The EDPB Recommendations on International Transfers Present New Obstacles for Multinational Businesses and the Global Digital Economy

Nov 24, 2020 | Compliance & Regulatory Consulting, E-Discovery, Technology

The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has released a draft for public comment of its long-awaited recommendations on international transfers of personal data in light of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (“CJEU”) Schrems II decision this past July....

Californians Vote for Additional Data Privacy Protections in the CPRA

Nov 10, 2020 | Compliance & Regulatory Consulting, Cyber Security & Investigations, E-Discovery

Most Americans have been laser-focused on the 2020 presidential election. However, other election results are in. In California, voters approved a referendum on consumer privacy called the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which dramatically alters the privacy...

April 24 Webinar: Where Do We Go from Here?

Apr 22, 2020 | Compliance & Regulatory Consulting, Cyber Security & Investigations

Planning a return to the new normal while juggling compliance, security, and productivity as the world begins to open up Hackers and regulatory enforcement/oversight have not let up during a disrupted world of lockdowns, social distancing, and a new normal of remote...

Wireless Identification via IMS

Mar 6, 2020 | Compliance & Regulatory Consulting, Cyber Security & Investigations

By Elaine Smith The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) protects wireless telephone users from receiving calls via an automated telephone dialing system (a robo-dialer) or an artificial or prerecorded voice. While the TCPA was put into effect in 1991,...

Reflections on Four Decades of Chinese Economic Reforms and the Experience of Foreign Investments in That Process

Nov 13, 2019 | Compliance & Regulatory Consulting, Corporate Investigations

In 1978, when China reopened itself to the outside world, the country was modelled as a Soviet-style planned economy, in which foreign investments had no visible role in the country’s economic development. Restrictions on foreign investments were strict and driven by...

New Treasury Guidance on OFAC Compliance: Setting Expectations

May 17, 2019 | Compliance & Regulatory Consulting

On May 2, 2019, the US Treasury Department publicly released additional guidance on its expectations regarding corporate sanctions programs, A Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments. The guidance comes on the heels of over $1.2 billion in Office of Foreign Assets...