Cybersecurity – Industry News

Cyber security guide to the 10 most disruptive enterprise technologies – See more at: http://www.information-age.com/technology/security/123458260/cyber-security-guide-10-most-disruptive-enterprise-technologies#sthash.hNSgMi8Y.dpuf Cyber security guide to the 10 most disruptive enterprise technologies Deploying the latest and greatest technologies in an enterprise is one of the most effective ways of gaining competitive advantage, increasing efficiency, attracting the best talent, and, ultimately, driving new…

Corporate Counsel – Industry News

What Do Lawyers and In-House Counsel Really Think About Litigation Finance? Litigation finance—when investors back pending legal cases in exchange for a cut of the proceeds—continues to gain traction here in the U.S. despite lingering concerns that the practice may violate historic prohibitions on third-party funding of lawsuits, as WSJ reported on Monday. How much…

Employing Foreign Workers – Industry News

Temporary foreign worker changes side-swipe fashion industry Canada’s fashion industry appears to be the latest sector of the economy side-swiped by changes announced earlier this summer to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Fashion industry companies that hire foreign models say they have been lumped into the same category as employers who hire low-skilled workers in the…

Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions – Industry News

FinCEN proposes to expand financial institution customer due diligence requirements The proposal would require financial institutions to identify beneficial owners of legal entities and codify existing customer due diligence guidance. In a continuing initiative to strengthen the customer due diligence (CDD) requirements imposed on regulated financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA),[1] on July 30,…

Future of Law – Industry News

What To Do When The Partner Track Closes For senior associates up for partner, firms have become increasingly focused on business potential and less so on an associate’s ability to out class others in the courtroom or at the negotiating table. In the days of yore, the partner track in Biglaw was oftentimes a reward…

The Law of Policing – Industry News

Laval police caught muddying cars in apparent Bill 3 protest Man who posted video to Facebook says officers were dirtying cars to protest proposed pension reforms. Laval police are investigating after a video was posted to Facebook that shows two of their squad cars racing through a muddy construction site and spattering a third cruiser parked nearby. Charles Ledoux…

Cybersecurity – Industry News

REPORT: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Internet Credentials A cybersecurity firm said it has uncovered about 1.2 billion Internet logins and passwords and more than 500 million email addresses amassed by a Russian crime ring, the largest known collection of such stolen data, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Hold Security of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,…

Corporate Counsel – Industry News

The Top 25 Most Influential 2014 – Corporate-Commercial [Read more…]   How General Counsel Can Prepare For Corporate Inversion Corporate inversions have been used for years as a powerful vehicle to optimize a company’s tax strategy. Inversion is the practice of reincorporating a company in a foreign country with lower corporate tax rates for the…

Employing Foreign Workers – Industry News

Temporary foreign worker agency Actyl Group sues McDonald’s Canada A company that recruits temporary foreign workers on behalf of Canadian employers has filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s Canada, alleging breach of contract and defamation of character. Graeme Young, the Manitoba lawyer representing Actyl Group Inc., which has recruited temporary foreign workers for McDonald’s in Western Canada, told…

Cybersecurity – Industry News

Cyber security entrepreneurs: balancing secrecy and publicity As an address, “Nimrod House, Enigma Business Park”, seems particularly ap­pro­p­riate for a company in­vol­ved in encryption and secure communications for the British military. A German Enigma machine was used by Allied codebreakers to decipher intelligence in the second world war, while the Nimrod was a UK maritime…

The Law of Policing – Industry News

Are police becoming less keen on enforcing Canada’s pot laws? Police appear to be losing their zeal for investigating marijuana-related offences – particularly those related to cases of trafficking and production. While they are still searching people for pot and laying charges of possession, statistics suggest they are increasingly less likely to go to the…