“Consider the source.” That’s advice too seldom heeded, especially when it comes to information on the Internet. The problem is exacerbated by the rise of what I’ll call social referencing, where the average reader relies on other people they may or may not know personally to find what’s interesting. We see that “Fred” found X interesting. We like other stuff Fred liked, so we go there. Site X gains a certain credibility from ...

Subsidiaries of Daimler charged with paying bribes to officials in Russia and Croatia have agreed to pay a $93.6 million fine to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and will also pay $91.4 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It is just the latest in a series of high-profile corporate bribery and corruption cases in recent years that have drawn attention to the need for companies to develop and implement international corporate anti-corruption ...

Whereas companies in the past may have banned the use of social media in-house because of security concerns, that practice is largely seen as self-defeating these days. Indeed, the social media revolution has even gained traction inside the top Fortune Global 100 companies.

♦ Defense Secretary Robert Gates is a fan of James Clapper, the newest nominee for the position of director of national intelligence. "He is the consummate intelligence professional who has the respect of virtually everybody in the community," Gates said.

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The recent resurrection of a bill in the New York State Assembly (A02952) has once again set off alarms throughout New York’s law enforcement community. The legislation would require police to use minimal force to stop a person even if that person were armed and dangerous or using unlawful force.