Social Media Risk, Mitigation Guidance Issued for Financial Services Industry

Financial sector companies must pay attention to a wide variety of legal compliance and risk issues related to the use of social networking, BITS, the technology policy division of The Financial Services Roundtable, cautioned in its “Social Media Risks and Mitigation”guidance issued July 11…

BNA INSIGHTS: Preparing for the Perfect Storm: What Every Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Lawyer Should Know about Electronic Discovery

Whether a company is conducting an internal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) 1 investigation or handling contentious FCPA litigation against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and/or the U.S. Department of…

American Bar Association Panelists Peer into Cloud Computing, See Risks as Well as Benefits for Lawyers

Cloud computing may be a relatively new term in legal ethics circles, but it attracted plenty of attention at two programs presented during the…

Google Sued over Collection of WiFi Data; Separate Court Issues Data Destruction Temporary Restraining Order

Google Inc. is facing mounting legal challenges after its recent admission that it collected location and content data from unsecured wireless computer networks while taking digital photographs for…

Boucher Draft to Regulate Business Use of Consumer Data Would Require Key Changes to Existing Privacy Policies, Attorneys Say

The vast majority of privacy policies that U.S. companies have posted on their websites would not pass muster under a draft legislative proposal that is being circulated by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), privacy attorneys told BNA…

Key House Lawmakers Unveil Data Collection Draft to Regulate Business Use of Consumer Data

Key House lawmakers May 4 unveiled a long-awaited legislative proposal to regulate online and offline collection and use of personal data by certain businesses, including online advertisers…