What will you do if the building you operate in is damaged to the point where it is unsafe to work? Or if utilities won’t be available for weeks or longer following a disaster? Disasters happen. They ...

In previous posts, we stepped through the process of understanding the business, the threats it faces related to business continuity, and how prepared it is to prevent, detect, or respond to events.

Many businesses have some plan for when cloud access goes out, but there is a difference between a simple backup plan and ...

In my last post, I began a series leading to the development of a Business Continuity Event Management (BCEM) plan, with an overview of BCEM management. In this installment, we’ll continue our ...

This article explores the purpose and scope of DRPs, BCPs, and IRPs, their differences, and how they complement each other. It also provides actionable insight into the role in-house counsel can play ...

Running a small business can be full of surprises — some positive, like winning a new customer unexpectedly, and others challenging, like storms, tech problems, illness, or loss of a key employee.

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Matt is chair of the firm’s OSHA and workplace disasters practice group and former chair of the labor and employment practice group. He has successfully handled hundreds of agency proceedings, ...

When we talk about business continuity, what usually comes to mind is disaster recovery, backup processes and resilience planning. These elements are critical, but there’s one aspect that’s often ...