Compliance

Courts and Regulators Scrutinizing Independent Contractor Relationships

April 4, 2016

Avoid retaining the right to discipline workers and make sure the independent contractor is free to decide the manner and method by which…

Information Sharing Under The New Cybersecurity Law

March 31, 2016

The text of the the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) was incorporated by amendment into a consolidated spending bill in […]

Serving On Boards “Not For The Faint Of Heart”

March 31, 2016

A look at the current director liability landscape in the context of the “Yates memo” and what directors can do minimize their risk.

Rule Amendment Encodes Proportionality

March 30, 2016

Possibly the most important of the recent changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure state that the scope of discovery must be…

Judge Garland’s Labor Record

March 28, 2016

Judge Merrick B. Garland, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee of choice, is widely viewed as a centrist, but Littler Mendelson […]

SCOTUS Allows Statistical Evidence In A Class Action

March 28, 2016

A recent Supreme Court decision allowed employees to use “representative and statistical evidence” to establish liability in a doffing and […]

New Rule: Use Of Anti-Union Consultants Must Be Disclosed

March 24, 2016

A final rule requiring employers to disclose their retention of anti-union consultants, along with the fees paid to retain them, […]

Text Blaster’s Poor Target Choice: A Plaintiff Lawyer

March 23, 2016

A California lawyer who specializes in filing Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits over unwanted fax or text solicitations recently got […]

Companies Hit By “Top Hat Plan” Litigation

March 23, 2016

Under Department of Labor regulations, a non-qualified deferred compensation or supplemental retirement plan is exempt from ERISA requirements if it […]

New Multi-Agency Crackdown On White Collar Crime

March 22, 2016

“If the recent proliferation of taskforces and initiatives is any indication, the aggressive cross-border expansion of white-collar crime enforcement is […]

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