Posted on February 27, 2009 by Rick Wolf
By Michael Kozubek
Published in the 2/1/2009 Issue of Inside Counsel.
Privilege review has been a major culprit in the skyrocketing cost of e-discovery. With hundreds of thousands of documents subject to discovery in numerous cases, attorney-client communications and work-product information frequently end up in the hands of the opposing party. Because the production of privileged documents during [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2009 by Rick Wolf
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission today announced that CVS, the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain, will pay the U.S. government a $2.25 million settlement and take corrective action to ensure it does not violate the privacy of its millions of patients when disposing of patient information such [...]
Filed under: HHS, HIPAA, IT, Records Management Policies, Regulatory Compliance, compliance, information security, internal investigations, privacy, subpoenas | Tagged: Corporate compliance, Data Privacy and Security, data security, HHS, HIPAA, OCR, Privacy Rule, Records Management Policy Development, records retention, Regulatory Compliance | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 19, 2009 by Rick Wolf
Joe Palazzolo
Legal Times
Federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday they are targeting lawyers, mortgage brokers, real estate brokers and other “gatekeepers” who perpetrated fraud that contributed to the current economic crisis — a clear warning shot as the federal government is pumping billions of dollars into the financial sector.
“They have the most to lose, they’re the [...]
Filed under: Business ethics, Corporate responsibility, Regulatory Compliance, Securities Fraud, White Collar Crime, chief legal officers, compliance, in-house counsel, internal investigations | Tagged: Attorney-client privilege, Business ethics, Corporate compliance, Corporate governance, Criminal Investigations, general counsel, in-house counsel, Regulatory Compliance, White Collar Crime | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 3, 2009 by Rick Wolf
Lexakos asked law department leaders again about their concerns, priorities and resource allocation plans for 2009. This year’s benchmarking survey covers reporting metrics, outsource planning for IP and litigation, budget pressures, e-discovery, privilege waiver management in relation to new Federal Evidence Rule 502, and other compliance priorities.
In 2007 and 2008, Compliance Week, the leading publication and [...]
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