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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Unhealthy Alliance: Hospitals Sharing Senior Leadership Increases Antitrust Risk

Collusion among rivals has long been considered the “supreme evil of antitrust.” It is not surprising, therefore, that antitrust scrutiny was applied to one hospital’s decision to employ the Chief Executive Officer of its...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - August 2024

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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued new guidance to prevent the diversion of controlled items to Russia. This guidance recommends the use of the Trade Integrity Project (TIP) database, which tracks suppliers with...more

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NCSC Warns U.S. Startups and Investors of Foreign Bad Actors with Money to Spend

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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

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Inherent Risk, and Why it Really Matters

Defining the role of inherent risk in cybersecurity - Inherent risk is a concept that while fundamental to cybersecurity, has largely been disregarded by popular cybersecurity risk guidelines and standards and remains arcane...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - JULY 12, 2024

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On June 20, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for the first time banned a software and cybersecurity company using authority provided by June 2023’s “Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

China’s Ministry of Finance Publishes Corporate Sustainability Disclosure Standards

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The Standards provide a framework for all Chinese companies’ sustainability disclosures and the applicability extends beyond listed companies. On May 27, 2024, China’s Ministry of Finance published the new Corporate...more

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Confidential Business Information: Protecting an Organization’s Most Valuable Secrets

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When it comes to the true source of a company’s value, it’s not necessarily in the products or the services they offer, nor is it in the brand they’ve carefully developed. The core of a company’s value is in the trade secrets...more

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The Most Important Type of Data That No One Is Thinking About

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Confidential Business Information (CBI) is the information that is unique to the corporation that owns it. It’s anything key to the business that the company would not want its competitors or the public to know. It’s the...more

Proskauer - Trade Secrets

The 8th Circuit Affirms a Preliminary Injunction Barring an Ex-Cigna Executive from Joining CVS Based on Two-Year Non-Compete...

On January 26, 2023, Cigna Corp. (“Cigna”) sued CVS Health Corp. (“CVS”) and its newly hired chief product officer Amy Bricker (“Bricker”), in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, for allegedly...more

ArentFox Schiff

AI in Family Offices: A Closer Look at Privacy, Confidentiality, and Fiduciary Responsibility

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The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized various industries, offering efficiency, accuracy, and convenience. In the realm of estate planning and family offices, the integration of AI technologies has...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Merger Parties Fined for Exchanging Sensitive Information

At the end of May, the Israel Competition Authority’s Director General published a consent decree with Mizra Delicacy Food Industries and Zilber Meat and Sausage Products Industries. Both companies agreed to pay approximately...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Land of 10,000 Lakes Adds New Consumer Privacy Law: Minnesota Joins Privacy Fray

Minnesota’s governor has now signed into law that state’s comprehensive privacy law. For those keeping count – that is number 19 of state “comprehensive” privacy laws, with six in 2024 alone. The Minnesota law will go into...more

StoneTurn

Mastering The High Stakes of Insider Risk Management

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Navigating the dynamic landscape of insider risk management requires a nuanced understanding of organisational dynamics, culture and regulatory imperatives. The costs (both direct and indirect) of getting it wrong are high,...more

Dickinson Wright

Navigating Noncompetes in Health Care: Understanding the FTC’s Impact

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Dickinson Wright attorney Kim Ruppel recently participated in The Risky Health Care Business Podcast, where she and host Scott Nelson delved into the intricate world of noncompetes and their ramifications for both health care...more

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Best Practices for Reducing the Cost of a Cyber Incident for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses

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Originally published in American Business Magazine - May 2024. Many small- and mid-sized business owners believe that they are not prime targets for a cyber breach and that threat actors only go after large companies. This...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – USPTO’s Request for Comment, biopharma companies ban ChatGPT, OpenAI’s memory feature, and more

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

Kerr Russell

FTC Ban on Non-competes Will Expand Trade Secrets Litigation

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The final rule is the anticipated result of years of workshops on the topic, and follows the FTC’s January 19, 2023 proposed rule and 90-day public comment period. Enactment of a federal ban is not surprising, given that many...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Canadian Government Enacts Major Amendments to the Investment Canada Act to Enhance Canada’s National Security Review Regime

Substantial amendments to the Investment Canada Act (ICA) were enacted on March 22, 2024, with the passing of Bill C-34, the National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act. These amendments, long in the works, will...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Guide to Maintaining the Confidentiality of Commercially Sensitive Information in Agreements Filed With the SEC – 2024 Update

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of our January 12, 2023, client alert. This update covers new staff SEC guidance addressing the options companies have when existing confidential treatment orders approach expiration....more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Don’t Take The Bait: How To Prevent A Phishing Attack

It’s late Friday afternoon and the COO of your company emails you with an urgent request to send him the HR spreadsheet you have been working on. Frantic, you immediately reply and send him the requested information. But it...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FinCEN Issues Final Rule Implementing Access and Safeguard Provisions of the CTA

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was enacted in 2021 and became effective on Jan. 1, 2024. The CTA was passed with the aim of enhancing transparency in corporate ownership, so as to combat the proliferation of anonymous...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

[Webinar] Data Security Secrets for HR: Background Screening, I-9, & Beyond - March 6th, 1:00 pm CST

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In this webinar, discover why data security is more than a checkbox and gain insights into the risks and best practices that can safeguard your organization. Join industry experts as they delve into the risks, laws and...more

Foley Hoag LLP

FBI and CISA Issue Advisory on Scattered Spider Ransomware Attacks

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Large companies holding sensitive data – including financial services, telecommunications, business process outsourcing, hospitality, and cryptocurrency firms – as well as their IT helpdesks, are increasingly being targeted...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Remote Work Strategies for Managing Cybersecurity Teams

Managing a remote cybersecurity team at colleges and universities involves addressing a unique set of challenges to ensure the security of sensitive data and infrastructure. There is an additional overlay of potential...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual and Compliance

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, written by Arthur Conan Doyle, is a collection of thrilling detective stories that have captivated readers for over a century. These stories not only provide an engaging reading experience...more

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