Compliance

Governance Above and Beyond Compliance

It was once possible to satisfy regulators by having a compliance officer check a series of boxes indicating compliance with […]

Antitrust Issues With Joint Ventures

Joint ventures between big horizontal competitors are allowed, even though at first glance they might seem to violate antitrust laws. […]

Appeals Court Backs Obama’s Carbon Accounting

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an industry attempt to overturn Obama administration math assumptions regarding the “social […]

App Built To Fight Minimum Wage Increases

The Employment Policies Institute recently launched Wage Engage, an iPhone app that will alert business owners when minimum wage legislation […]

Massive Negligence Suits Threaten Pricewaterhouse

PricewaterhouseCoopers is having to defend against negligent audit allegations in three major U.S. lawsuits, including one in Florida state court […]

Google Seeks Sanction For Oracle Attorney

Google prevailed over Oracle in a federal jury trial in May, and now Google has asked that Oracle attorney Annette […]

CA Litigator Loses Bid To Curtail Consumer Legal Website

A putative class action filed by a California litigator, targeting a consumer legal marketplace that purports to “make legal easier […]

ABA Adopts Anti-Discrimination Conduct Rule

At a San Francisco meeting this week, the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates approved a new rule that makes […]

SEC Targets Illegal Severance Agreements

Atlanta-based BlueLinx Holdings Inc. broke the law when it required outgoing employees to waive their rights, the Securities and Exchange […]

Yale, M.I.T. & NYU Retirement Funds Gouge Employees, Say Plaintiffs

A plaintiff lawyer who has successfully targeted corporations for failing to properly administer employee retirement plans is now going after […]

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