Archive | May, 2010

Social Networking / Web 2.0 Revolution

This morning I presented to the Association of Legal Administrators. They asked me to give the view as a lawyer, law firm client, former legal administrator and blogger on what law firms should know about web 2.0. I also mixed risks, policies and compliance issues. The crowd was a diverse bunch in terms of how [...]

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Evolving Employee Rights in the Age of Web 2.0

Morgan Lewis presented and informative webcast on Web 2.0 from the viewpoint of the company/employee perspective. These are my notes. Panelists: Renee Lawson Carla Oakley Howard Radzely Melinda Riechert James Walsh Companies cannot limit the personal use of these sites. But the line between personal and professional can be very fuzzy. You limit access over [...]

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FTC and Bloggers

Back in December, the Federal Trade Commission released new guidelines that specifically required bloggers to disclose any material connections to a product or company they are writing about. The FTC had opened an investigation against Ann Taylor Stores for providing gifts to bloggers who the company expected would post blog content about Ann Taylor’s LOFT [...]

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SEC is Probing Hedge Funds

They’re looking at you. Rob Kaplan and Bruce Karpati, co-chiefs of the Asset Management Unit of the SEC enforcement division, held their first full staff meeting last week. This new unit will be focusing on misbehavior by private-equity funds, hedge funds, buyout firms, mutual funds and other asset managers. The unit is one of the [...]

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What About the Rating Agencies?

There has been lots of criticism aimed at Goldman Sachs over the Abacus 2007-AC1 deal. They help set up a CDO so their client, Paulson & Company, could make a bet on a downturn in the residential real estate market. To make that bet, they allowed Paulson to influence the securities that went into the [...]

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