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Close-up of back crow standing on ground: harbinger of challenges for DEI initiatives

Affirmative Action Decision Could Spur Rethinking of DEI Policies

Close-up of back crow standing on ground: harbinger of challenges for DEI initiatives

The Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down race-based admissions policies at colleges and universities is producing a sea change within academia. But it may also be a harbinger of challenges to come for corporate diversity, equity an...

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Companies Identify Risk Factors of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence electronic eye assessing risk factors

Twenty years ago, companies were just beginning to grapple with the “internet of things.” The emerging technologies forced them to manage compliance, regulatory and legal risks introduced by new data-privacy and security concerns. Now, comp...

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Smaller Banks Start Feeling the Heat From the SEC

Fried egg on a sidewalk

First Republic Bank, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank may have crashed months ago, but the fallout from their implosions continues to reverberate across the financial sector. Regulators are now examining potential links between the co...

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Companies See Rising Risks in Doing Business with China

Mahjong tiles in pool of rising water

The term competition has a different meaning in business than in the context of sports and games. In chess or baseball or parchesi, players follow defined rules to achieve objectives versus their opponents. In business, there is no standard...

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Thorny Tax Developments Await U.S. Companies

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Back in October 2021, more than 130 member jurisdictions of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development negotiated the framework for new international tax rules affecting multinational companies. Rather than using the tax rat...

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