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In case you missed it, the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs announced last week that it has awarded nearly $2 million in grants to law enforcement organizations across the United St... More >
Is your business subject to HITECH Act data breach notification requirements? Do you know? If you are or you think you might be, you may want to check out a Web conference the Health Care Complianc... More >
We have covered the risks associated with corporate blogging from just about every angle, I think. We've talked about employees making unauthorized statements in "Have You Reviewed Your Policies Lat... More >
Evolve IP 's Carl Herberger has been guest blogging at IT Business Edge recently. Early this month, he noted that social engineering is on the increase and one of the top 10 things companies should... More >
I don't often write about Food and Drug Administration regulations, but IT Business Edge's Ann All brought Frank Scavo's The Enterprise Spectator to my attention recently. And earlier this month,... More >
Last week, Massachusetts officials made yet another about face when it comes to data security requirements. An update from the law firm of Morrison and Foerster points out that the Office of Consum... More >
I've written about the HITECH Act and the data breach notification rule it adds to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act a few times now. But something came across my desk this ... More >
No, you did not misread that headline, and yes, I am talking about UNIX copyrights. CNET News blogger Stephen Shankland reports that an appeals court ruled in SCO's favor Monday, overturning a lo... More >
After reading Monday that at least one antitrust attorney thinks Microsoft's alliance with Yahoo will not survive antitrust scrutiny -- primarily because Microsoft has such deep pockets and is a se... More >
A New York antitrust attorney says he doubts Microsoft and Yahoo's new partnership will "pass muster" with the regulators, according to Computerworld . Constantine Cannon partner Matthew Cantor sa... More >
On Sept. 23, a federal appeals court will hear Microsoft's appeal of the injunction prohibiting it from selling versions of Microsoft Word with custom XML capabilities. A U.S. district judge i... More >
Thursday, I wrote about Google being required to reveal the identity of an "anonymous" blogger who was being accused of defamation. Friday morning, I spoke with Craig Carpenter, VP and general coun... More >
Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that $1.2 billion in grant money will be made available to help hospitals and other health car... More >
Moving the country's health information into the digital age is something that President Obama campaigned on, and it's something we've heard about at frequent intervals since he took office. In Title... More >
I've already mentioned this month that the federal government has promised to crack down on Federal Corrupt Practices Act violations. Now it is making good on that promise. Thursday, law.com feat... More >
Two different lawsuits in the news this week are raising questions about the rights of anonymous bloggers, forum participants and tipsters. More importantly, at least from a business perspective, the... More >
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Protiviti managing director Paresh Raghani, who recently presented at the consultant firm's Webinar on Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) compliance for small busin... More >
In the last couple of days, The New York Times , the Associated Press and almost every other media outlet has reported the arrest of a Miami man and two (as yet unnamed) Russian co-conspirators in... More >
Facebook users in California are suing the social networking giant. In pleadings filed in Orange County Superior Court, the plaintiffs say Facebook is violating California privacy laws and misleadi... More >
The Federal Trade Commission's Red Flag Rules are in compliance news again, if only because the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has asked to be exempt from them. Designed to pr... More >
If your business is one that accepts and processes credit card data and, thus, must maintain compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard , Gemini Security Solutions offered a great Monday remin... More >
Last week I spoke to Adam Landa , a Greenberg Traurig shareholder who co-chairs the law firm's e-retention and e-discovery practice group about the Vanish encryption technology that, in essence, ... More >
From patent litigation to antitrust issues, I can't get away from Microsoft in the news today. Apparently an attorney representing plaintiffs in the antitrust litigation that was settled s... More >
There are new developments in the Microsoft - i4i patent dispute. Not that any of us are surprised. First, according to InformationWeek , U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis cited "trial misco... More >
Small merchants are becoming more aware of PCI compliance requirements , according to a new study sponsored by the National Retail Federation . It's good progress, but there's a problem: Even thoug... More >
In the latter days of the Bush Administration and the earliest days for President Obama, federal officials were fixated on correcting the economic downturn. We heard a lot about financial regulatory... More >
Wednesday's big tech story was a U.S. district judge's decision to enjoin Microsoft from selling versions of Word that include "custom XML" capabilities until a patent infringement lawsuit involvin... More >
Remember when I wrote about Vanish and asked all those questions about what the use of such technology might imply? I had the chance to speak with Greenberg Traurig shareholder Adam Landa , who co... More >
Wow. DailyTech is reporting that a federal judge in the Easterm District of Texas has forbidden Microsoft to sell Microsoft Word or versions of Microsoft Office that include Word until a final ju... More >
The American Civil Liberties Union is concerned about a coming change in the federal government's "cookie" policy, according to Network World . The nation's new CIO, Vivek Kundra, and the White ... More >
After several delays for smaller businesses, the Securities and Exchange Commission appears set to enforce its latest compliance deadline as it stands: All public companies, regardless of size, wil... More >
In 2008, the Federal Communications Commission ruled that Internet giant Comcast violated the agency's Net neutrality principles when it "throttled" peer-to-peer traffic from sites like BitTorrent ... More >
It's no secret the Securities and Exchange Commission is ramping up its enforcement efforts . Different agency officials have made the announcement publicly. But that doesn't mean that the cost of s... More >
An interesting development has arisen in the Intel antitrust case in Europe. (The one with the record fine , remember?) Intel, of course, appealed the ruling . Monday, Reuters -- and several ot... More >
Compliance and security are inextricably intertwined, that's for certain. Remember Philip Howard's proposal in his Bloor Research blog post ? But the fact that they are intertwined does not at all m... More >
Just about the time I forget about the coming move to International Financial Reporting Standards and the opposition it faces -- particularly in the U.S. -- someone brings the issues to the foref... More >
Earlier this week I spoke to Tony Roth , president and CEO of Celect.org , a company that provides Web sites and online communities for non-profit organizations such as faith communities, universit... More >
Earlier this week I wrote about the Shareholders' Bill of Rights Act, sponsored by Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), which is currently under consideration. Noticing that... More >
The federal government hasn't been shy about telling us it's ramping up enforcement efforts in the areas of antitrust requirements and securities fraud, but we haven't heard quite as much about the... More >
In May, Facebook Developers announced the arrival of Facebook Connect , calling it "the next iteration of Facebook Platform that allows users to 'connect' their Facebook identity, friends and privac... More >
Watch out, corporate America. Lawmakers have proposed a shareholder bill of rights that at least one observer says could have a bigger effect on business than Sarbanes-Oxley did. My question i... More >
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