As of March 2017, California and Texas had the largest populations of individuals participating in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, together accounting for about 40 percent of the nearly 800,000 “Dreamers” nationwide...
If you use social media at all, you probably saw the viral “Find the Panda” cartoon that was circulating over the holidays. Somewhere amidst a cheery collection of snowmen, Hungarian artist Gergely Dudás hid a panda, and according to...
Petrobras recently agreed to pay $2.95 billion to settle a class action brought by investors in the United States. We look at the rise of class actions and what companies should do to limit the risk of bribery and corruption. A major settlement ...
The Games in Rio will dominate global headlines until they end on August 21. Unsurprisingly, major brands hope to bask in the reflected glory of this sporting spectacle by paying to associate their logos with venues and athletes to raise visibility on...
This should have been a bumper year for Airbus, after rival Boeing grounded its 737 MAX aircraft following fatal crashes. Yet the multinational aerospace company reported a troubling loss of $1.5B earlier this month. A key reason for this result is a...
Many nonprofits, foundations and universities are readying to participate in Giving Tuesday , a global day of giving celebrated on November 29 this year. A 24-hour social media campaign to elicit end-of-year charitable donations, Giving Tuesday is timed...
Four states have statewide laws limiting how much local officials have to cooperate with requests from federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants, according to analysis of data from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center by the New York Times...
Written by Chris Scully, Senior Media Intelligence Analyst, LexisNexis When the International Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) announced the launch of a global campaign to “eradicate” the use of Advertising...
Perhaps it began with a cave drawing – one early human trying to quantify the benefits of hunting versus gathering. Soon those cave drawings evolved into maps, then graphs and eventually the infographic was born. One thing is clear – a picture...
Often, it takes a crisis to bring supply chain weaknesses to light. That's certainly the case with the Coronavirus, or Covid-19. Many companies have failed to adapt their risk management processes to meet the complexity of today’s global supply...
You’ve seen the merciless reactions to a deemed #marketingfail. Those missteps can catch explosive attention in the media almost immediately. In the past 7 days alone the hashtag has reached over 175,000 people on Twitter. Chances are, you saw or...
Did you enjoy playing hide-and-seek as a kid? Usually, when you were ‘it,’ the fun wasn’t in the time you spent seeking, but in the moment you found the person you were looking for. Now, your daily quest isn’t for your hidden playmates...
Many organizations use Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) standards or engage in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs to support sustainable business practices and mitigate third-party risk . But what about on the home-front? ‘Tis...
The media research you perform as a PR professional has perhaps never been as important as it is today. Getting your message in front of an interested audience is still valuable, but the players on the news landscape are not the same as they have been...
Don’t be misled by the title; this isn’t a blog post about proper etiquette for media monitoring. Rather, it’s a quick tip for getting more from LexisNexis® Newsdesk by using the Refine Panel—or what we like to call the “Refinery”...
With 2016 drawing to a close, we review the main developments in financial crime over the last year. Beneficial ownership making headlines Beneficial ownership was arguably the most talked-about issue in financial crime in 2016. This was partly...
In June, Washington D.C. voters strongly endorsed Initiative 77 , a ballot referendum to require District eateries to pay workers that rely on tips the same minimum wage as other employees. But amidst furious pushback from the restaurant industry, a majority...
It has been just over two years since President Donald Trump famously bemoaned the complexities of the American health care system, telling a meeting of the nation’s governors that “Nobody knew health care could be so complicated.” ...
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to buy goods and services, pay bills, gamble online, transfer money internationally and as an investment vehicle, among other things. And that activity is drawing more attention...
Our series on PESTLE risk monitoring continues with a deeper look at “T”—Technological risk—and how it can impact organizations enterprise-wide. The World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2017 states that: “The deep...
Artificial intelligence promises to revolutionize the way we live and work, as well as drive economic growth for at least the next decade. At the same time, it threatens to disrupt the job market, increase inequality, diminish privacy, and, as some see...
Of the 3,388 women running for legislative office in 46 states this year, 70 percent are Democrats. In 19 of those states, there are about twice as many Democratic female candidates as Republican ones. In 15 states, there are three times more. In five...
There were only three FCPA enforcement actions in the first quarter of 2019, but the small number obscures a bigger threat to corporate bottom lines—fines totalling $1.1 billion. This figure eclipses the total settlements in Q1 2018—also for...
Buoyed by hefty legislative majorities, Republicans in several states are pushing hard for right-to-work laws and other anti-union legislation. Democrats and their labor allies are pushing back, both in the legislatures and the courts. The GOP marked...
This post was guest written by Brandon Teeple, a junior at Wright State University. What topics do you care about? Is it ever-increasing national budget? Or is it, perhaps, protecting gun rights? Each generation has a particular set of issues that...