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Sills Cummis' Peter Verniero On The Compliance Discussion
Editor: Mr. Verniero, you have had an extremely interesting career to date. Would you tell us about some of the high points of your time as Attorney General of New Jersey? And as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court? Verniero: The New Jersey Office of Attorney General has broad jurisdiction...
Read MoreInternet Gambling & The Law - Prohibition vs. Regulation
The Internet gambling industry was thrown into a state of turmoil in July 2006 when the U.S. Department of Justice arrested the CEO of a leading off-shore Internet gambling company, BetOnSports, after his plane touched down on U.S. soil during a trip from Britain en route to his company's offices...
Read MoreSPACs Show Impressive Growth In The Investment Community And IPO Markets
Characterized by investment safeguards and strategic management teams, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are generating much buzz as the new darlings of the investment community. A SPAC is a business entity formed to complete an initial public offering (IPO) with the specific purpose...
Read MoreComputer Fraud And Abuse Act: Another Arrow In The Quiver Of An Employer Faced With A Disloyal Employee - Part II
In International Airport Centers, L.L.C. v. Citrin1, decided in March, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals examined the difference between "without authorization" and "exceeding authorized access" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") and held that, while it is "paper thin" it is "not...
Read MoreComputer Fraud And Abuse Act: Another Arrow In The Quiver Of An Employer Faced With A Disloyal Employee - Part I
The days when a disloyal departing employee would sneak into the office at night and, by the light of a flashlight, pack up a briefcase full of documents containing his employer's trade secrets and other confidential information in order to start up a competing business or to give them to his new...
Read MoreWhen An Employee Surfs For Internet Kiddie Porn At Work: Avoiding Civil Liability For Employee Cyber-Crime
The New Jersey Appellate Division has recognized an employer's duty, under certain circumstances, to investigate and stop an employee's unauthorized use of a workplace computer to access child pornography. Some observers have criticized the court's decision, in Doe v. XYZ Corporation , as creating...
Read MoreUnmasking The Masked Man: Pulling The Mask Off Your Email Intruder
Imagine the following scenario: the president of your company receives an email from a person with whom she isn't familiar. The writer claims to be a reporter who has written a profile of the president for a business publication, but when the president opens the attachment, the email contains...
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