The chaos and economic dislocation triggered by COVID-19 has pushed hundreds of United States companies into bankruptcy protection, including airlines, rental car agencies, restaurants and energy comp...

With tens of millions of people working remotely in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cybersecurity weaknesses of the remote work ecosystem have become apparent. Criminals and nation-state actors...

Public trust for all institutions, whether private or public, is waning. Look no further than the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer, which shows that trust in corporations around the globe continues to ero...

“The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order,” the late futurist Alvin Toffler once wrote. Mr. Toffler’s prophecy continues to vex corporations battling to manage risk and compete in today...

Virtually every major policy debate now emanates from the grassroots, not Wall Street or K Street. #MeToo, fracking, global warming, sugar, GMOs, the Keystone pipeline. Go ahead: Name a major issue th...

One of the first environmental disasters I remember was the 1973 polybrominated biphenyl (or PBB) disaster in Michigan, when a toxic flame-retardant chemical was accidentally shipped to a livestock fe...

This is the first of two pieces on BRINK about the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act. The second piece can be read here. Reflecting on the past decade, this much should be obvious: Regulation cannot ...

It goes without saying that almost any boardroom would benefit from the experience and counsel of a retired military officer. I was over 50 before my father ever shared how he won the Bronze Star in K...

For most of its (immensely successful) existence, the tech sector has been the darling of corporate America, with many tech companies ranked as the best places to work. But recently, a tide of employe...

Few events pose more sudden and systemic risks to corporate leadership than a significant cyber event. And the threat is only growing. If reputations are gained by the teaspoon and lost by the gallon...

In late June, a divided U.S. Supreme Court overturned a quarter-century-old precedent by holding that states may collect sales taxes on retailers that have no brick-and-mortar presence in the state, s...

Drones could play a huge part in our daily lives—if they can overcome the present patchwork of federal, state, and local regulatory barriers. According to Bill Gates, “Drones overall will be more imp...

This is the second piece in a week-long series exploring the implications of GDPR. You can find the first piece here.  How many United States firms are paying attention to what is happening across the...

This is the fifth piece in a week-long series on intellectual property. You can read the previous pieces here, here, here, and here. Whether it’s neglecting to study existing patents, procrastinating ...

Global expansion can be a lucrative enterprise for U.S. companies. Nearly 90 percent of U.S. firms believe international expansion is essential for their long-term success. But it can also be risky. M...

Born in the first year of the Carter administration, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has now entered middle age, a time when people and institutions begin showing signs of wear. Despite assum...

  Part II [In part one of this series, author Richard Levick talks about what separates success and failure in high-profile litigation and crisis.] In today’s digital age, it’s not just the audie...

What separates success and failure in high-profile litigation and crisis? In working on hundreds if not thousands of high-profile matters around the world, we have found three consistent rules that se...