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"Reopening well: Balancing employee privacy with employee safety" by Elizabeth E. McGinn, Amanda R. Lawrence, James C. Chou, and David Rivera (Corporate Compliance Insights)
Consumer privacy has been a key area of focus over the past several years, but as companies begin return-to-work operations, they discover that employee privacy looms large as well. Well-intentioned companies seeking to keep employees safe risk incurring penalties from a variety of agencies based...
Elizabeth E. McGinn, Amanda R. Lawrence, James C. Chou, David Rivera
Articles"How to tackle coronavirus corruption" co-authored by Daniel R. Alonso (Foreign Policy)
Latin America as a region has long had a problem with public corruption, and the coronavirus pandemic has made things worse. As governments shovel public funds to fight the pandemic and its economic fallout, public officials are swindling millions, including in the graft-prone public health sector...
Articles"Videoconferences are weak alternatives to in-person client meetings" by Nancy H. Turner
A century ago, the Spanish Flu ravaged the globe and impacted the legal industry in ways not dissimilar to what we are seeing today. Trials could not be held as attorneys and judges contracted the virus, courts —...
Buckley Commentary & AnalysisElizabeth R. Bailey interviewed in Harvard Law Today article, “A case for compassion”
Elizabeth R. Bailey was interviewed for a July 21, 2020 Harvard Law Today article, “A case for compassion,” which discussed her work in obtaining a federal court order securing release of her client to a care facility due to his persistent vegetative state and vulnerability to Covid-19. Bailey...
In The NewsHank Asbill extensively quoted in Agenda article, “New wild cards for white-collar enforcement”
Hank Asbill was extensively quoted on July 10, 2020 in an Agenda article, “New wild cards for white-collar enforcement,” which discussed the state of white collar enforcement amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Asbill noted, “Covid-19 has made it exponentially more difficult to conduct criminal trials. The...
In The NewsDaniel R. Alonso quoted in Latin Lawyer article, “Prepare for coronavirus-linked corruption probes, say lawyers”
Daniel R. Alonso was quoted on June 25, 2020 in a Latin Lawyer article, “Prepare for coronavirus-linked corruption probes, say lawyers,” which discussed Latin American corruption triggered by Covid-19, as well as the U.S. Paycheck Protection Program that was created to combat the economic struggles...
In The News"Resisting temptation in a crisis: Making sure ethics and compliance don’t get diluted under financial strain" co-authored by Daniel R. Alonso (Compliance & Enforcement)
As the pandemic crisis begins its long process of receding, near the top of mind in companies of all sizes is how to thrive, or even survive, with the economy in turmoil. With such pressures, it would be easy for business executives to let compliance issues drop down on their list of priorities...
Articles"Price-gouging a priority as pandemic persists" by Michael N. Morrill
One of the federal government’s most immediate responses to the coronavirus crisis was a highly visible campaign against profiteering. While the absence of an overarching federal anti-price gouging statute has forced prosecutors to improvise and legislators to contemplate new laws in order to...
Buckley Commentary & Analysis"Accurate FCRA reporting during Covid-19" by Marshall T. Bell and Jessica L. Pollet (Bloomberg Law)
As financial institutions respond to a flurry of regulatory recommendations and mandates in response to the Covid-19 crisis, those relating to consumer reporting may be among the most difficult to decipher and operationalize. Federal and state authorities have made it clear that they expect...
Articles"TCPA relief for Covid-19 communications could extend to financial institutions" by Ali M. Abugheida and Geoffrey L. Warner (Bloomberg Law)
Financial institutions face unprecedented and rapidly evolving challenges in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, including the need to communicate quickly and efficiently with customers in the face of government-issued stay-at-home orders. But the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, with its steep...
Ali M. Abugheida, Geoffrey L. Warner
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