The securities law landscape continues to evolve as new regulatory developments emerge. Recently, under the direction of its new Chair, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) has been messaging the priorities of its enforcement program, including renewed focus across the agency related to climate change disclosures, cybersecurity, and financial innovation.
Today’s businesses are significantly maximizing the potentials of cloud-based workforce mobility tools for improved productivity and more advanced workforce management. However, the increase of users, devices, and applications accessing outside the enterprise perimeter has resulted in a rise of cyberattacks and data breaches.
The energy sector has been changing constantly over the years, with important regulatory developments and court decisions in the backdrop. While the legal landscape remains uncertain, businesses and their counsel must keep themselves updated with current and emerging developments in the regulatory paradigm.
Digital supply chain is currently gaining prominent recognition due to its greater versatility as compared to traditional supply chains. Because cybersecurity risks and third-party attacks have skyrocketed at an alarming rate, more businesses now prefer the digital way. However, cyber-related supply chain threats are always almost impossible to prevent. As businesses seek to leverage the potentials of this growing tool, new challenges also start to emerge.
The securities arbitration and mediation landscapes have been continuously reshaped with rule changes and regulatory enforcements causing complexity for defendants and plaintiffs alike. Furthermore, with the majority of hearings being conducted virtually, issues on security and confidentiality added a significant challenge in the prosecution of current cases.
As intellectual property (IP) becomes more vital to many organizations, it is also becoming an attractive target for theft and infringement. Recent statistics have shown that IP theft in the U.S. jeopardizes millions of jobs and billions of dollars annually.
The number of class action lawsuits across industries has significantly proliferated over the years, creating a profound impact on the regulatory and litigation landscapes. Because of this, the climate of class action litigation continues to remain uncertain and the need to be abreast of any emerging development must always be underscored. More importantly, businesses and their counsel must keep themselves in the know of the latest regulatory updates and up-to-date litigation tools and strategies to successfully win this type of lawsuit.
Since the onset of shutdown orders due to COVID-19, business owners have turned to their insurance policies to seek coverage for lost revenue and other pandemic-induced expenses. Insurers have generally denied business interruption coverage to these claims, referring to policy requirements for direct physical loss. Policyholders have brought their claims to the courts and, in most cases, judges have ruled in favor of the insurers. However, this trend is expected to change as plaintiffs start to find the weaknesses of the defendants’ arguments.
The growing problems caused by toxic work environments, client issues, and heavy workloads in the legal profession are the prevailing reasons for the increasing number of legal experts suffering from substance use and other mental health issues. These, along with other challenges that are further worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasize the need for lawyers, law firms and organizations to come up with wellness programs and initiatives that will mitigate the risks of professional dysfunction and maintain the well-being of lawyers.
Manual processing of accounts payable (APs) is typically filled with time-consuming and tedious tasks, not to mention the risks of errors that can significantly impact production time, cost, and flow. To address these and other challenges within the AP workflow, companies have started to adopt automation technologies in recent years. With AP automation, organizations could optimize their AP performance through increased on-time payment rates, reduced cost-per-invoice, and early payment discounts.
As the world grapples with various public health protection orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, reports of widespread price gouging among different states have added a significant level of burden to both the public and the government sectors.
Effectively-handled depositions provide a strong foundation in prosecuting or defending cases. However, with several legal developments continuously shaping the landscape along with the changes brought by the implementation of remote depositions because of the pandemic, handling a deposition has now become more challenging and complex.
Construction claims are considered as one of the most complex types of dispute. Because of its complexity, involved parties oftentimes choose between litigation and arbitration as a dispute resolution tool.
The protection of trade secrets and other confidential information is paramount to employers. However, with the increasing number of trade secret-related claims in employment litigation, companies are not only posed with threats of internal theft, but are also confronted with the challenge of safeguarding their assets.
The patent law landscape evolves at an accelerating pace, making it a challenge for patent law experts to navigate the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) minefield every year.
