Compliance

IP At Risk When Selling Software To Public Agencies

A case in Washington state highlights the risk that companies take when they disclose intellectual property to public agencies – […]

NLRB Targets Wall Street NDAs

The National Labor Relations Board is challenging employee contracts at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s biggest hedge fund firm, specifically the […]

Card Companies Lose Bid To Toss Merchant Class Action

A class action antitrust lawsuit targeting banks and the major credit card networks, including Visa, Mastercard and American Express, has […]

Comcast Fined $2.3M For Giving Customers What They Didn’t Ask For

Regulators said Comcast illegally billed its customers for unwanted equipment and services. As a result, the cable giant will pay […]

Wal-Mart Raises Salaries, Avoiding Overtime Rule

Current Labor Department rules require employers to pay overtime to workers who make less than $23,660 a year. New rules, […]

What Was Revealed In The Biggest Law Firm Hack In History

Reviewing several current books on the Panama Papers, Oxford’s Alan Rusbridger, currently chair of the Reuters Institute for the Study […]

How Books-And-Records Violations Can Draw An FCPA Charge

Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, regulators often discover corruption indirectly by identifying violations of books-and-records and internal-accounting provisions. What […]

Using E-Discovery Technology To Mitigate FCPA Exposure

Technology that has been developed for e-discovery can also be used internally by companies to carry out Foreign Corrupt Practice […]

Medtronic’s Ireland Move Garners Shareholder Lawsuit

Medtronic’s relocation of its nominal corporate headquarters to Ireland last year generated a capital gains tax bill for about 20 […]

Court: An Obsolete Claim Is False Advertising

The claim by Dyson Inc. was arguably true when they said it (“twice the suction of any other vacuum” ), […]

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