Compliance

Greenpeace Beats Back A RICO Suit

A federal judge in the Northern District of California has dismissed a potentially $300 million RICO lawsuit filed by a […]

Arbitration Clauses In, Cordray On His Way Out

A rule years in the making that would have allowed consumers to file class actions against financial institutions has been […]

More Website Accessibility Lawsuits Under The ADA

Plaintiffs are claiming that websites are also public spaces and need to be accessible, by way of such things as captions or audio descriptions. This has proven to be a grey area…

Sessions Cracking Down On Marijuana

Thanks to an obscure provision in a budget bill passed at the end of the Obama administration, the DOJ doesn’t […]

Self-Reporting FCPA Violations

In April 2016, the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division introduced a Foreign Corrupt Practice Act […]

sexual harassment

If An Employee Claims Sexual Harassment, Whose Interest Does HR Represent?

Revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein, and with it a growing awareness that sexual harassment may be deeply ingrained in […]

Post-Equifax, States Crack Down On Cybersecurity

The Equifax breach has prompted a number of states to launch investigations of the company and has triggered enforcement actions […]

A “Second Coming” For Public Nuisance Law?

A combative industry defense attorney unwinds against an old legal theory that he says is on the verge of making […]

How to Conduct a Successful Internal Misconduct Investigation

There is a specific path that investigations should follow in order to determine if misconduct allegations have merit.

Understanding The New Laws On Pay Equity

California led the way in pay equity legislation with its Fair Pay Act in 2015, and since then other states, […]

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