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For Government Contractors, New Veteran and Disability Hiring Rules

Applicants must be asked to self-identify, and employers must come up with ratio of applicants to hires in the protected categories.

Texas Disaster Shows Legally Required Insurance May Not Be Enough

Carrying voluntary liability insurance as a protective measure would help companies avoid the difficult circumstance that Adair Grain, Inc. and […]

Retailer Lawsuits Focus on Anti-Discrimination in Form I-9

Two recent settlements for U.S. retailers found that the companies, in their diligence at authorizing employee working credentials, used methods […]

Twitter GC Leaving Just As Company Preps IPO

Twitter General Counsel Alex Macgillivray announced August 30 that he will leave the company, which is preparing for an initial […]

Delaware Court: Merger Process Unfair, But No Breach Of Fiduciary Duty

The Delaware Court of Chancery found much to fault in the actions of the directors, but nonetheless said there was no breach of fiduciary duty.

A Major Data-Broker Opens The Book To Consumers

A data-broker kingpin will let consumers see their own data — which typically includes everything from how many children they […]

Stock Market Preps For Turbulent September

Fresh out of an August that saw the Dow and S&P 500 slide, investors are far from rosy about how […]

Facebook’s Proposed Privacy Changes Don’t Include Ad Opt-Out

Facebook’s newest proposed privacy changes maintain the company’s ability to sell user information to advertisers. The changes are largely in […]

Whistleblowers in China And The U.S.

Recent events involving the pharmaceutical industry operating in China highlight the fact that China too has an anti-corruption program. It […]

A Major Due-Diligence Barrier To Overseas M&A Gets Tempered

A 2008 advisory opinion from the DOJ, called the Halliburton opinion, required such extensive, expensive and time-consuming pre-merger anti-corruption due […]

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