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<i>FTC v. Google</i>: Lessons Learned

Francoise Gilbert

Twice in less than 12 months, the FTC has investigated Google Inc.'s personal data-handling practices to compare them with Google's representations made in its website privacy policy and other documents. And twice in less than 12 months, the FTC has determined that Google's practices constituted misrepresentation.

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Corporate Internal Investigations

Vince Farhat, Vito Costanzo & Stacey Wang

This is the last of a three-part series giving companies a step-by-step guide for planning and conducting sensitive internal investigations into potential wrongdoing.

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Hostile Use of 'Friend' Request Puts Lawyers in Ethics Trouble

Mary Pat Gallagher

Two New Jersey defense lawyers have been hit with ethics charges for having used Facebook in an unfriendly fashion.

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The Importance of Self-Regulation In Improving Digital Privacy

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters &

The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) has made digital privacy and online children's safety the center of its 2012-13 agenda, as the new NAAG president, Maryland attorney general Douglas Gansler, made clear in a statement in June, in announcing the "Privacy in the Digital Age" initiative.

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Best Practices for ERISA ' 408(b)(2) Compliance

K. Jennie Kinnevy

To achieve the goals of the new ERISA laws, participants and sponsors will have access to more information which will increase the responsibility of plan sponsors to act upon the information received.

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The FTC Act

L. Elise Dieterich

The pitfalls of an inadequate privacy policy; an analysis of recent litigation.

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e-Discovery and U.S.Privacy Laws

David A. Sorensen & Michael Hamilton

U.S. data privacy laws pose complex issues for corporations, especially in the context of e-discovery. Here's what you need to know.

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Components of a Truthful Complaint

Philip A. Becnel IV

If you've represented companies for any length of time, you've received internal complaints about a variety of workplace wrongdoings. How can you tell if the complaints are true?

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Domestic Commercial Bribery

Edmund Searby

While foreign bribery and corruption cases are currently getting most of the attention, this is no reason for domestic concerns to get too relaxed. Here's why.

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Clients in Cross-Border Investigations

Robert J. Anello

This era of instantaneous cross-border communication and commerce has brought with it a corresponding increase in the application of the white-collar criminal laws of various countries to companies' international operations.

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