Compliance

Lower Court Says Hobby Lobby Ruling Allows Gender Discrimination

August 21, 2016

Critics of the Supreme Court decision allowing some companies to opt out of portions of Obamacare for religious reasons said […]

Ethics Opinion Poses Obstacle For Legal Referral Service

August 21, 2016

Avvo Legal Services matches lawyers willing to provide defined legal services with clients who pay a fee up front. Avvo […]

How Ban-The-Box May Increase Race Discrimination

August 21, 2016

Employers prevented by law from filtering out job applicants on the basis of their criminal history may be turning instead […]

What Next For Uber-Driver Litigation?

August 21, 2016

Now that the controversial proposed settlement of an Uber-driver class action has been rejected by Judge Edward M. Chen of […]

Big Banks Blocking Customer Lawsuits With Arbitration

August 19, 2016

Big banks are increasingly using the fine print of checking account agreements to get customers to sign off on arbitration. […]

Judge Let Clerk Wear Robes, Rule In Cases

August 18, 2016

Illinois Circuit Judge Valarie Turner has been suspended and accused of allowing a court clerk to wear her robes and […]

Cell Phone Stingrays Violate FCC Rules, Law Prof Argues

August 18, 2016

Law enforcement’s use of stingrays, cell-site simulators that can locate a phone and in some cases intercept calls or messages, […]

North Carolina Asks SCOTUS To Reinstate Voter ID Laws

August 18, 2016

North Carolina has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review, before the Nov. 8 presidential election, an appeals court decision […]

Appeals Court Tells DOJ: Lay Off Medical Marijuana

August 18, 2016

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the DOJ to stop prosecuting medical marijuana cases […]

Governance Above and Beyond Compliance

August 17, 2016

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

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