The U.S. Justice Department’s moving to curtail the use of compliance monitors, and we’ve got some early takeaways from the defense bar. Plus: A software company’s general counsel makes the business case for a more hands-on regulatory approach in the United States for data privacy and security. And we spotlight two former Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers decamping for Big Law jobs.

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