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Ahead of the potentially exponential growth of cyber coverage, insurers are rushing to gain expertise in that fledgling market. Some […]
LexisNexis and Westlaw can provide legal briefs to subscribers without running afoul of copyright law, Judge Jed Rakoff of the […]
The Superstorm Sandy jurisdictions have yet to address whether flood exclusions bar coverage for loss by storm surge, but a recent federal case in New York suggests the matter may be settled similarly to Hurricane Katrina cases.
Compliance software provider Cindy Knezevich observes the trends in PricewaterhouseCooper’s State of Compliance survey, which asks respondents to pick their top three areas of perceived risk to their businesses. There were some surprises – social media slipped from 2013 to 2014 – and, Knezevich says, a worrying lack of concern for IT security.
GM CEO Mary Barra’s newly-launched campaign, the “Speak Up for Safety” program, is meant to encourage exactly the kind of internal reporting that was ignored in the lead-up to a massive recall of more than six million cars, and the death of at least 13 customers.
Citigroup has reached a $7 billion settlement with the U.S. government to end a probe into the sale of subprime […]
The effect of last month’s Supreme Court ruling in National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning is the subject of […]
The Seventh District Court of Appeals upheld an employee’s argument that she should not have been fired while seeking intermittent FMLA leave to care for her grandchild, though grandparents caring for grandchildren is not covered explicitly under law. As a result of this decision, employers may have to start erring on the side of providing FMLA leave in situations where their employees are looking after grandkids, so long as it is intertwined with providing traditional, direct care to a family member.
Newark joins New York, Seattle, and San Francisco in passing mandatory paid sick leave laws, which went into effect May 29. The law allows workers to use up to 40 hours a year in paid sick time, for part-time as well as full-time employees, and does not allow employers to inquire into the nature of the medical issue.
The Supreme Court’s ruling that police officers conducting a warrantless search of cell phones are violating the Fourth Amendment should put employers on notice, Littler attorney Philip Gordon writes. Private employers must treat smartphones differently from other personal property when conducting a workplace search.
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