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As companies begin to successfully navigate the myriad of reputational challenges inherent in the increasingly global regulatory infrastructure, Bulletproof Blog™ presents the next in a series of video interviews with leading regulatory and compliance strategists at the 2009 Corporate Accountability Conference in Amsterdam. In today’s installment, Bruno Cova, a Partner in the Milan office of the law firm Paul Hastings, discusses ... READ MORE

Bulletproof’s Weekly Web Wrap-Up offers a compilation of key discussions regarding social media’s increasing relevance to business. This week, we learned that Facebook – the largest social media platform in the United States – has overtaken Yahoo as the second most visited site on the Web. While Google still rules the roost, the meteoric rise of Facebook demonstrates the exploding popularity ... READ MORE

The CNN tagline said it all – “Tiger Woods: Live and Scripted.” When the global golf phenomenon turned tabloid whipping boy addressed the media today for the first time since a late night car crash sparked explosive accusations of infidelity, there’s no denying that Tiger touched all the right bases. He took responsibility. He apologized profusely to everyone he’s hurt. He ... READ MORE

In tough economic times, corporate social responsibility often takes a back seat to corporate survival. But, as The New York Times reported last week, that is definitely not the case at the global pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline. CEO Andrew Witty has made access to life-saving drugs in the poorest corners of the globe his company’s mission. In the process, he is changing ... READ MORE

This week’s news that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will allow American Airlines and British Airways to “more closely coordinate international operations in transatlantic markets” among themselves and other carriers demonstrates that the correlation between Main Street opinion and Beltway deliberation is as strong as ever when it comes to competition issues. Even in this era of economic hardship and ... READ MORE

In this regular feature, Bulletproof interviews top plaintiffs' attorneys for their perspective on the crises likely to affect businesses in the near future. Today we talk to Jonathan S. Selbin, who represents plaintiffs in a class action alleging that Dell shipped faulty laptops with defective cooling fans, power supplies, and other essential materials. At issue are the Inspiron 5160 and ... READ MORE