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Supreme Court Rejects Retaliatory Standard For Firing A Whistleblower

Supreme Court Rejects Retaliatory Standard For Firing A Whistleblower

The US Supreme Court has ruled that whistleblowers under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act don’t need to prove retaliatory intent. Learn more about why the decision has implications for Department of Labor cases.

Ninth Circuit Privacy Law Decision Helpful For Defendants

Ninth Circuit Privacy Law Decision Helpful For Defendants

According to an article by Seyfarth, hundreds of companies are being sued in California based on claims that navigating and […]

Court’s Decision May Change US Patent And Trademark Office Administrative Rulemaking Procedures

Court’s Decision May Change US Patent And Trademark Office Administrative Rulemaking Procedures

Dennis Crouch, writing for PatentlyO, says that the Federal Circuit’s seemingly innocuous In re Chestek decision earlier this month contains […]

How Does Data Privacy and Security Impact Legal Department Productivity?

How Does Data Privacy and Security Impact Legal Department Productivity?

The increasing emphasis on safeguarding personal data and privacy has led to regulations such as the European Union’s General Data […]

Notice Requirements for Labor Liens

Notice Requirements for Labor Liens

Attorney Karl Oles, writing on the Stoel Rives Real Estate and Construction Law Blog, discusses a recent Washington Supreme Court […]

New York State Moves to End Frequency of Payments Litigation

New York State Moves to End Frequency of Payments Litigation

Reed Smith attorneys writing on the firm’s Employment Law Watch, examine recent attempts to eliminate frequency of payments litigation under […]

Food Stamp Recipients’ Personal Identifiable Information (PII) Stolen From Private Equity Firm

Food Stamp Recipients’ Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Stolen From Private Equity Firm

A cyberattack and data breach at a Rhode Island private equity firm, Nautic, is the basis of a recent federal […]

Door Open To Bad-Faith Claims Against Insurers In Oregon

Door Open To Bad-Faith Claims Against Insurers In Oregon

According to an article by the Stoel Rives law firm, the ruling in Moody v. Oregon Community Credit Union expressly […]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Argues Against Weakening 1692e

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Argues Against Weakening 1692e

Litigators and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau-regulated companies will be interested in an amicus brief filed by the CFPB in January. […]

Apple’s Lawsuit Against NSO Will Proceed

Apple’s Lawsuit Against NSO Will Proceed

On January 23 a federal judge in California ruled that NSO, an Israeli-based developer and purveyor of spyware, will have […]

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