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DOL Lawsuit Says Oracle Discriminates Against Minorities And Whites

In a lawsuit filed days before the inauguration of President Trump, Oracle America, Inc. was hit with a multi-pronged discrimination […]

Self-Certifying Under The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

Like the “Safe Harbor” that it replaced, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is a voluntary self-certification program with the U.S. Department […]

Coverup Investigation In Yahoo Data Breach

Yahoo suffered two massive data breaches in 2013 and 2014, but it didn’t report them until September and December of […]

Sexual Harassment is Global, Solutions are Local

A look at the basics of sexual harassment law, comparing the U.S. with Europe and Latin America…

Coded Language That Repels Male Job Applicants

It’s not exactly a preference for female job applicants, but certain words in job postings are perceived as indicating a […]

Columnist George Will Tackles The “Disparagement Clause”

One clause in a 1946 law gives the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office the power to deny protection to “immoral, deceptive or scandalous…

Cautions About “Online Behavioral Advertising”

Online behavioral advertising falls into two basic types. It’s so-called “third-party” behavioral advertising that many consider…

Will The SEC Back Off On Climate Change Disclosure?

The President-elect has called it a hoax and associated himself with deniers, but his choice of…

Privacy Lawyer Simplifies Instagram’s Terms Of Use

The Children’s Commissioner of England found that Instagram’s 5,000-word terms of use is written at a post-graduate level, and that […]

SCOTUS Rebuffs Big Bank Effort To Evade Financial Suits

The Supreme Court shot down efforts by some of the nation’s largest banks to end several financial crisis-era lawsuits that […]

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