Company Email For Union Organizing

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The National Labor Relations Board took the opportunity last week to double down on its recent reversal of the Purple Communications doctrine, holding that T-Mobile USA did not violate federal labor law by implementing a rule...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

DOJ’s Latest FCPA Pressure Tactic: Charging Multiple Violations for Single Alleged Payment Scheme

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) prohibits paying or offering bribes to foreign officials to obtain business advantage. In some instances, the paying or offering of bribes prohibited by the FCPA may involve multiple...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Law Proposes New Penalties for Data Controllers and IT Companies in Russia

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IT companies face higher fines in Russia for noncompliance with data privacy and content moderation rules. In December 2019, Russia imposed large fines for certain types of violations of the Russian data privacy and...more

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NLRB Overturns Obama-era Initiatives: A Round-Up of the December Decisions

December 2019 brought significant changes to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) case law and election procedures. The following highlights a few of those changes as we get into the new year and policy reviews get...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

National Employment Perspective: Focus on the NLRB and Employee Communication

Recent Changes to NLRB Guidance Regarding Employers’ Policies Involving Employee Communication - Two recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have significantly overturned earlier rulings regarding...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

National Labor Relations Board Expands Employers’ Rights to Enforce Workplace Rules

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In a pair of significant year-end rulings, the National Labor Relations Board overturned two Obama-era precedents that had restricted the ability of both unionized and non-unionized employers to limit the use of company email...more

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NLRB Confirms Prohibiting Use Of Company Equipment, Including Work Emails, Is Lawful

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The National Labor Relations Board decided Tuesday, December 17th, that employees have no statutory right to use an employer’s equipment, including work emails and IT resources. Therefore, employers may legally restrict the...more

Littler

Board Overturns Purple Communications, Restores Employer Right to Restrict Email Use

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On December 17, 2019, in a 3-1 decision split along party lines, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) restored to employers the right to restrict employees from using company email systems for nonbusiness purposes.  The...more

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NLRB Restores Employers’ Right to Restrict Employees’ Personal Use of Company Email and Other IT Resources

In Caesars Entertainment d/b/a Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, Case 28-CA-060841 (December 16, 2019), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that employees do not have a statutory right under the National Labor...more

Hogan Lovells

Recent Developments on Cookies – a Pan-European Overview

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The legal requirements for the use of cookies have been subject to discussion over the last few years, with little to no enforcement and guidance from European data protection authorities (DPAs). That has changed recently....more

Epstein Becker & Green

NLRB Reverses Purple Communications – Holds Employer May Restrict Employees’ Use of Email and Other Information Technology Systems

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On December 17, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) ruled that an employer’s rule prohibiting use of its email system for nonbusiness purposes did not violate employees’ rights under the National Labor...more

Hogan Lovells

NLRB Strengthens Right to Restrict Non-Work Use of Company Email

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On December 16, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a new decision that strengthens employers’ right to restrict employees from using company email for non-work reasons. Caesars Entertainment, No....more

Hanzo

Collaboration Platforms: Great for Collaborating, Problematic for Ediscovery and Compliance

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Most knowledge work these days demands some form of collaboration. You draft a document; your colleagues comment on it and make suggestions for how it could be better. You chat on Slack about how to incorporate those...more

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[Webinar] A New Communication Paradigm: Why Legal and IT Must Combine Forces to Tame Modern Collaboration Challenges - December...

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Modern business communications and the way people interact have rapidly evolved and continue to change. Multimedia, collaborative workspaces, and social media are making communications more dynamic, interactive, and...more

A&O Shearman

Regulation of the telework. Obligation to amend the individual employment agreements. Sanctions of up to RON 10,000/person.

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On 28 February 2018 the Romanian Parliament adopted a new piece of legislation regulating the telework (the Telework Law) which is pending for promulgation by the Romanian President. The Telework Law will apply only after its...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

European Court Restricts Employer Access to Employee’s Private Communications

With its recent ruling in Barbulescu v. Romania (application no. 61496/08), the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) made a decision of enormous impact for employers in Europe. The decision makes clear...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Integration of Technology Into Health Care Delivery

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The integration of technology into health care delivery is exploding throughout the health industry landscape. Commentators speculating on the implications of the information revolution’s penetration of the health care...more

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