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Category: Risk Factors

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Public Shifts ESG Focus to Human Capital

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When we talk about the environmental, social and governance issues prevalent in corporate boardrooms, climate change tends to dominate the conversation. Topics such as strategies for reducing a company’s environmental footprint also seem to...

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Crypto Crimes Put Digital Tokens in Government’s Sights

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By now you’ve probably seen the ad with actor Matt Damon strolling through a warehouse filled with holograms. He talks with pity about the people throughout history who “almost” succeeded. “The Bourne Identity” star contrasts them with astr...

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What Insurrection? A Year Later, Corporations Flip-Flopping on Political Donations

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The deadly insurrection in Washington last year created an opportunity for corporate interests to rethink their involvement in U.S. politics. Thousands of companies decried the Jan. 6, 2021, rioting on Capitol Hill by a mob of supporters of...

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Five Cs for Companies to Watch in 2022

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Meme stocks, the “gamification” of securities trading, and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to create chaos were just a few of the stories that ultimately defined 2021 in the corporate world. At least one of those doesn’t look l...

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Department of Justice Talks Tough on Corporate Crime

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As a joint project between the law schools of Duke University and the University of Virginia, the Corporate Prosecution Registry aims to maintain a comprehensive collection of information about federal organizational prosecutions in the Uni...

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