Electronic Health Records Dramatically Increase Corporate Risk
As originally published in The Huffington Post (Jan. 10, 2011). Businesses must consider the way they handle electronic health records (“EHRs”), not only to comply with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Care Act’s (“HITECH Act”) mandates, but also because EHRs are now the predominant form of evidence in regulatory proceedings and.. read more →
Why Today’s Chief Information Officer Will Be Tomorrow’s Chief Executive
As originally published in The Huffington Post (Jan. 2, 2011). The Chief Information Officer (“CIO”) is typically the most senior executive responsible for the information technology and computer systems that support enterprise goals. As the relationship between IT and business strategy converges, CIOs find themselves at the center of a paradigm shift. They can no.. read more →
Five Ways to Protect Corporate Executives From Catastrophic Liability
As originally published in The Huffington Post (Dec. 15, 2011). Individual corporate executives and directors of multinational corporations will soon face high-stakes lawsuits for alleged human rights violations by their corporations and third parties, including the actual foreign governments of the countries in which they do business. In a recent piece in The Huffington Post, I argued that.. read more →
Why Corporate Counsel Must Implement Stringent Corporate Anti-Corruption Policies in 2011
As originally published in The Huffington Post (Dec. 14, 2010). As we turn the corner into the new year, corporate counsel need to identify important legal issues facing their companies in 2011. One of the most critical is the implementation of stringent corporate anti-corruption policies in order to keep pace with the shifting landscape of.. read more →
The Imperative of Investing in Women in the Workforce
As originally published in The Huffington Post (Dec. 4, 2010). Within the same week that McKinsey Quarterly published an article addressing how private-sector companies can enjoy sizable benefits by empowering women in the workforce, particularly in developing countries, The New York Times reported on the remarkable gender gap in the high-tech world of Silicon Valley. See Irina A. Nikolic &.. read more →
Corporate Executives: Get Ready For A Billion Dollar Lawsuit
Originally published in The Huffington Post (Dec. 2, 2010) I recently spoke with the Managing Counsel of a publicly traded multinational corporation with a market cap well over $150 billion and operations on every continent. Although he had read a recent federal court of appeals opinion about the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), he admitted that.. read more →