Emerging Issues

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    Where organizations invest after a data breach

    Asking customers to foot the bill for data breach remediation will not prevent future data breaches or address the issues that cause costs to increase.

    By Sue Poremba • Oct. 22, 2024
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    DOL guidelines for workplace AI center employee needs, job quality

    The agency’s principles for responsible AI use in the workplace focus heavily on employee rights and how the technology should improve working conditions.

    By • Oct. 21, 2024
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    Top 5 stories from Legal Dive

    Legal leaders look at practical generative AI use cases and get tough on outside counsel spend, among other priorities this year.

    By Legal Dive staff
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    A legal tech executive explains how AI will fully change the way lawyers work

    A senior executive with ContractPodAi discusses how legal AI poses economic benefits for in-house departments and disruption risks for law firm billing models.

    By • Oct. 18, 2024
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    Supreme Court case could weaken Clean Water Act

    The justices have been skeptical of agency power in recent years, and heard arguments in a dispute that threatens to further limit the Environmental Protection Agency.

    By David Weisenfeld • Oct. 17, 2024
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    Majority of global CISOs want to split roles as regulatory burdens grow

    Trellix research shows rising cybersecurity demands from the SEC and other government bodies are pushing CISOs even closer to the edge.

    By David Jones • Oct. 15, 2024
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    Politics in the workplace can become a nightmare for employers

    Employers and HR teams must contend with a polarized electorate — also known as their employees — as the November U.S. election nears.

    By • Oct. 11, 2024
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    AI predicted to fuel mass litigation against companies

    A cybersecurity-like response process will be needed to manage what’s coming, two risk specialists say.

    By • Oct. 11, 2024
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    Can this marriage work? Legal tips for corporate M&A

    Due diligence comes in many forms. The legal team’s assessment of the seller’s business problems has a big impact on the buyer’s decision to proceed or walk away.

    By • Oct. 10, 2024
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    Greenwashing cases fall for first time in 6 years, but high-severity filings surge: report

    “There's certainly a global undercurrent of ‘greenhushing,’ so companies are being more cautious about how they communicate,” RepRisk’s chief commercial officer said.

    By Lamar Johnson • Oct. 10, 2024
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    Gas utility faces climate deception lawsuit by Oregon county

    It's the first time a U.S. community has sued a gas utility for allegedly deceiving the public about the climate impacts of fossil fuels, advocates say.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • Oct. 10, 2024
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    What happens when 3,000 in-house lawyers gather? Lots of AI talk

    The Association of Corporate Counsel’s annual meeting in Nashville is underway. Look for plenty of sessions to help in-house legal teams succeed beyond those covering artificial intelligence.

    By • Oct. 4, 2024
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    Anti-ESG proxy votes surge but they’re not passing

    Shareholders submitted more than 100 anti-ESG proposals in the 2024 proxy season but none of those that made it to a vote received more than single-digit support.

    By • Oct. 3, 2024
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    Cybersecurity risk called a human issue, not a technical problem

    Ransomware and phishing attacks are evolving and an effective cybersecurity approach requires employees to be educated about risks, a panel of experts says. 

    By • Oct. 2, 2024
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    California governor vetoes controversial AI safety bill

    Silicon Valley had largely opposed the measure, which would have imposed liability and civil penalties on companies developing the largest AI models.

    By • Sept. 30, 2024
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    Independent boards found to enhance worker safety

    The positive impact is heightened in companies dominated by long-term investors, researchers say in an academic paper.

    By • Sept. 30, 2024
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    Boosting D&O protection with entity investigation coverage

    Market competition has made it more affordable for general counsel to get the costs of complying with SEC or DOJ investigations covered under their directors and officers insurance, a broker says.  

    By • Sept. 26, 2024
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    A look at 7 Supreme Court cases Big Business will be watching

    The court’s term begins Oct. 7 with a docket that involves corporate securities, labor, RICO and environmental questions.

    By • Sept. 25, 2024
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    26% of execs targeted by deepfakes said fraudster’s aim was financial and accounting data

    And nearly half were targeted multiple times, according to new data from Deloitte. 

    By Adam Zaki • Sept. 19, 2024
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    ‘Active times’ for employment law as courts wade through new rules

    State mandates, an EEOC guidance update on workplace harassment and the end of Chevron deference have injected uncertainty into employment law.

    By • Sept. 18, 2024
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    How to make generative AI legal tools valuable in your workflows

    Once this new legal tool has arrived, there are some clear tips on how to succeed with implementation — and a few responsibilities lawyers assume when using it.

    By • Sept. 12, 2024
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    House Financial Services panel hearing probes proxy advisors’ ESG influence

    Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., said advisors are becoming “de facto standard setters” for governance, while a witness compared them to consultants who help investors “sift through mountains of data.”

    By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 12, 2024
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    How antitrust law led to the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray developed their technology for “harmonic tones” after a federal law fueled an R&D boom by lowering entry barriers for telegraph companies, an economist says. 

    By • Sept. 10, 2024
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    Legal AI adoption needs specific use cases, trials and patience, expert panel says

    Lawyers have realized that integrating AI into their work will be challenging, but a strategic approach to how the software is used can help.

    By • Sept. 5, 2024
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    Molson Coors latest company to revise DEI policy

    The beer giant will no longer participate in a scoring system by the Human Rights Campaign and will tie executive incentives to business performance, not “aspirational representation goals.”

    By Christopher Doering • Sept. 5, 2024
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    Court ruling limits EU regulators’ merger review power

    The European Commission lacked oversight authority to examine the proposed sale of a cancer-detection company to biotech company Illumina, the court found.

    By • Sept. 4, 2024