This month, in Walsh v. HNTB Corporation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a district court finding that placing an employee on a performance improvement plan (PIP), by itself, does not rise to the level of a per se legally redressable “adverse employment action” under federal anti-discrimination laws. While the decision…
Summary In February 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the first updates to its Enforcement Manual in nearly a decade. The revisions provide improvements to process and transparency, and they should be helpful to lawyers who represent parties involved in SEC investigations. On February 24, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at 4 top books released in March by the University of Chicago Press….
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) is a radio technology that uses short, low energy pulses to provide short-range communications over large swaths of radio frequency spectrum. Increasingly, UWB capabilities are being built into a variety of mobile devices and other communications equipment, which permits a significant range of new applications. These include authentication for entry to buildings and…
[co-authors: Camila Francesca Crisci, Rebecca Rossi, Arianna Porretti, Carolina Battistella, Noemi Canova, Gabriele Cattaneo, Giovanni Chieco, Maria Rita Cormaci, Tamara D’Angeli, Enila Elezi, Giulio Napolitano, Maria Vittoria Pessina, Roxana Smeria, Federico Toscani] PRIVACY AND CYBERSECURITY EU Cyber Resilience Act: Commission publishes draft guidance to support companies on compliance The European Commission has just published feedback…
Former CJI D.Y. Chandrachud calls for law to anchor trust in an age of technological disruption “Technology is reshaping decision-making, commerce, and governance at a pace that is forcing legal systems to confront new forms of opacity, power, and risk,” said Former CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, in his inaugural keynote address at the ETLegalWorld’s Global Legal…
Firms don’t need more systems. They need fewer disconnects. Throughout February on LinkedIn, I shared The Shift Series: From Integrated Data → Insight → Revenue in 2026. While my posts explored CRM confidence, engagement signals, BD activation, and integration strategy, one realization kept surfacing in conversations, comments, and DMs: The real advantage isn’t insight alone…
Yes Bank insider trading case: 16 of 19 executives likely to settle with Sebi Most of the 19 executives named in a Securities and Exchange Board of India notice for alleged insider trading in Yes Bank shares will settle with the regulator, with only three actively challenging the allegation, a senior person with direct knowledge…
I have a soft spot for civil RICO: treble damages, enterprise allegations, the chance to elevate ordinary fraud into something operatic. But, as many of us have learned, civil RICO is not meant to transform ordinary commercial disputes into racketeering cases. Courts routinely dismiss such claims when plaintiffs fail to meet the statute’s strict pleading…
On Feb. 20, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) issued a thoughtful analysis of biotechnology subject-matter eligibility in REGENXBIO, Inc. v. Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., No. 24-01408 (Fed. Cir. 2026). Returning to the holdings of the seminal 1980 Supreme Court case of Chakrabarty1, the Federal Circuit held that REGENXBIO’s…
