President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Will Increase Compliance Obligations on the Private Sector

Companies providing information technology products and services to U.S. government agencies are now required to notify such agencies of cyber incidents and meet specific cybersecurity standards.

Conversation between Professor Jon Smollen and Michael Donnella, incoming Director and Professor of the Center for Compliance and Ethics

Professor Jon Smollen, founder of the Temple Law Center for Compliance and Ethics, asks Michael Donnella, the incoming Director of the center, about his experience and plans to expand compliance and ethics education at Temple Law.

Action-Snacked Year: Food Labeling Class Actions On The Rise

Consumer class action lawsuits targeting foods for alleged false and misleading labeling rose sharply in 2020. Although this trend may appear to threaten the food and beverage industry, courts are applying the “reasonable consumer” standard with a “real world” perspective, dismissing cases despite plaintiffs’ alleged subjective confusion about the labeling at issue because the hypothetical “reasonable consumer” would not have been misled.