By Kristen Rasmussen | March 20, 2018
Lawrence “Bo” Somers, deputy general counsel at the North Carolina-based power company giant Duke Energy, is facing public criticism after he compared a rate hike to the price of a McDonald's Extra Value Meal during a regulatory board hearing Monday.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Cindy Caranella Kelly and Sarah Gibbs Leivick | March 16, 2018
In the past several years, anticompetitive activity has impacted a wide range of industries around the world. In 2016, global cartel fines across industries reached almost $8 billion, and more than $4 billion in 2017.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Erin Jane Illman and Lyndsay E. Medlin | March 15, 2018
Privacy is serious business. This was made clear in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) recent announcement that it had settled its complaint against Venmo, PayPal's peer-to-peer payment service, for misrepresentations to consumers regarding privacy and security settings.
Corporate Counsel | Analysis|News
By Caroline Spiezio | March 12, 2018
The race is on to develop the best technology for autonomous vehicles, but there are also drives to increase regulation around the data these cars and trucks collect, a situation that poses challenges for in-house counsel.
By C. Ryan Barber | March 6, 2018
Public-private litigation partnerships are "becoming more and more customary when it comes to claims that require a speciality that the counties or the cities don't have, necessarily. It seems like it's kind of a growing area,” San Francisco-based whistleblower lawyer Yosef Peretz says.
By Kristen Rasmussen | March 6, 2018
Pending felony drug smuggling charges against two former executives at Vireo Health, a medical marijuana dispensary with offices in a few states, highlight the difficulty of operating in an industry where state and federal law are at odds.
By Kristen Rasmussen | February 22, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a $92,000 verdict for an in-house lawyer at a public utility in Memphis, Tennessee, whose request to work from home for 10 weeks while on bed rest due to pregnancy complications was denied.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Michelle Mancino Marsh and Janice Phaik Lin Goh | February 22, 2018
As consumers are becoming more sensitive to the environment, companies are trending toward branding their goods and services with eco-friendly claims such as “carbon-neutral,” “natural” and the like.
By Stephanie Forshee | February 22, 2018
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Conference of State Bank Supervisors have all made headlines recently for their actions on financial technology.
By Josefa Velasquez | February 15, 2018
Feb. 15 marked the second major deadline for the state agency's cybersecurity regulations, which requires banking and insurance companies doing business in New York to comply with groundbreaking rules aimed at deterring cyberattacks. A board member or senior officer at DFS-regulated entities has to certify that the company is in compliance with the security requirements established by the department, and must submit certification annually from now on.
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