「溶媒リレー戦略」はLi-Ion電池の安全性改善に繋がる？
本論文で紹介された「溶媒リレー戦略」は、日経電池メーカーが注力する高エネルギー密度と安全性の両立において、革新的な指針を与えます。 この技術は、室温でイオン会合を促進し長寿命な保護膜（SEI）を形成しつつ、高温時にはイオンを離反させて熱反応を抑制するという、温度感受性の高い電解液設計を特徴としています。 日経メーカーへの主な影響は以下の通りです： 1. 安全性の大幅な向上: [...]
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Prop 65・化学物質・2025年1月5日版
正式名称は、「1986 年安全飲料水および有害物質施行法」ですが、通称「プロップ65」とも呼ばれます。 消費者を癌や先天性欠損症を引き起こす有害物質から保護するのがプロップ65の目的です。 とりわけ、これらの化学物質が含まれている製品には、「警告表示」が義務付けられています。 [...]
ケン・ダントルモン教授
製品安全工学および倫理学の教授、つまり製品安全、知識、管理についての教育者である。著書（製品安全のための工学倫理と設計 – McGraw Hill）。SPSP（製品安全専門家協会）の幹事として、業界に於いて長年に渡り多くの信望を集める。ICPHSO（国際消費者製品安全衛生機構）の会員でもあり、登録プロフェッショナル エンジニア（P.E.）としての優秀な経歴を併せ持つ。
Dr. Jim Kargol
In decades working in the computer and automotive industries, I’ve gained valuable experience in materials science, applied statistics, quality processes, product safety regulatory [...]
Prof. Ken d’Entremont
In addition to being a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.), I appear to be about the only university professor teaching integrated engineering design focused on product safety and ethics. I [...]
Hiroshi Shimizu
In my 40+ years of experience as board member and hands on senior executive for Global Auto Safety Manufacturers, I’ve also served as the Product Safety and Conformance Representative [...]
Discovery on Discovery
This deck on litigation discovery is from a joint presentation I gave to the America Bar Association with Judge Patrick Hanna, and Diane Quick. The first question about discovery is […]
Reduce Compliance Cost
The best way to manage recalls and other product safety and compliance crises is to avoid them. Of course, there will always be some things that remain outside of your […]
FCPA Prosecutions 1978-2022
From the SEC Website, annual prosecutions from 2010 through the present (2017).. Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) continues to be a high priority area for [...]
Data Driven Litigation Decisions
A General Counsel’s Cautionary Tale In 10 years our revenue has grown from $50 million to $5 billion. Not surprisingly, the volume, variety, and complexity of the legal issues we […]
Crisis Management & Compliance
Welcome to our three parts approach to product safety and regulatory compliance. (1) Establish a system of people processes and technology to address product safety and regulatory compliance. [...]
Attorney-Client Communications: Update 2017
時代の流れとともに年々改良される交信手段。 言うまでもないが、どの時代においても弁護人・依頼人間のコミュニケーションには、最新の交信手段が用いられてきた。 １８４０年・電信が広がる。 １８７７年・電話の発明。 １９０２年・太平洋に電信線が渡り、地球を一周。 １９３５年・テレックスが広く使われる。 １９８０年・ページャーが広く使われる。 １９８５年・ブラックベリーの登場。 [...]
Bridge Across Troubled Waters
We recently decided to use the back of our new business cards to pay homage to iconic Park Street Bridge connecting Alameda and Oakland. We’re doing this for a […]
Jounce is Startup-Centric Legal
Startups have different risk profiles, need different legal services, and operate in their own time zone. Startups need to push MVP (minimum viable product) out the door fast. Startups need […]
FCPA Enforcers at Conferences
The FCPA Professor posted on LinkedIn and on his blog today about the optics of FCPA enforcement officials being offered speaking slots at pricey conferences attended by businesses potentially [...]
2016 Corruption Heat Map
Is it necessarily true that power [always] corrupts and absolute power [always] corrupts absolutely? There may be some exceptions, but it happens often enough so that any business that wants […]
Self Drive Regulation
I spent this afternoon watching a Senate hearing on self-drive. Ten senators* and five witnesses** addressing technical and regulatory questions arising from an innovation with a surprisingly [...]
8 Steps to Improve Compliance
Previous posts addressed the importance of aligning value proposition and employee incentives. In a nutshell, if you tell employees to do X, but pay them to do Y, don’t be […]
Criminal e-Discovery Pocket Guide
Another excellent publication from the Federal Judicial Center (FJC). Of interest potentially to FCPA defendants who find themselves in court. As has always been my experience with the FJC Pocket [...]
Root Cause Analysis Master Class
This recently came to my attention and I’m sharing it because I know that some of you appreciate a good investigation and root cause analysis as much as I do. […]
Improve Value | Reduce Compliance Risk
Image from “Moshidora” (2009), by Natsumi Iwasaki (English title “What if a high school baseball manager read Drucker’s Management”). Moshidora follows protagonist Minami Kawashima as she [...]
Value Propositions Impact Compliance
I don’t know about you, but after this crazy week of ignition issues, peanut butter perp walk, and emissions omissions, I’m about up to here with schadenfreude. It is time to [...]
交渉を有利に進めるための4つのステップ
仕事上でも個人的にでも、重要度が高いか低いかにかかわらず、また、下手か上手かにかかわらず、また、意識的かそうでないかにかかわらず、私たちは常に交渉を行っています。しかし、このように頻繁に行われているにもかかわらず、良い交渉とは自然なものではなく、直感的なものでもありません。標準的な教育カリキュラムにも含まれていません。また、親が子供に与えるネゴシエーションのお手本もよくありません。 [...]
2014 Corruption Heat Map
Is it necessarily true that power [always] corrupts and absolute power [always] corrupts absolutely? There may be some exceptions, but it happens often enough so that any business that wants […]