Compliance

Target, Walmart Push Sustainablity In Supply Chains

January 30, 2017

Target is pressuring suppliers to disclose ingredients in much of what it sells, including cosmetics, textiles, and personal care and […]

DOL Lawsuit Says Oracle Discriminates Against Minorities And Whites

January 26, 2017

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

January 26, 2017

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

January 24, 2017

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

January 23, 2017

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

January 23, 2017

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”

January 19, 2017

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”

January 18, 2017

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?

January 16, 2017

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

January 13, 2017

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 […]

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