With the frequency of high-profile network attacks increasing, in-house general counsel and their risk management counterparts are spending more time being preoccupied with issues of cyber security and crisis management planning for potential failures of that security than ever before. With good reason. I remember having to change my password on LinkedIn in 2012 because... Continue Reading →
Trading With the Enemy: Ending Prejudice, Bigotry, and Narrow-Mindedness
“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard Many believe that U.S. citizens are not permitted to travel to Cuba from the United States. This belief is based on two common misconceptions: (1) that the Cuban... Continue Reading →
The Tragedy on Mt. Everest: How would You Respond and What Do You Value?
On Friday, April 18, 2014, a line of climbers, mostly high-altitude climbing Sherpas, “were backed up, carrying heavy loads of equipment for their clients,” in the Popcorn Field area of the Khumbu Icefall between Base Camp and Camp 1 on the Nepal side of Mt. Everest when an avalanche buried and killed sixteen Sherpas. At... Continue Reading →