Cassidy Law News

/February 7, 2019

Most Interesting Reason to Revoke Bail

I cannot look back on the happenings of corporate crime these past few years without commenting on the best bond revocation of possibly...
/February 1, 2019

2018’s Most Inappropriate Treatment of a Whistleblower

How a company treats employees who bring forth concerns is strong evidence of that company’s propensity to make legal and ethical decisions. A...
/January 27, 2019

Margaret Cassidy Co-Authors article on Attorney-Client Privilege in Government and Congressional Investigations for the American Bar Association’s Business Law Today

Most attorneys are familiar with the basics of the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine and attorney ethics rules to maintain client...
/January 24, 2019

2018’s Most Noteworthy Search Warrant Execution

The FBI raid on Michael Cohen’s law offices is the most noteworthy search warrant of 2018 for two reasons.   First, because Michael...
/January 20, 2019

2018’s Most Noteworthy Conviction

From my worldview, one of the most noteworthy “when the writ hits the fan” convictions of the year was the conviction of Pharma...
/January 17, 2019

Securities Exchange Commission vs. Intelligence/Defense Agencies

There are times when companies that have Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements AND that perform classified work for the U.S. federal government...
/January 6, 2019

2018’s Best New Corporate Policy – Under Armour’s New Expense Policy

Sports apparel company Under Armour instituted a new policy in 2018 that in my opinion wins as the best new corporate policy of...
/January 5, 2019

2018’s Best New Corporate Culture – Uber’s New Culture

Over the last couple of years, media reports about Uber exemplified a corporate culture without concern for following the law, acting ethically or...
/December 4, 2018

White-Collar Prosecutions Hit Twenty Year Low

Overview The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), housed at Syracuse University, researches and distributes data about the federal government’s enforcement work. As TRAC...
/December 3, 2018

Compliantly Involving Non-US Persons in Your Federal Government Contracting Business

Margaret Cassidy discusses FOCI (foreign ownership control and interest); doing business with defense and intel agencies and other general best practices for working...
/November 13, 2018

Margaret Cassidy discussed legal and political risks when working internationally at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting 2018

Legal and Political Risks When Working Internationally Businesses want to access and participate in the global market. But, when doing business with foreign...
/November 8, 2018

Margaret M. Cassidy has been appointed as the American Bar Association Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission’s Alternatives to Bail Committee

The Alternative to Bail Committee will work to develop non-partisan, thoughtful legislation for states on matters of pre-trial detention. Margaret looks forward to...
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