Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This month we examine: A string of settled charges for alleged violations of the Whistleblower Protection Rule; Charges against an electronic trading firm and its broker-dealer subsidiary for allegedly making false and misleading disclosures regarding protecting customer trading data and preventing trader access to material non-public information (“MNPI”); (..)

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Appraisers Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

Somebody explain to me exactly how Property Data Collectors are “professionally trained” per Fannie Mae directives. The fact is, Fannie Mae is explicitly working toward the elimination of appraisers for real property valuations. appeared on Appraisers Blogs.

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 14, 2024

The answer might have once been diversification, but now it is more likely to be a desire for data. Data mergers typically involve large conglomerates – often but not usually big-tech firms – that acquire companies rich in data primarily to gain access to their data. We recommend a three-step approach.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Public companies continue to be challenged to create and protect enterprise value and stakeholder trust in the face of these and other significant risks.

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Appraisers Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

ASA believes that by expanding the appraisal waiver program and relying on data and models for mortgage lending instead of human interaction, Fannie Mae is leaving behind two very important aspects: safety and soundness as well as consumer protection. Russell, JD, criticizing this move. No appraisal may be required in the future!

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N Contracts

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Bank of America is on the hook for $12 million in penalties after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a consent order against the bank for falsifying mortgage lending data.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 12, 2024

In “ Creditor Rights, Collateral Reuse, and Credit Supply ” (JFE, 2024), I seek to address this central question by critically analyzing the contribution of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) 2005 in the build up to and unfolding of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 21, 2022

The rapid integration of new technologies also created an avalanche of new data to be stored and protected. Additional research indicates the average cost of a data breach involving one million compromised records is $52 million, and the cost escalates from there.

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Appraisers Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Waiving appraisal requirements on residential homes could erode consumer protection, stall attempts to create diversity in the profession… The recent announcement from Fannie Mae that they will waive the requirement for residential home appraisals has caused quite a stir in the industry.

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Law 360 M&A

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Artificial intelligence-powered data security and management company Cohesity announced plans Thursday to merge with cybersecurity company Veritas' data protection business to create a combined company valued at $7 billion in a deal built by four firms.

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Mckinsey and Company

APRIL 3, 2023

It’s what organizations do to protect their own and their customers’ data from malicious attacks.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Recognizing the agency costs inherent in this model, the legal system relies on lead plaintiffs and judges to monitor these lawyers and protect the best interests of absent class members. This data allows in-depth analysis of the business behind securities class action lawyering.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 4, 2022

Open Finance seeks to harness the potential of new platform technology to enhance customer data access, sharing, portability, and interoperability—thereby leveling the informational playing field and fostering greater competition between incumbent financial institutions and a new breed of fintech disruptors.

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBY ) (OTC: SFTBF ) backed Cohesity has agreed to the acquisition of the data protection business of Veritas Technologies LLC. based data security software company, is set to acquire the data protection business of Veritas, a subsidiary of Carlyle Group Inc (NASDAQ: CG ).

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Avanade

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For nonprofits, protecting operations and resources against cyber threats is essential to maintaining donor trust, protect sensitive data, and ensure uninterrupted community outreach.

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ThomsonReuters

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Jump to: AI for firms: operational improvements and new services AI for in-house departments: protect the business and enable growth Client communication benefits through AI AI for firms: operational improvements and new services One of the main benefits of AI is the potential to improve productivity and efficiency.

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Redpath

JANUARY 12, 2023

CFOs and Controllers do more than crunch numbers, manage a company’s budget, and protect its financial assets. They must capture key performance indicators (KPIs) that can inform the future course of an organization, however, they cannot achieve this without timely, accurate, and complete data.

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 11, 2024

Pittsburgh-based Dollar Bank FSB is facing a proposed class action in Pennsylvania state court that claims the bank failed to protect private information it inherited in a 2021 merger with Standard AVB Financial Corp., then waited months to inform customers whose data was compromised.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 29, 2023

Data collected by the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett shows that at least 28 policies and laws have taken effect since 2021 alone and, as of the spring of 2023, there are at least 13 pending bills related to ESG. And we need a truce because the pace of legislation about ESG is only accelerating.

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

The lender allowed an unlicensed property data collector give bad data to the appraiser… I work for this lender and they will not let my trainee inspect. The owners are now underwater by more than $100,000… I’m sad and I’m mad! I recently took on a measure job for a client who was questioning the square footage of their home.

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Appraisers Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Our job is and has ALWAYS been to provide an UNBIASED, fact-based opinion of value-based on the available market data. These fines are threats against appraisers and ARE BIASED and will PERPETUATE the nonexistent issue they are claiming to be avoiding. ” 1

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 28, 2022

These important disclosures will protect investors in those securities and help promote efficiency, competition, and capital formation. To frame our comments, we wish to underscore our starting position. If the only choice were to have the rule adopted as proposed, or to not have the rule, we would support adoption of the rule “as is.”

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Audit Board

JUNE 22, 2023

When sensitive and confidential data protected by an organization is compromised — such as during a ransomware attack or phishing attack — trust in the organization can quickly erode, resulting in subsequent fallout including reputational damage and financial loss. For example, while there is no overarching data privacy law in the U.S.,

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Additionally, cybersecurity has gained wider attention due to increasingly impactful data breaches (i.e., However, with the increase in high-profile data breaches, the acceleration of the global digital economy, and the shift to remote working environments, cybersecurity has rapidly become integral to ESG.

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Audit Board

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

If your company accepts credit cards or debit cards as payment for goods or services, you need to be compliant with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). PCI compliance zeroes in on payment card data specifically , including primary account numbers (PAN), debit and credit card numbers, and even CVVs.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As cybersecurity risks have become more prevalent and costly, shareholders have put increased expectations on the Board, who is in place to protect the value of their investment. This should not come as a surprise. Here are seven ways cyber disclosures of publicly traded companies should evolve to meet investor expectations: (more…)

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 19, 2024

For companies that utilize GenAI in their business, counsel overseeing discovery, litigation and investigations may need to consider the new types of data input into and generated from GenAI, and how that data will be treated by courts and regulators.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 2, 2022

The SEC would then use this data to make publicly available aggregate data about short positions and short sale activity in individual securities.

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Marketability 240

Gross Mendelsohn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Government contractors who do business with the Veterans Affairs Administration (VA) will soon have a great deal of increased cyber security and data privacy responsibilities after the VA recently updated cyber security compliance regulations. These new regulations better protect sensitive VA-related data stored in a contractor’s IT systems.

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ThomsonReuters

DECEMBER 8, 2023

But for those who embrace AI, there is a strategic opportunity to capitalize on its many benefits while protecting and even uplifting the irreplaceable human connection. Let’s take a look at what we can expect from AI in the near future, and the precautions accounting firms should take to ensure accuracy, trust, and data security.

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Audit Board

APRIL 25, 2022

Read on to learn how to differentiate security vs. compliance, and how to use each to help your company best protect itself against cybersecurity threats and enhance its reputation with clients. . 2FA and MFA offer an extra layer of protection that ensures that a user is who they say they are. . What Is Security? Network Access.

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Law 360 M&A

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Amid new economic optimism, data protection, transitional services and seven other considerations can help legal practitioners untangle complex divestitures, carveouts and spinouts to unlock value for corporate sellers, say Kimberly Petillo-Décossard and Kristen Rohr at White & Case.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 8, 2022

2] As adopted, the rule generally requires disclosure of five years of pay versus performance data in proxy and information statements in which executive compensation information is required to be included pursuant to Item 402 of SEC Regulation S-K.

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Avanade

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Ariel Investments maintains client trust and protects sensitive data with a secure move to the Microsoft Azure cloud.

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 26, 2023

The data for the reports is drawn from certified IDR entities and the HHS federal IDR portal , which opened April 15, 2022 (see our Checkpoint article ). The agencies have released a report representing two quarters of data from April 15–September 30, 2022. For more information, see EBIA’s Health Care Reform manual at Sections XII.B.3

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LaPorte

AUGUST 16, 2022

Cybersecurity has been a chief concern among small business owners for some time, but protecting data from bad actors has become even more important since… The post Basic Cyber Hygiene first appeared on LaPorte.

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Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As appraisers, we have continuously fought against any practices that compromise the accuracy and reliability of appraisals, as well as erode consumer protection. This issue is just as crucial to protecting consumers and the integrity of our profession.

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