Recently, Korea has added new updates to its privacy laws, including the amended version of the Network Act (the “Amended Network Act”) and the amended version of its personal data privacy law- the PIPA (the “Amended PIPA”) .  Both the Amended PIPA and the Amended Network Acts  (collectively “Amended Acts”)  contain a number of far-reaching […]

Product liability risk is one of the most serious issues facing manufacturers today.  Failure to mitigate or transfer product liability risk can result in massive law suits (including class actions), investigations, recalls and fines.  Companies that fail to consider product liability risk when manufacturing products may be forced to close their doors if they fail […]

Organizations always hope for sunny skies and calm seas when  conducting business. No one wants to be unpleasantly surprised nor exposed to rough weather, especially if such weather causes a  person or an organizations' reputation, financial well being or its very existence to be threatened. However, in the past decade, due to many well publicized scandals involving companies, officers and […]

Despite the recent emphasis by many countries on data privacy, data privacy issues have only gotten worse. What the world is currently experiencing is the explosion of data (Big Data) as well as a breakdown in data privacy safeguards due to risk issues as well as increased technology making data privacy much harder to control. 

The other day I was caught in a sudden downpour. It was raining harder in Seoul than I’ve seen it rain in a long time.  It was if the rain was washing away all the dirt and grime, a real spring cleaning.  Looking at the rain it reminded me that sometimes we need to wash […]

One of the least appreciated but easy to use tools to manage and control legal risk are checklists.  I like to use checklists on a regular basis in many departments as checklists bring to focus only risks that have been encountered in the past but can be tailored for a particular industry or sector or […]