Most Popular Posts of 2009

Massachusetts Amends Strict Data Privacy Law (Again)

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 7:00 am

UPDATE: Another revision was published on November 5, 2009. See: Massachusetts Amends Its Strict Data Privacy Law (Yet, Again) The Massachusetts’ Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation has decided to amend the strict data privacy law and extend the deadline for compliance. This is yet another amendment to the regulations. The last amendment had...
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Social Media and Compliance

Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 2:00 pm

Here are materials from my presentation on Social Media and Compliance at the EthicsPoint Regional User Forum. SlideDeck:Social Media and Compliance View more presentations from Doug Cornelius. SlideDeck with Notes: Social Media and Compliance – Hosted on JD supra Sites Shown: Google Reader Compliance Building Wall Street Journal’s RSS feeds Securities Docket by Bruce Carton Integrity at Work by Bill Piwonka of EthicsPoint On...
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Attorney-Client Privilege and Internal Investigations

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 7:00 am

Two cases illustrate some of the problems with the use of outside counsel for internal investigations. The possibility that a conflict of interest could arise when an attorney or law firm simultaneously represents an organization and one or more of its officers or directors is a recurring issue. A ruling earlier this month by U.S. District...
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Compliance and Recommendations on Social Networking Sites

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 at 7:00 am

I am an enthusiast of social networking sites and web 2.0. But I realize they have limitations and dangers. I have been very concerned about the Recommendations feature in LinkedIn. That feature allows any of your connections on LinkedIn to post a recommendation or endorsement about you that appears on your profile page. At first,...
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Online Social Networking: Is It a Productivity Bust or Boon?

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

I recently had an article on Faceblocking published in the March 2009 issue of Law Practice magazine: Online Social Networking: Is It a Productivity Bust or Boon for Law Firms? Steve Matthews and I conducted an informal poll to see if we could confirm that law firms were blocking access to social networking sites. Our...
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Corporate Compliance Fraud in Georgia, Florida and Massachusetts

Friday, March 6th, 2009 at 1:47 pm

Just like the Corporate Compliance Fraud in Ohio, Compliance Services is also targeting companies in Georgia, Florida and Massachusetts. The Daily Citizen is reporting Georgia corporations warned about solicitations. The Georgia Secretary of State issued a warning: “Several corporations registered with the Corporations Division of the Office of the Secretary of State received a letter from...
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More Guidance on Extended COBRA Coverage under ARRA

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 am

As part of the enormous stimulus package in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the federal government included some relief for laid-off employees: COBRA Coverage Under ARRA. Some of the unanswered questions are starting to be answered. The IRS has posted information: COBRA Health Insurance Continuation Premium Subsidy, with COBRA: Answers for Employers. The...
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FINRA’s Guide to the Internet

Thursday, February 12th, 2009 at 9:29 am

FINRA has published a Guide to the Internet for Registered Representatives. It paints a difficult picture for registered representatives wanting to use Web 2.0 tools. FINRA breaks internet activity into five main group for purposes or regulatory requirements: Publicly available Web sites (including banner advertisements, blogs and bulletin boards) are considered advertisements. An email or instant...
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Blogging and Social Networking Policies

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

Here are some policies that I like for dealing with blogging and social networking sites: IBM Social Computing Guidelines – Blogs, wikis, social networks, virtual worlds and social media Cisco’s Internet Postings Policy Sun Microsystems: Sun Guidelines on Public Discourse BBC: Personal use of social networking and other third party websites (including blogging and personal web-space) (.pdf)
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Blogging / Social Internet Policy

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 at 11:08 am

A variation of this post was originally published on my old blog: KM Space. When employees create their own blogs, comment on a blog, create a LinkedIn profile, use Facebook and/or contribute to or through any of the other online media (i.e., Wikis, blogs, chat rooms, Internet forums, electronic mailing lists, etc.) they are impacting...
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