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In the United States, allegations of “greenwashing” are as vague as the most general “eco-friendly” marketing claims. Often plaintiffs...
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In Mills v. Steuben Foods, Inc., 19-CV-1178WMS(F) (January 13, 2023), the court denied the plaintiff's requests for reproduction of...
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This took some time to emerge but unsurprisingly playing a virtual game can have real world consequences. A Valorant player (actually,...
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Imagine a non-U.S. person who devises an allegedly fraudulent foreign investment program in a foreign land. The only connection to the...
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A pair of respected researchers - one from Harvard Medical School, and the second from Stanford University and the University of...
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After long negotiations, the German Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG) was passed by the German legislature on Friday, 12 May 2023....
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The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that Mikhail Kokorich (Kokorich), the co-founder and former CEO of space infrastructure...
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It’s hard to believe that half a decade has gone by since the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) first came into effect on May...
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GDPR has been in force for five years now. Our German Federal Data Protection Commissioner celebrates GDPR as success. Similar the EU....
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The volume of evidence being produced by the government in the Sam Bankman-Fried case is indeed impressive but not necessarily that...
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Legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress, The Find it Early Act, would require all private payers - along with traditional Medicare...
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Ten years ago, if someone was discussing “deep fakes,” they might be discussing the threat of Tom Brady pump-faking a throw to Julian...
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The first complaints based on the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act are alarming the business community. Human rights organisations...
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A few days after the U.S. Supreme Court in Ciminelli v. United States narrowed the scope of the wire and mail fraud statutes (link to...
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The financial market is rapidly and drastically changing. With the demand for funds continuing to exceed supply, banks and funds and...
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On 1 May 2023, the Qatar Financial Centre Court (the QFC Court) issued a ruling concerning its jurisdiction in a matter involving an...