By: Nolan Goldberg and Anisha Shenai-Khatkhate , Proskauer Rose LLP Ransomware attacks have become a prevalent cybersecurity threat. These attacks pose significant legal and financial risks to both individuals and organizations. This article addresses steps to...
By: Timothy Murray , MURRAY, HOGUE AND LANNIS With the e-commerce explosion, sellers are peddling goods and services over their websites at unprecedented rates. From a contract law perspective, this ought to be a seller’s nirvana: the seller alone establishes...
FDIC HIGHLIGHTS RESOURCES ON BANKING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE Corporation highlighted the agency’s resources to help small businesses get the most from their banking relationships. Small businesses employ roughly half of all...
HIGH-IMPACT EVENT TO GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM MORE LIKELY, PREDICT FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS ACCORDING TO ONE MEASURE, RECENT WORLD EVENTS have financial professionals unnerved. Forty-five percent of those surveyed by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation...
By: Jessica L. Kerner IN 2007, A HOTEL ROOM SHORTAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO prompted two roommates to create a website to rent out air mattresses in their apartment. Less than eight years later, the company they founded, Airbnb, has been valued at more than $25 billion...
By: Jim Wagstaffe and The Wagstaffe Group Recent caselaw has upheld the enforceability of boilerplate contractual provisions regarding forum selection, choice of law, and mandatory alternative dispute resolution. These clauses, seemingly innocuous in their inception...
By: Richard J. Simmons , Brian D. Murphy , and Adam R. Rosenthal , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP While there is no one-size-fits-all solution to creating a safe workplace, employers must carefully monitor guidance from the Centers for Disease Control...
The United Nations Foundation’s Global Leadership Award was presented to LexisNexis Legal & Professional CEO Mike Walsh in recognition of the company’s contributions to advancing the rule of law across the globe. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES LEXISNEXIS’...
By: Mark S. Bergman , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Introduction This article discusses the joint Public Statement 1 issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton, SEC Division of Corporation Finance...
In an effort to advance racial justice and equality, LexisNexis is undertaking a series of actions to ensure greater diversity within the company and drive change in the communities it serves. Practical Guidance has launched the Protestors’ Rights Resource...