According to a recent update from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted a bill setting conditions for further institutionalized corruption in Russia through domestic legislative manipulations. Putin submitted a bill to the Russian State Duma on January 9 denouncing the Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and withdrawing Russia from the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).

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According to the authors, the boom in entrepreneurship, venture capital, private equity investment, and merger and acquisition ("M&A") activity in the middle market1 over the past decade has generated great interest from professionals, and aspiring professionals, across the economy. This article outlines for existing or prospective entrepreneurs, venture capital investors and private equity investors a roadmap of best practices, activities and considerations for working together to launch and grow companies that will reach their fullest potential in their industries. The authors write with the deep and longstanding belief, based on decades of experience, that entrepreneurship and growth through the deployment of capital and management expertise of private investors brings innovation that is good for industries and the people who work in those industries, throughout the country and the world.

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The latest monthly update from the Bureau of Competition’s Premerger Notification Office (PNO) regarding Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act transactions for December FY 2023 notes 148 reported transactions. This number is significantly lower than the reported 285 December transactions in FY 2022 and the 192 transactions in FY 2021.

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Andrew Haslam's eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide is widely recognized as one of the most comprehensive and credible resources for legal and IT professionals seeking to understand and apply eDisclosure and eDiscovery concepts, processes, techniques, and tools. The Guide covers a wide range of topics, including the EDRM, industry approaches, and vendor capabilities, and provides a detailed analysis of vendor services and software. ComplexDiscovery is currently requesting information from industry professionals interested in highlighting their organization and offerings in the 2023 Guide.

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According to a recent update from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Vladimir Putin stated that “Russia’s sovereign, independent, and secure future depends only on us, on our strength and determination” and that 2022 “was a year of difficult, necessary decisions, of important steps toward achieving the full sovereignty of Russia and the powerful consolidation of our society."

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According to author Torben Larsen, market-driven economic growth is based on a psychology of reciprocity between a majority of consumers maximizing utility and technological creativity by a small minority. The neural correlates to these qualities in the Frontal Cortex explain the option of economic growth. In this recently published article on Economic Psychology, Larsen focuses on how Neuroeconomics can contribute to economic growth.

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The public report "Rebooting Trust Management in X-Road" addresses the centralization of trust and identity management in X-Road, a widely-used open-source software and ecosystem solution for secure data exchange between organizations. X-Road serves as the backbone for digital government infrastructures in Estonia, Iceland, and Finland, and has also played a role in the digital government revolutions of other countries.

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According to this new review article published in the Journal of Cybersecurity, the evolution of information and communication technologies without cross-border data flows, and ubiquitous systems is impossible. Nevertheless, the opportunities such evolution brings to all levels of society come with unprecedented challenges in the context of criminal prosecution in cyberspace. The aim of this article is to analyze the current state of practice of cross-border investigations considering the efficacy of current collaboration protocols along with the challenges and drawbacks to be overcome.

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According to a recent update from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Moscow has been setting conditions for a new most dangerous course of action (MDCOA)--a renewed invasion of northern Ukraine possibly aimed at Kyiv--since at least October 2022. This MDCOA could be a Russian information operation or could reflect Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actual intentions. Currently available indicators are ambivalent—some verified evidence of a Russian buildup in Belarus makes more sense as part of preparations for a renewed offensive than as part of ongoing exercises and training practices, but there remains no evidence that Moscow is actively preparing a strike force in Belarus.

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From eDiscovery pricing and document reviewer preferences to AI-enabled cyberattacks and content, the December 2022 edition of the Five Great Reads on Cyber, Data, and Legal Discovery newsletter provides a selection of recent research, reports, and articles to update and inform cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals on cyber, data, and legal discovery.

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