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The FTC's COPPA (the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) Rule requires website operators to obtain "verifiable parental consent" prior to collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children.

Why did MHS pay so much? A long-term failure to close security holes that led to identity theft and fraudulent tax returns.

The SEC's final rules on the implementation of SEC registration requirements for investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as recently modified by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act"), were published in the Federal Register and will become effective July 21, 2011 (the "Rules").

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, among its provisions including a tax benefit whereby capital gains from the sale of exchange of certain qualified business stock held by non-corporate taxpayers can qualify for a 100% exclusion.

Organizations that have not filed a Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service for the past three years risk losing their tax exemption if they do not file the applicable Form 990 by Monday, May 17, 2010.

I am attending BIO 2018 in Boston, just steps from our Boston office.

A recent survey from the credit score company FICO has some interesting numbers on the prevalence of cyber insurance in the US.

On November 29, Australia became only the second country in the world to enact legislation to fight modern slavery when the country's Parliament passed the Modern Slavery Act.

The Cayman Islands FATCA/CRS reporting portal will be closed on June 1, 2018, but will reopen on June 15, 2018.

In early June, the Cyberspace Administration of China released for public comment new draft regulations applicable to the collection of personal information relating to children under 14

On June 15, the European Union announced that it had reached a "political understanding" on many of the substantive components of a new conflict minerals regulation.

A 152 page judgment was rendered today by the Irish High Court in Schrems II: DPC v Facebook Final.

It's Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we've been monitoring.

Very interesting discussion in the most recent Journal of the American Medical Association, "Information Technology–Based Tracing Strategy in Response to COVID-19 in South Korea—Privacy Controversies."

Syria has joined the Paris climate accord. Senator Tom Carper's reaction:

The U.K. Home Office announced that a measure requiring public reporting by British companies would be included in the Modern Slavery Bill that is currently being considered.

As expected, on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, Makan Delrahim, the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), stepped down and...

Cresco Labs announced this week that United States antitrust regulators are seeking additional information about its anticipated acquisition of Origin House.