Skip to content

empir.is

ethics, law & information technology

  • privacy policy
  • about empir.is
Posted in CNIL, Compliance, Data privacy, France, Google

What to make of the EU reaction to Google’s new privacy policy?
  • lynn
  • posted on 29 February 201222 March 2012
  • No Comment
Yesterday’s letter from the French National Commission on Information Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) points out some very specific problems in Google’s widely publicized new privacy policy,
Read More
Posted in Compliance, Data security

The human factor: Dassault nEUROn drone blueprints stolen.
  • lynn
  • posted on 24 February 2012
  • No Comment
In an incident right out of a Bond film, Le Parisien newspaper reported Wednesday that documents related to Dassault Aviations’s nEUROn stealth drone were stolen at Paris’ Gare du Nord
Read More
Posted in Compliance, Export Regulations

Lasers to Iran: U.S. Export Regulations are serious business.
  • lynn
  • posted on 23 February 201223 February 2012
  • No Comment
According to Just Anti-Corruption, U.S.-based PRC Laser has been fined $42,000 by the U.S. Commerce Department for shipping an industrial laser to Iran through a 3rd party based in Dubai. The laser
Read More
Posted in Competition law, Compliance, fcpa, Sarbanes-Oxley, Uncategorized

The Compliance Matrix Graphic
  • lynn
  • posted on 19 February 201221 February 2012
  • No Comment
   ©2012 empir.is (attribution
Read More
Posted in Competition law, Compliance, France, Opinion

French Competition Authority will cut fines 10% for companies with compliance programs.
  • lynn
  • posted on 16 February 201217 February 2012
  • No Comment
More recognition across Europe that a well-built and delivered compliance program is being taken into consideration by regulatory authorities comes from France today as the Competition Authority
Read More
Posted in Compliance, Corruption, fcpa, Uncategorized

US DOJ brings in FBI to investigate News Corp bribes to Scotland Yard.
  • lynn
  • posted on 8 February 20129 February 2012
  • No Comment
When details emerged last July that employees of News International (the press arm of News Corp) had possibly bribed 5 Scotland Yard police officers, the FCPA red alert must surely have sounded in
Read More
Posted in Compliance, Corruption, fcpa, Opinion

$16.8M fine for European device maker in FCPA settlement.
  • lynn
  • posted on 6 February 20126 February 2012
  • No Comment
        The US DOJ announced today that Smith & Nephew has admitted to and settled claims related to an offshore kickback scheme with a Greek distributor. Smith &
Read More
Posted in Compliance, Opinion

P.I.P. Implants: French Health Authorities aware in 1996.
  • lynn
  • posted on 1 February 20122 February 2012
  • No Comment
According to French daily Libération, a report delivered this morning to the French Ministry of Labor and Health confirms that P.I.P. implants were tested by independent physicians in 1996 who
Read More
Posted in Uncategorized

US F.D.A. Approves Ivacaftor
  • lynn
  • posted on 31 January 2012
  • No Comment
Bravo to Vertex for bringing this to market. Molecules to address the genetic basis of a disease are incredibly expensive to develop and market. Even though this only addresses one of the mutated
Read More
Posted in Competition law, Compliance, EU Commission, Suez

Don’t touch that. Dawn raids and the EU seal.
  • lynn
  • posted on 30 January 201230 January 2012
  • No Comment
While reading a Bloomberg news story on the EU probe into possible collusion between Veolia, Suez and Saur to fix French water services prices, I was reminded that last year Suez’s subsidiary
Read More

Posts navigation

Previous 1 2 3 Next

RSS empir.is news

  • Welk Resorts to pay $3.5 M for misleading marketing, sales tactics - times-advocate.com 3 June 2020
    Welk Resorts to pay $3.5 M for misleading marketing, sales tactics  times-advocate.com
  • Travel Insurer Sued For Denying Coverage Of Canceled Trips - Law360 3 June 2020
    Travel Insurer Sued For Denying Coverage Of Canceled Trips  Law360
  • Western Digital Sued Over SMR Disks - Law Street Media 2 June 2020
    Western Digital Sued Over SMR Disks  Law Street Media
  • Does Noom Have a Bad Auto-Renew Habit? - Lexology 2 June 2020
    Does Noom Have a Bad Auto-Renew Habit?  Lexology
  • Wishbone App Maker Sued Over Breach Affecting 40M Users - Law360 2 June 2020
    Wishbone App Maker Sued Over Breach Affecting 40M Users  Law360
  • A Roadmap to Litigating Privacy Claims? A Look at a Recent Order From the Google Assistant Privacy Litigation - JD Supra 30 May 2020
    A Roadmap to Litigating Privacy Claims? A Look at a Recent Order From the Google Assistant Privacy Litigation  JD Supra
  • Black Knight : ROSEN, NATIONALLY REGARDED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Continues to Investigate Securities Claims Against Black Knight, Inc. - BKI - Marketscreener.com 29 May 2020
    Black Knight : ROSEN, NATIONALLY REGARDED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Continues to Investigate Securities Claims Against Black Knight, Inc. - BKI  Marketscreener.com
  • Big 3 Talent Agencies Ask Judge To Dismiss Remainder Of WGA’s Packaging Lawsuit - Deadline 28 May 2020
    Big 3 Talent Agencies Ask Judge To Dismiss Remainder Of WGA’s Packaging Lawsuit  Deadline
  • A Guide to Navigating COVID-19 Price-Gouging Litigation Against Manufacturers, Suppliers, and Retailers of Food and Consumer Goods in the US - Lexology 28 May 2020
    A Guide to Navigating COVID-19 Price-Gouging Litigation Against Manufacturers, Suppliers, and Retailers of Food and Consumer Goods in the US  Lexology
  • Judge Dismisses Half-Baked False Advertising Claims Against Ghirardelli - JD Supra 27 May 2020
    Judge Dismisses Half-Baked False Advertising Claims Against Ghirardelli  JD Supra
  • Gilead Accused of Revealing Users of HIV-Prevention Drugs - Bloomberg Law 22 May 2020
    Gilead Accused of Revealing Users of HIV-Prevention Drugs  Bloomberg Law
  • California Supreme Court Decides Unfair Competition Claims for Civil Penalties Should Be Tried by a Court Rather Than a Jury - JD Supra 21 May 2020
    California Supreme Court Decides Unfair Competition Claims for Civil Penalties Should Be Tried by a Court Rather Than a Jury  JD Supra
  • Auto financing company settles multistate subprime lending action for $550 million - Lexology 21 May 2020
    Auto financing company settles multistate subprime lending action for $550 million  Lexology
  • Important Procedural Developments In Litigation Over Two-Sided Markets - Lexology 21 May 2020
    Important Procedural Developments In Litigation Over Two-Sided Markets  Lexology
  • Importance of CCPA Compliance Highlighted by First Round of Private Actions - JD Supra 21 May 2020
    Importance of CCPA Compliance Highlighted by First Round of Private Actions  JD Supra
  • Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 8, 2020 - JD Supra 20 May 2020
    Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 8, 2020  JD Supra
  • When Insurers Deny Claims, Brokers Are Next in Line for Allegations of Wrongdoing - Insurance Journal 19 May 2020
    When Insurers Deny Claims, Brokers Are Next in Line for Allegations of Wrongdoing  Insurance Journal
  • California Sup. Ct: No Jury for Unfair Competition & False Advertising Claims - The National Law Review 19 May 2020
    California Sup. Ct: No Jury for Unfair Competition & False Advertising Claims  The National Law Review
  • Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy and Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer Announce Judge Preliminarily Approves Historic Payment of Up to 500 Million Dollars for Apple iPhone Consumers Impacted by Software Slowdowns - Business Wire 18 May 2020
    Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy and Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer Announce Judge Preliminarily Approves Historic Payment of Up to 500 Million Dollars for Apple iPhone Consumers Impacted by Software Slowdowns  Business Wire
  • Avoiding California’s Consumer Law Pitfalls Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic - JD Supra 18 May 2020
    Avoiding California’s Consumer Law Pitfalls Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic  JD Supra

Recent articles and posts

  • Ready for Cookie Sweep Day?
  • French whistleblowers get new legal protections
  • Not so Safe Harbor: EU-US data protection cooperation on the rocks.
  • Next step for Samsung after losing v. Apple? Take it to D.C.
  • Is Google Analytics Illegal?
  • What you don’t know about EU DATA PRIVACY law and why you need to know it today.
  • Collateral bribery damages: NYC now 3rd fund to file suit v. Wal-Mart.
  • Donald Trump on bribery scandals: US “crazy” to enforce FCPA.
  • 69 Questions: EU quizes the G on its new privacy policy.
  • NGO on FCPA reform: fines should compensate victims.
Copyright © 2020 All Rights Reserved.  Theme By Mrtemplates

empir.is Cookies

empir.is uses anonymous cookies to see where users are located and to place ads. Please visit our page for more information about cookies and how we use them.

Close