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The vulnerability of law firms to cyberattacks, already one of the big legal stories of 2016, is back in the news now that a judge has unsealed a class action lawsuit alleging the firm Johnson & Bell doesn’t adequately protect client information from hackers. In-house counsel say the lawsuit is a good reminder of the […]
It may be hard for the U.S. Supreme Court to turn this one down. Tuesday’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit declaring that the way the SEC appoints Administrative Law Judges violates the Constitution sets up a clean split among the circuits and may implicate the validity of administrative proceedings […]
He pauses and adds, “As much hell as I went through, if the system works as I have every reason to believe it does, it will be even more hell for them, given the severity of their misconduct.” The primary target of Ganek’s ire is Preet Bharara, the powerful U.S. Attorney for the extremely powerful […]
President-elect Donald Trump once said that a landmark US anti-bribery law put American companies “at a huge disadvantage” in foreign markets, but prosecutors are unlikely to go easy on companies using illicit favours to win business once he is inaugurated. The US Department of Justice in 2016 marked a record year for enforcement of the […]
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for December 29, 2016.