Compliance

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 […]

Antitrust Issues With Joint Ventures

August 17, 2016

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

August 17, 2016

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

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