Labor and Employment

NLRB Targets Union Rules For Temporary Workers

The NLRB has announced it is reviewing a case in which a Sheet Metal Workers union sought to represent in […]

Contract Attorneys Cry Foul On Poor Working Conditions

After working as a contract lawyer in environments where talking was forbidden, bathroom breaks were limited, and some kinds of […]

Muslim Woman Trumps Abercrombie In SCOTUS Hiring Discrimination Case

The Supreme Court this week ruled that a young Muslim woman wearing a hijab – not hired by Abercrombie & […]

Law Remains A White Profession

The fact there are many high-profile lawyers of color, on the Supreme Court and in the White House, gives the […]

The Embezzler Profiled: She’s A Long-Term Employee

An insurance company study of employee theft, specifically embezzlement, using a data base consisting of…

Do Confidentiality Agreements Silence Whistleblowers?

A survey finds that many employees in the financial industry see wrongdoing but don’t report it, and some hold their […]

Survey: Dangerous Lack Of GC Successor Planning

A dramatic increase in the influence of the general counsel in the C-Suite, without a corresponding increase in the attention paid to successor planning.

“Business Risk Index” Survey Finds Acute Cyber-Worry

More than 1200 companies in a variety of industries were queried about what they considered their most significant risks/areas of concern and what they were doing to mitigate them.

Supply Chain Disclosure Law Catches GCs By Surprise

Companies “doing business in California” – broadly defined – are required to make some specific disclosures under The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act.