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Is the United States Corrupt? Corruption is a very real threat. It wastes scarce taxpayer dollars and diverts investment in our communities. It erodes our

One in a Million: Which Compliance Training Vendor is Right For Me? Scientific studies suggest that choices create anxiety.  Decisions made with a lack of

Sock it to Rocket: 3 Reasons Why Lawyers Beat RocketLawyer and LegalZoom The gig economy now officially threatens the legal industry. Online technology companies like

12 Predictions: How COVID-19 Will Change the Legal Profession At this point, who is NOT sick of 2020?  This year has been full of ups

Three Recommendations Relating to Federal Clearance of Foreign Investments in U.S. Businesses What do you mean, “CFIUS requires review under FIRRMA”?   (Our compliments to the

Whistleblowers: Three Predictions (and One Solution) A “whistleblower” is an individual reporting suspected violations of ethics, policy or law.  Good companies use such reports to

Contract Dispute? Four Situations Where You Really Need a Lawyer Contracts are drafted for when things go wrong.  Typically, folks never look at their contracts

World Bank Group Sanctions Advocacy If your business participates in World Bank projects (as a principal contractor or subcontractor/supplier)…know the risks!  Multilateral development banks such

Crucial Steps When a Bankrupt Company Owes You Money… It’s a hard time to be a company.   There seems to be no end to the

Five Reasons To Outsource Legal Needs at Fixed Fees Sayeth the Bard: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”    In context,

Force Majeure in Commercial Contracts The COVID-19 pandemic and other parallel factors have caused commodity prices to decline, supply chains to break, and governments to

Justice Dept: Six New Factors For Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs With the roar of a (mute) lion, on June 1 the US Department of Justice

Non-Disclosures and Non-Competes – The 5 Great Myths Non-disclosure and non-compete clauses seem to proliferate across all sectors of corporate America…and beyond.  What are they,

Do’s and Don’ts of New CARES Loans If you are a business owner, I hope that you applied for your CARES loan!  Professionally and personally,

Do You Actually Need All of Those Boilerplate Contract Clauses? Anyone who has ever written or read a contract has noticed that at a certain