Risk Manager

Why Healthcare Is A Sitting Duck For Cyber Attacks, And What To Do About It

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So-called social engineering attacks – including Phishing, Vishing/Smishing, Baiting, “Quid Pro Quo,” and Pretexting – don’t involve a technical breach in the engineering sense. […]

New DOJ Compliance Enforcement Policies Include Clawback

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A post from law firm Faegre Drinker looks at a spate of recently announced DOJ compliance enforcement initiatives. The writers, a team of eight […]

Alarm Over “Wafer-Thin” Supply Chain Insurance Coverage

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Based on the results of a survey of risk managers, logistics managers, and CEOs worldwide, the Global Head of Broking at Willis Towers Watson […]

What Not To Talk About When You Talk About Unions

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The National Labor Relations Board “will soon be taking a tougher stance against employers who misrepresent how things could change if employees voted to […]

GoodRX Settlement Points To Possible Gaping Hole In Cyber Coverage

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The familiar breach scenario involves a bad-actor third party that steals information that it can monetize, or locks up a company’s computer systems pending […]

Supply Chain Diligence Issue Gets A Jolt

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Calling it “an accelerating movement,” a post from law firm White & Case looks at new rules, either adopted or proposed, requiring increased due […]

Gathering “NIMBY” Storm Over Renewable Energy Siting

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The siting of renewable energy infrastructure (mainly wind turbines and solar arrays) has become a contentious issue in the US, notably on both coasts […]

Threat Of Violence Rampant In Healthcare, And OSHA May Step In

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Violence directed against healthcare workers, already alarming before the COVID pandemic, has gotten worse. A post from law firm Ogletree Deakins says it now […]

A Finger-Wag For The Last-Milers

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Many companies in the so called last-mile delivery business are blaming nuclear verdicts, greedy plaintiff lawyers and “social inflation” for rising insurance rates, according […]