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First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Compliance a Priority, But C&E Leaders Face Hurdles

© XtravaganT - Fotolia.comRelated Items Corporate compliance programs are largely driven by a need to safeguard a companys reputation, but in-house compliance leaders are facing hurdles when it comes to resources and policy management, according to the ... [Published Corporate Counsel - 14 hours ago]

Entities: SAI Global Limited, Compliance, JavaScript

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

TV Broadcasters Sue Streaming Service

Related Items Television broadcasters filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday against FilmOn.com Inc., a company that allows users to stream live television programs online. The networks are seeking a court injunction, accusing FilmOn of "exploitingsome ... [Published Corporate Counsel - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Alki David, Streaming Service, Copyright Infringement, Injunction, District Court

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

ACC Weighs in on Arizona's In-House Pro Bono Rules

Related Items The Association of Corporate Counsel wants Arizona to make it easier for in-house counsel to provide pro bono legal services in the stateand theyre pushing the Arizona Supreme Court to adopt rule changes that would do just that.This week ... [Published Corporate Counsel - May 23 2013]

Entities: Pro Bono, Amar Sarwal, Virginia (Illinois, United States), Supreme Court

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Hiring Summer Interns? Make Sure You Do it Right

© Mlenny Photography / iStockphoto Schools out for summer, and theres a rush of young students and recent graduates looking for internships. If theyre done correctly, these training programs can be beneficial for both companies and interns. But businesses ... [Published Corporate Counsel - May 23 2013]

Entities: Fair Labor Standards Act, Lawsuit, Charlie Rose

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

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Protect Expectations with an Adequate Assurances Provision

Eric Fishman Sara Stinson An often-overlooked issue in contract drafting is whether to include a provision giving each party the right to demand adequate assurances of performance in the event the counterpartys performance becomes uncertain. This oversight ... [Published Corporate Counsel - May 23 2013]

Entities: Counterparty, courts, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp, Commodities, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Vermont Becomes First State to File 'Patent Troll' Suit

Vermont has become the first state in the nation to file a so-called "patent troll" lawsuit, taking action Wednesday against a company that has written to a number of businesses claiming patents to technology that attaches scanned documents to e-mails ... [Published Corporate Counsel - May 23 2013]

Entities: Patent Troll, Patent, Sorrel, Infringement

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Collaboration is Key to Defending Cyberattacks

© kebox - Fotolia.comRelated Items Collaboration appeared to be the best defense to cyberattacks on private enterprises at the on Monday, entitled "Defending the Enterprise." The CISO/CLO Summit, held at Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Fla., coincided with ... [Published Corporate Counsel - May 23 2013]

Entities: Cyber Attack, collaboration, Incident Response

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Senators Grill Apple Executives About Tax Strategy

A day after a congressional panel claimed that Apple Inc. uses offshore entities to avoid U.S. taxes, senators on Tuesday grilled the company's chief executive officer and two colleagues about their tax strategy.Testifying before the U.S. Senate Homeland ... [Published Corporate Counsel - May 22 2013]

Entities: Apple Inc, Tim Cook, Taxes

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Telling the FBI Your Company Has Been Hacked

Image: Paul Dilakian As cyber attacks against U.S. companies move markets, from bank accounts, siphon off trade secrets, and , the mantra among government officials is: sharing (information) is caring. The governments desire to increase information sharing ... [Published Corporate Counsel - May 22 2013]

Entities: FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack, Cyber Attack, Immunity

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

The GC and the Compensation Committee

Michael PeregrineRelated Items Weve already got our consultant. This information is just too sensitive. Executive compensation isnt a legal issue. Whatever the reason thats offered, it just won't hold water from a governance perspective. There is nothing ... [Published Corporate Counsel - May 22 2013]

Entities: Peregrine Falcon, Andrew C Liazos, Clawback, Dodd-Frank, Fiduciary

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

The Messy Business of Spinning a Scandal

Public statements that obscure key facts. Overzealous prosecutors searching reporters phone records. The Internal Revenue Service targeting organizations with political interests contrary to the White House. And an executive-in-chief who is having trouble ... [Published Corporate Counsel - May 22 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Crisis, White House, Public Affairs

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Bribery Prosecutions Revive Following 2012 Lag

Foreign bribery and corruption prosecutions declined during 2012, even as 15 new countries were cracking down on such crimes involving their own government officials, according to a survey by Trace International Inc.Trace's Global Enforcement Report, ... [Published Corporate Counsel - May 21 2013]

Entities: Bribery, Nigeria, Declination, United States, US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

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TV Broadcasters Sue Streaming Service [Published Corporate Counsel - 14 hours ago]

...Such a clause might simply track the language from the UCC: "When reasonable grounds for insecurity arise with respect to the performance of either party, the other may in writing demand adequate assurance of due performance and, until he receives such assurance, may if commercially reasonable suspend any performance for which he has not already received the agreed return. Failure to provide adequate assurances in 30 days, when properly demanded, shall give rise to an Event of Default." Incorporating such a provision will help to ensure that a contract party need not perform when the return performance appears unlikely...

Protect Expectations with an Adequate Assurances Provision [Published Corporate Counsel - May 23 2013]

Bryan Farney, a lawyer for Georgetown, Texas-based Farney Daniels who represents MPHJ, denied Sorrell's allegations. "The client doesn't believe it's made any deceptive statements and the allegations we just don't think are accurate" he said in an interview

Vermont Becomes First State to File 'Patent Troll' Suit [Published Corporate Counsel - May 23 2013]

Holland included his view that "Information Response is built on staff, augmented by technology, and enabled by process and oversight." And similar to Hayden's and Sartin's messages, Holland directed that IR teams mush collaborate inside and outside of the organization as well as actively...

Collaboration is Key to Defending Cyberattacks [Published Corporate Counsel - May 23 2013]

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