Government has been amping up disclosures in business showing many avenues for which the US has recently imposed greater disclosure requirements: The Securities and Exchange Commission rules mandating disclosure for cybersecurity incidents and cybersecurity risk management; The Office of Foreign Asset Control promoting ransomware victims to disclose paying threat actors […]
Employers Prompted to Evaluate Employees’ Access to Confidential Information In November 2022, the FTC issued an updated policy statement regarding the scope of unfair methods of competition under Section 5 of the FTC Act. The FTC appears to now seek preventing what it perceives to be new threats to competition. […]
In-house attorneys, who offer both business and legal advice, were looking forward to some judicial clarity on the scope of the attorney-client privilege. Instead, they’ve been left disappointed. SCOTUS decided to dismiss an appeal styled In re Grand Jury, which would have settled what standard should govern privilege in these […]
Is the Chevron Doctrine a Ghost Ship Waiting to Sink? The Supreme Court has granted review in a case where the petitioner has asked to overturn the Chevron doctrine. Justice Jackson has recused herself. From the 8 justices who will consider Chevron, it seems that Chief Justice Roberts as well as Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and […]
The 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, one of the oldest and most revered peer review publications, recognizes 34 Becker attorneys across the Firm’s practices. Our own Steven B. Lesser, was also recognized as Lawyer of the Year, a distinction based on the highest overall peer feedback for […]
