Compliance

CA “Strike Teams” Enforcing Covid Rules

California has set up “strike teams” of inspectors to go after businesses that are not following public health guidelines. However, […]

Professor, Chinese University Conspired To Steal Trade Secrets

The DOJ announced the conviction of Professor Zhang Hao, a Chinese national who stole trade secrets from two U.S. tech […]

A Checklist for FCPA Compliance

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act contains two key provisions: (1) a prohibition on bribery of foreign officials and (2) accounting […]

Caste Discrimination Alleged In Suit v Cisco

Plaintiff California Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleges an unnamed engineer, whom it identifies as a Dalit, suffered repeated acts of discrimination, including lower pay and fewer opportunities, at the hands of two supervising engineers.

DC Sues Nevada Ghost Gun Maker

The District of Columbia has filed a lawsuit against a manufacturer of partially-assembled and untraceable firearms, commonly called “ghost guns.” […]

MN Climate Lawsuit First To Target Koch

A lawsuit filed by the state of Minnesota names as a defendant, for the first time in the short history […]

Novartis Settles 4-Nation FCPA Bribery Charge

Novartis has agreed to pay $347 million to put to rest years of investigation over alleged kickbacks and other improper […]

Class Actions Target COBRA Election Notices

In a time of widespread layoffs, there’s been a spate of class action lawsuits alleging that an employer’s’ COBRA “election […]

A Giant Canary In The Digital Coal Mine

Virtually all law firms and companies with legal departments, and even most businesses with no in-house lawyers, by now are […]

IPO Docs Instruct Compliance Officers

Richard Cassin, writing in the FCPA Blog, explains why the section of an S-1 registration statement called Risk Factors is […]

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