New Adventures in Litigation & Risk
Take a look below for CLE recordings on-demand, which means you can take them right now, plus selected news items and commentary, and upcoming CLE webinars that may interest you. If you wish to contribute as a speaker or writer for this page, or if you wish to submit an article proposal for the Emerging Journal on Litigation, or if you would like to appear as a guest on the Emerging Litigation Podcast, please write to us at Editor@LitigationConferences.com.
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The Antitrust Case Against Google
HB Litigation Conferences presents THE ANTITRUST CASE AGAINST GOOGLE CLE credit: 1+ Registration includes recording, materials, and answers to your questions. REGISTER! HB Litigation Conferences presents a CLE-eligible webinar The [...]
Organizational Values & Business Risks: Properly Balancing Stakeholder Concerns
Accommodations. Appropriate accommodation for high-risk employees or employees with family members who are at a heightened risk. Mitigation. Attention to means of mitigating transmission and infection. Tracing. Contact tracing and [...]
Settlement Psychology: Who is in Control? Homer Simpson or Mr. Spock? | Complimentary Webinar
Settlement Psychology Who's in charge? Homer Simpson or Mr. Spock? Cognitive obstacles to finding common ground. Complimentary On-Demand Webinar From HB! 1 CLE credit CLE questions? CLE@LitigationConferences.com Questions [...]
Digital Technology Housekeeping for In-House Counsel | 3/15/2019
PLACE: Your computer or mobile device PRICE: $197 per dial-in site. COMPLIMENTARY GROUPS ARE GOOD: Registering qualifies you to multiple attendees at your location. CLE: 1 credit Please send CLE questions to CLE@LitigationConferences.com SPEAKER: [...]
News
Facial Recognition: How It Works and How It Doesn’t
Debbie Reynolds Founder, CEO & CDPO Debbie Reynolds Consulting Website Martin T. Tully Founding Partner Actuate Law Website Facial Recognition: Benefits & Risks Editor's Note: Imagine how [...]
Biogen Pays 22M To Resolve False Claims Act Charges For Paying Kickbacks
The Justice Department has announced that Biogen, Inc., has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by illegally using foundations as a conduit to pay the copays [...]
FTC’s Case Against Facebook Will Test the Flexibility of U.S. Antitrust Law
MoginRubin LLP Washington, DC | San Diego FTC's Case Against Facebook Will Challenge the Adaptability of U.S. Antitrust Law Society leads, and the law follows. This is especially true [...]
Podcast: Cannabis Industry Competition Law
Attorneys Ausra Deluard and Jennifer Oliver on Cannabis Industry Competition Law What can legitimate cannabis companies do to level the playing field, not only against others [...]
Emboldened by New Resources and Expanded Authority, Feds Continue 10-Year Look Back at Chinese Investment
MoginRubin LLP By Dan Mogin, Jonathan Rubin, Jennifer M. Oliver, and Timothy Z. LaComb Emboldened by New Resources and Expanded Authority, Feds Continue 10-Year Look Back at Chinese Investment [...]
Podcast: Charlie Kingdollar on Social Disparagement
HBLC · HBPC Charlie Kingdollar Social Disparagement - 10:8:20, 7.57 PM Charlie Kingdollar spent more than four decades with General Reinsurance, three-quarters of which as the company's Emerging Issues Officer. One [...]
Cryptocurrency Article and Webinar
Cryptocurrency: The Good, The Bad, and the Tricky According to a recent Visual Capitalist article, there are now more than 5,000 cryptocurrencies in circulation, fueling an exploding $200 billion industry. Clearly it is [...]
Climate Change Litigation Expands with Addition of Hoboken, NJ’s Suit Against Big Oil
Excerpt of Sept. 2, 2020 post at HobokenNJ.gov. Decades-long campaign of misinformation has directly contributed to effects of climate change in Hoboken, City seeks relief for costs associated with climate adaptation efforts. Hoboken Mayor Ravi [...]
European Union’s Top Court Strikes Down EU-US Privacy Shield
European Union's Top Court Strikes Down EU-US Privacy Shield The Court of Justice for the European Union has invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield as an approved mechanism for transferring personal data from the European [...]
Organizational Values & Business Risks: Properly Balancing Stakeholder Concerns
Accommodations. Appropriate accommodation for high-risk employees or employees with family members who are at a heightened risk. Mitigation. Attention to means of mitigating transmission and infection. Tracing. Contact tracing and [...]
$3M Transferred in Fraud Scheme, Law Firm Gets Sued, Says It Followed Client Instructions
$3M Transferred in Fraud Scheme, Law Firm Sued, Says It Followed Client Instructions Two related foundations hired a big law firm to sell stock and execute a merger via wire transfer. Cyber fraudsters [...]
Business Interruption and Other Coverage Disputes Over COVID-19 Claim Denials
When it Comes to COVID-19 Shutdown Losses, Businesses Say Yes, Insurers Say No Whenever a dispute arises over insurance coverage, the advice always starts off with “read the policy.” Well, policyholder businesses and insurers across the country are [...]
New Webinars
Women in Law
Western Alliance Bank presents a CLE-eligible webinar Women in Law Becoming the Master of Your Career According to the National Association of Women Lawyers, there has been a "sustained (albeit small) improvement for women amongst equity partners since the survey’s inception in 2006 (15% compared to 19% - 21% in recent years)." "This is a positive trend toward a more representative legal profession, but change at this glacial pace will continue to result in future generations of lawyers entering a profession where women and diverse attorneys are underrepresented in positions of power and influence. A continued, rigorous examination of and changes to existing practices – a movement [...]