Dealing with a subject access request (SAR), whether or not the person making the request is an employee, can be very time consuming. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a Code of Practice in August 2013 on “Dealing with requests from...
When you spend a lot of time looking at the world through the lens of developments in the legal profession, sometimes the ironies of happenstance can slap you right square in the face. Take, for example, page B3 of the of the November 14, 2013 Wall...
The EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) has now been in force for several months. This overview note is aimed at US managers who have not yet had to get to grips with the AIFMD but will need to raise funds in Europe in due...
The Italian data protection authority (DPA) issued a decision introducing more stringent obligations for the transfer of data to call centers located in countries outside of the European Union such as India or the US, but also Albania that is very...
Vacation is great, but it can involve a great deal of planning. And, paradoxically, leisure travel can involve more planning than traveling for business. That travel-related work stands out as a centerpiece of the October 22, 2013 Diebold, Inc....
While shopping, an item on an upper shelf catches your attention. You step up, but as you do, you slip on liquid you had not seen on the floor. You take a serious fall and break your arm....
Earlier this year, the Fourth Circuit upheld a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Banner Life Ins. Co. v. Noel, No. 12-1329, 2013 WL 221650 (4th Cir. Jan. 22, 2013), holding that a material misrepresentation...
In a draft complaint circulated to its members this week, the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York—a group of pro-drilling landowners—laid out several claims against state agencies and Governor Andrew Cuomo as a result of delays in issuing a final...
Bloomberg BNA reports that the Treasury Department announced on November 14, 2013, that the U.S. and France have signed a Model 1 FATCA IGA. In other words, the IGA will require banks in France to report tax information about U.S. account holders to...
Wine connoisseurs have been pairing food with their wines for centuries (okay, I’m guessing here, but it is probably a long time), paying close attention to all of the subtleties of the flavor, hints of oak, acidity, and other features. With the...
