SEC Issues First Fine Over Client Privacy Breach

April 12th, 2011
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its first-ever fine for failing to properly protect customer data. The charges involve former president Fredrick O. Kraus and former national sales manager David C. Levine of  GunnAllen Financial. The SEC press release said that both parties “violated  customer privacy rules by improperly transferring customer records to another firm.” This is the first case in which people were charged soley with violating Regulation S-P, also known as the Safeguard Rule.

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Prominent Global Sourcing Attorney Joins MMM

March 22nd, 2011
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Alexander P. Woollcott Attracted by Firm’s Technology Strength

 

Atlanta, GA (March 22, 2011) – Alexander P. Woollcott has joined Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, one of Atlanta’s leading law firms and an AmLaw 200 firm, as a partner in its Global Sourcing and Technology Transactions practices. He is based in the firm’s Atlanta office.

Woollcott formerly chaired the Global Sourcing & Procurement Practice at Thompson Hine, where he was a partner. He says MMM’s strong technology practice was among the reasons he decided to join the firm.

“MMM already has a substantial sourcing and cross-border transactions practice,” said Woollcott. “In addition,

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India’s version of the Super Bowl: Cricket in the Street & Halftime Entertainment

February 7th, 2011
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Highlights: Super Bowl Sunday in India — Cricket & Halftime Entertainment on the Streets of Mumbai on the Colaba Causeway.

 

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