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
On February 29, 2024, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an opinion on Sjunde AP-Fonden v. Activision Blizzard1 (“Opinion”) that called into question established market practices for mergers, including (i) the process for...more
Blaming a "data retention glitch," Microsoft has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $20 million to settle allegations that the company's Xbox gaming system has illegally collected personal information from children...more
On April 26, 2023, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard over concerns the deal “would alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming...more
On February 2, 2023, Microsoft released a brand-new suite of features for its popular Microsoft Teams platform under the moniker “Microsoft Teams Premium.” One of the standout features of this premium service is “Intelligent...more
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology promising to disrupt how artwork is created, software is developed, and text is written. This disruption brings with it a host of new legal questions surrounding...more
On December 8, 2022, the same day that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) delivered its opening arguments to a federal judge in California in the FTC’s bid to halt Meta’s acquisition of virtual reality gaming company Within,...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an administrative complaint to block Microsoft Corporation’s (Microsoft’s) nearly $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Activision), the largest video game acquisition...more
The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Microsoft Corporation v. FG SRC, LLC, No. 2020-1928 (Fed. Cir. June 17, 2021), is a stark reminder that an IPR petitioner must always set forth its grounds in its petition with...more
In Thompson v. Microsoft, No. 20-50218 (June 22, 2021), the Fifth Circuit provided employers a great reminder of the importance of the interactive process when it affirmed summary judgment for the employer, Microsoft, on...more
Wrapping up our M365 in 5 Foundation series with Lighthouse, this episode concludes our Teams overview with a dive into functionality and controls of audio/video conferencing capabilities, including the integration of chats,...more
In this episode, Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo, with John Holliday from Lighthouse, continue the discussion of Team functionality. Hear about how Teams Channels are changing the way organizations work and...more
Hear more about Teams from Anthony Diana and Trevor Satnick of Reed Smith and John Collins from Lighthouse in a discussion of the enhanced functionality of M365’s new instant messaging platform, including persistent chats,...more
Anthony Diana and Erika Kweon from Reed Smith are joined by John Collins from Lighthouse to provide an introduction to Teams and how it is transforming the way organizations are working and communicating....more
Join Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Trevor Satnick, with John Holliday from Lighthouse, in a conversation about OneDrive for Business and how organizations can use it for personal document storage, such as giving other users...more
Anthony Diana and Trevor Satnick from Reed Smith, joined by Lighthouse’s John Holliday, discuss the enhanced file share and collaboration functionality in SharePoint Online, including real-time collaboration, access controls...more
Tune in for the launch of our M365 in 5 Foundation Series for a primer on what legal, compliance and C-suite executives need to know about M365 apps and tools. Listen to Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo – and...more
In today’s world meeting compliance and discovery obligations are challenges that every company faces on a daily basis and Microsoft is no different. Managing the litigation and regulatory requests that one of the largest...more
The ACEDS Chapters of Chicago, Denver, NY Metro, and Orange County have collaborated on a new three-part interactive online series that will provide attendees an in-depth look into Microsoft Office 365 and eDiscovery for law...more
Microsoft’s recent settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) sheds light on the DOJ’s new Corporate Enforcement...more
On July 22, 2019, Microsoft finally resolved its FCPA enforcement action with a whimper. Notwithstanding prior suggestions that Microsoft’s investigation uncovered global conduct, Microsoft’s liability focused primarily on...more
Here we go – another year, another set of predictions. Who knows whether they will come true? Actually, I went back and read my annual prediction posting for 2018 and 2017, respectively. Some things I called correctly, and...more
On Friday morning, March 23, President Trump signed the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill into law, including the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, and in doing so established a sea change in the rules for...more
Electronic discovery cases that made headlines in 2017 featured well-known names such as Taylor Swift and Lynyrd Skynyrd, and reached all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to...more