The European Commission has published updated versions of the standard contractual clauses for international transfers of personal data from the European Union (“EU”), enabling businesses to account for a variety of complex data transfers.
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.
Zachery B. Roth discusses Connecticut’s bill legalizing retail and online sports betting, online casino gaming, and DFS, and how such a bill could upend and change the current gaming system in the state.
Professors Olufunmilayo Arewa of Temple Beasley School of Law, and Matt Stahl of Western University examine racialized contracting and accounting in the recording industry. Their work traces the origins of industry-wide discriminatory practices back to the days when African American slaves were systematically oppressed, controlled, and denied their rights of ownership to any form of property, be it tangible or intangible.
The European Data Protections Board (EDPB) issued an opinion on the draft Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) for a controller-processor data processing agreement under Article 28 (Data Processing Agreements) submitted by the Lithuanian supervisory authority.
The State of New York Court of Appeals has held that claims against non-debtor related parties, based on their actions to aid or induce Chapter 11 debtors to breach contractual loan covenants, were not subject to preemption under federal bankruptcy law.
Jonathan Broder, former GC of Conrail and current Temple Law Adjunct Professor, discusses the growing movement to regulate Big Tech as public utilities and the obstacles to doing so.
Temple Law Center for Compliance and Ethics’ Beatrice Raccanello answers questions about the field of compliance and ethics, how it has expanded, and how students at Temple Law can learn more and explore careers in the field.
The editors of The Temple 10-Q thought it may help new law students, or those who may know new law students, to have some tips on how to handle the first year of law school, especially in a confusing time during the second year of the pandemic. The advice has a somewhat business-law slant, but applies to all 1Ls. It has two parts: school work and personal/social advice.
S. Michael Sirkin discusses a Delaware M&A case, Presidio, outlining the different results obtained by each of the defendants based on their positions and involvement in the case and how this provides guidance for participants in transactions and subsequent litigation.