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Building a Business Case for an Information Governance Program 2016

By Mark Diamond, Brian Hayle, Emma Wheatley

Information governance (IG) overwhelms companies, creating compliance risks, increased discovery costs, privacy threats, and lower employee productivity. Siloed approaches to information governance fall short. This program explores building the case for a cross-functional approach to information governance. After this session, attendees will be able to list IG compliance risks and related in-house counsel’s ethical responsibilities; identify messaging strategies to get C-suite support for IG; list the ideal composition of an IG committee; obtain a seven-step project plan for launching an IG program; and quantify the benefits of an IG program. Attendees will also receive a business case outline to present to the C-suite, sample committee charter, and checklist of do’s and don’ts in building your case.

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Mexico’s New Privacy Notice Guidelines Require Immediate Action

By Javiera Medina Reza and Eduardo Osornio Garcia - Littler Mendelson, P.C.

A review of Mexico's new privacy notice guidelines, which impose extensive requirements for furnishing adequate data privacy notices and obtaining consent before personal data is collected directly from a person or electronically via “cookies,” “web beacons” or other automated means.

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Assess Risk with Technology-driven Micro-investigations

By Mark Harrington and Lon Troyer

Despite the steady transition from paper to electronic-based media over the past two decades, many company records programs are still largely paper-centric. With new compliance challenges on the horizon, these programs require an upgrade.

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Latest in Healthcare Privacy and Security

By Debra Bromson, Popp, K Royal, Aaron Tantleff

Every year brings new privacy and security responsibilities for healthcare organizations. Is your organization vulnerable to the top threats to data privacy and security? How do you protect yourself against them? For those risks that cannot be prevented, what steps can you take to minimize your company's exposure? Get updated on these and other developments from the last year. Join us for a fun, interactive program. We asked a hundred attorneys three questions....can you guess the answers?

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Minimizing Copyright and Right of Publicity Risks When Using Social Media

By Joseph (Casey) R. Mangan Jr.,
Alex S. Fonoroff and Sabina A. Vayner

Social media have become a staple in the diet of the average Internet user. Companies have seized on the popularity of such websites as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest to develop marketing platforms to promote products and services. However, there are risks that accompany such online branding. Learn about how to avoid potential legal nightmares.

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Cyber-Risk Oversight

By National Association of Corporate Directors

This resource discusses cyber-risk, the threat that data breaches can hold and what Directors should do to protect their companies in the United States. This is resource is part of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Handbook Series.

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Germany: Guide to Doing Business

By Noerr LLP, a Lex Mundi member firm

This comprehensive guide provides an overview of key legal and regulatory aspects of doing business in Germany. This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business series which provides general information about legal and business infrastructures in jurisdictions around the world.