The Spanish Constitutional Court decided that companies will be able to monitor their employees with video-surveillance cameras, without being required to give explanation of their specific purpose.
Money laundering is often viewed as a victimless crime but the truth of the matter is that it is a very important cog to the machinery funding organized crime and terrorism across the globe. Learn how Kuwait is tackling the AML challenge.
On November 7, the DOJ released its second FCPA Opinion Procedure Release of 2014. The Release addressed an inquiry by a consumer products company, which is publicly-traded on a U.S. stock exchange. The company is planning to acquire a foreign target – also in the consumer products business – that…
The Mexican Consumer Protection Agency (PROFECO) imposed fines on major e-commerce retailers even though no consumer complaint was filed; During a massive raid on e-commerce stores, PROFECO found that online stores’ Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notices were ambiguous, failed to disclose mandatory information that most be provided to consumers…
In June, a U.S. Appeals Court vacated a lower court decision that gutted the attorney-client privilege in the context of internal investigations partly performed by non-lawyers and when initiated for any reason other than solely to obtain legal advice (previous GCN coverage). But the legitimacy of privilege protections for internal…
In an anticipated and welcomed decision issued Friday, June 27, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a District Court ruling that had seemingly gutted the scope of the attorney-client privilege as applied to internal investigations. Generally, the attorney-client privilege applies to all communications, the primary…