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Life with GDPR

CCTV and Data Privacy


In this episode I visit with Jonathan Armstrong are back to discuss issues relating to data privacy, data protection and GDPR. Today, we consider the intersection of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) and data privacy. Some of the highlights are:

  1. CCTV is ubiquitous in the UK. Why is a DPIA so critical in GDPR compliance around this issue?
  2. What about the safety implications for CCTV?
  3. What about Subject Access Requests?
  4. Transparency is critical. This means full notice to all employees.
  5. What should be your retention policy?

Check out the Cordery Compliance, client alert on the CCTV and data privacy, click here. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.

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12 O’Clock High-a podcast on business leadership

Leadership Lessons from Marcus Aurelius


Richard Lummis and I are back with more business leadership lessons. In this episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, we take a look at leadership lessons from the Marcus Aurelius who was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180.  He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He was a Stoic philosopher and it is from that tradition we present his leadership lessons applicable to today’s business executive.
Highlights of this podcast include:

  1. Background of Marcus Aurelius.
  2. Philosophical learnings of Marcus Aurelius.
  3. What led to writing of Mediations?
  4. Lessons from Meditations.
  5. Business lessons.
  6. Leadership lessons. Why did they participate? Is there one right reason?
  7. Rules for life.
  8. Final thoughts on leadership lessons.

Resources
10 Rules for Being an Exceptional Leader
Ten Rules for Life
Why business leaders look to stoicism
Mediations

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Daily Compliance News

May 7, 2020-the Lack of Trust edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Edelman survey shows businesses lack trust during Covid-19? (FT)
  • What will be the litigation costs of Coronavirus? (FT)
  • Another fallout from Covid-19, failed M&A. (FT)
  • Wither Pemex? (FT)
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STAKE: The Leadership Podcast

Transparency: A Business Value or No-No


In a world that has been turned upside down, should you be totally transparent with your boss right now or should you put on the façade of perfection? In today’s episode (which ironically was recorded months ago), we are discussing transparency in the workplace. Some people love it. Some people hate it. Let’s see if you change your mind after today’s discussion! I am incredibly excited to have Jennifer Janechek with me on this episode. Jennifer is the director of content strategy at Sound Wisdom. She has her PhD in English literature from the University of Iowa. Feel free to reach out to her at JenniferJ@soundwisdom.com.
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The Affiliated Monitors Expert Podcast

The Use of Monitors by State AGs -The Road Ahead


In this concluding Part 5, we consider the road ahead and the use of monitors by state AGs. The current state of multi-state litigation may be summed up by acknowledging the extraordinary talents of AG staff in litigating multi-state actions,  while recognizing the extraordinary challenge of making sure that the conditions imposed as a part of virtually every settlement are carried out. Fortunately, there is a road ahead that offers a solution to the states at no cost.

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The Affiliated Monitors Expert Podcast

The Use of Monitors by State AGs – The Challenges of Multi-state in Today’s Litigation Environment

In Part 4, we consider the challenges for state AGs in today’s litigation environment. Of the AGs who participated in the tobacco litigation leading to the Master Settlement Agreement in 1998, only one AG, Tom Miller of Iowa, remains in office today. Most of today’s AGs never worked in an AG office before multi-state litigation was simply a fact of life. But although it may seem that multi-state litigation has been around forever, the reality is that it remains quite new, and it should come as no surprise that the processes around multi-state litigation continues to evolve.

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The Affiliated Monitors Expert Podcast

The Use of Monitors by State AGs – Multi-state Litigation in the Post-Tobacco Era 


In Part 3, we consider the role of state AGs in multi-state litigation in the post-tobacco era. Despite the challenges posed by the tobacco settlement, state AGs used the new-found collective power to exercise their jurisdiction in a number of areas. However, settlement of these cases became more complicated than it had been before as no defendant wanted to become “the next tobacco” or more specifically, the next potential deep-pocket for the state AGs to target. While governors and legislators certainly wanted to take advantage of this new potential revenue stream, a number of states took steps to limit the circumstances when the AG could hire outside counsel, or to regulate the selection process through which a counsel could be retained. 

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The Affiliated Monitors Expert Podcast

The Use of Monitors by State AGs – Reaction to the Big Tobacco Settlement and Criticisms of State Attorneys General


In Part 2, we consider the reaction to the Big Tobacco settlement and criticisms directed at the state AGs.  In the immediate aftermath of the tobacco settlement, state AGs basked in the praise of bringing millions and millions of dollars to their states, perhaps even in perpetuity. Among those most appreciative were the nation’s governors and state legislatures, to whom the tobacco settlement represented a new and unexpected source of state revenue. For their part, the state AGs now realized that they had greater power working collectively than individually. This lesson was particularly clear to smaller states, which lacked the resources to sue a national industry on their own. But even the larger states recognized that forcing a defendant to fight against multiple states gave them leverage they had not previously enjoyed.

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The Affiliated Monitors Expert Podcast

The Use of Monitors by State Attorneys General – The Role of State Attorneys General as Enforcers


In Part 1, we consider the role of state AGs as enforcers of civil law and in bringing litigation to enforce consumer protect and related statutes. Every US state and territory has an AG, whose role is to serve as the chief legal advisor for that state. State AGs are empowered to prosecute violations of state law, represent the state and its employees when sued, and usually to provide legal advice to state agencies and to the state legislature. But its most important and most challenging role may be the right to bring litigation – to file suit – in the name of the state.

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Compliance Kitchen

OFAC – Reporting of Rejected Transactions, Thoughts on Licensing Agreements


Listen is on the WTO’s prediction of global trade trends vis-a-vis COVID-19, some points to think about when looking at licensing agreements and how to file rejected transactions reports with OFAC.