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Stuck between a rock and a hard place? The Swedish Data Protection Authority rejects American company’s request to process workers’ criminal records

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Sweden
  • -
  • March 18 2008

Standard & Poors AB is the Swedish subsidiary of the American company McGraw-Hill Companies Inc

Whistleblower hotlines in Europe three steps to a way out

  • White & Case LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • November 30 2007

Last month's Global HR Hot Topic summarized law in the nine European Union jurisdictions that have issued written guidance on Sarbanes-Oxley 301 whistleblower hotlines

Privacy and rating agencies in Italy: stricter controls on conflicts of interest

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Italy
  • -
  • September 21 2010

The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has issued a specific authorisation for a rating agency operating in Italy

Upcoming cases in the United States Supreme Court’s 2010 term: Volume II

  • Larkin Hoffman
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 15 2011

The Supreme Court's 2010-2011 term began in October, and it is expected to conclude by the end of April

Court compels production of personal emails from company systems citing lack of reasonable privacy expectation

  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 9 2011

On May 23, in SEC v. Reserve Management Co. Inc.,1 the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that an employee does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to communications with a spouse through an employer’s email system

An employer’s guide to implementing EU-compliant whistleblowing hotlines

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • August 23 2011

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges are required to establish a system, often called a “whistleblowing hotline,” for employees to internally report concerns over questionable auditing or accounting matters

The social media landmines for financial services: 10 legal issues every bank should consider

  • Frost Brown Todd LLC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 1 2011

Before jumping head first into social media, financial institutions would be well-advised to consider adopting a social media policy that both achieves its goals and protects it from legal risks

General counsel update: 28 February 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Hong Kong, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 28 2012

This is the twenty-eighth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

First quarter 2012 the trends

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • June 12 2012

Throughout the first quarter of 2012 we have seen signs of both economic growth and challenges

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada, China, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • March 15 2012

The end of the year and beginning of a new year is always a busy time for us, as it is for most of our clients

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