News & Analysis as of

Government Investigations Department of Justice (DOJ) Electronic Communications

Proskauer Rose LLP

A Closer Look At Antitrust Agencies' Chat Platforms Guidance

Proskauer Rose LLP on

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division earlier this year released a joint statement reiterating document preservation obligations for companies and...more

Venable LLP

The FTC’s and DOJ’s New Magic Act: Vanished Messages Will Reappear in Discovery

Venable LLP on

In late January, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Justice Department (DOJ) announced a collaborative effort to update their instructions regarding preservation of electronic communications to targets of pre-litigation...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Further Guidance from FTC and DOJ “Reinforces” Parties’ Obligations to Preserve Ephemeral Messages

On January 26, 2024, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly issued new guidance making clear that common collaboration tools and ephemeral...more

Alston & Bird

Preservation Obligations for Ephemeral Messaging Will Not Disappear

Alston & Bird on

As companies expand communications technologies, federal antitrust agencies expand their enforcement efforts. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations and Antitrust Teams reveal the latest guidance from the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FTC and DOJ Update Guidance to Reinforce Preservation Obligations Regarding Messaging Applications and Tools

Anyone who has ever received a civil investigative demand, subpoena, second request, voluntary access letter, or other form of compulsory process from a federal antitrust regulator knows that the government’s standard...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 298 -- Electronics Communications Risks and Ephemeral Messaging

The Volkov Law Group on

Companies have a vested interest in preserving internal communications for a variety of reasons — to hold actors accountable, and to protect the organization from potential private and government claims or investigations that...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Enforcement appears as messages disappear: The perils of personal and ephemeral messaging

On December 17, 2021, a financial institution agreed to pay $200 million in fines to the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodities Futures Trading Commission for allowing employees to discuss business on their...more

BakerHostetler

Government Access to Private Data: Microsoft Opens a New Front in the Battle for Consumer Privacy

BakerHostetler on

Prior to the Information Age, sensitive papers were stored in file cabinets and drawers. When home computers arrived, information was digitized and moved to hard drives or other electronic media, still possessed by the user....more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide