Guidelines for U.S. firms operating in Europe could become much tighter as Europe’s data protection watchdog is calling to enforce costly fines on businesses violating new data-privacy rules. This should act as a wakeup call for U.S. businesses to get serious about this issue. The European Commission and many national governments are pushing for a […]
If your business uses auto-dialing of cell phones as a way of communicating with customers, you may find yourself facing an unexpected new burden after a ruling by the Eleventh Circuit Court. That court, in the case of Breslow v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., determined that when the plaintiff transferred ownership of the phone and […]
The European Union’s high court has ruled that Google must respond to requests by individuals and companies to take down from search results any information that the petitioner views as outdated, inaccurate or irrelevant. In its zeal to create a “right to be forgotten,” the Court has told Google that it is responsible for hiding […]
The list of proprietary and intellectual property stolen from Corporate America has grown rapidly in size and impact over the last five years. Company CFOs need to become more vigilant about the theft of intellectual property and proprietary information the value of which doesn’t always appear on the balance sheet, according to this article on […]