Earlier this year, we spoke with MoloLamken LLP partners Steven Molo, one of America’s leading trial lawyers, and Sara Margolis, a rising courtroom star, to learn how a party in a high-stakes trial might improve its chances of success. Here is a link to that interview.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the payments industry, offering new opportunities and challenges for large merchants. AI can enhance various aspects of the payments business, such as transaction processing, customer communications, fraud detection, and innovation. However, AI also poses risks for these businesses, including regulatory complexity, ethical and social implications, cybersecurity threats, and class …
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Since the introduction of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect in May 2018, there has been an increased interest in consumer data protection and privacy around the world. California was the first US state to take action, and enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (‘CCPA’), a landmark legislation that was …
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It’s the rare businessperson who wants to have an important issue or, worse, a company’s fate decided by a judge or jury. The vast majority of lawsuits are settled before it comes to that. But trial happens, sometimes with billions or hundreds of millions of dollars at stake.
In the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is chiefly responsible for prosecuting white-collar crime. While white-collar enforcement significantly declined during the past presidential administration, current DOJ leadership has pledged to take a more aggressive approach. To that end, in September 2022, Deputy US Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced changes to DOJ’s corporate enforcement …
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There are four key sources of corporate governance law and regulation in the United States: state corporate law (predominantly Delaware, in which over half of all US publicly traded corporations are incorporated); federal securities law, including the US Securities Act of 1933 and the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the regulations of the …
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In the United States, the Department of Justice (DoJ), including the regional US Attorney Offices, have federal criminal enforcement authority. Certain state regulators including District Attorneys and Attorneys General have criminal authority for state-level offences. There are several federal regulatory agencies who are very active in regulating the financial services arena, but who are limited …