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Smartphone Passcodes Can Take The 5th

In an insider trading case mounted by the SEC, the agency wanted access to the two defendants’ company-issued cell phones, […]

Explosion Of Gender Pay Lawsuits Predicted For CA

A far-reaching amendment to California’s existing gender pay equality law was signed into law earlier this month and will go into effect on January 1.

For Intern Test, Appeals Court Recognizes “Economic Realities”

An Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision appears to reject the Department of Labor’s six-factor test for determining whether an […]

What The EU Safe Harbor Decision Means

The recent Safe Harbor decision from the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) gets a summary and analysis from […]

Consumer Agency Would Bar Mandatory Arbitration In Credit Contracts

The watchdog Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new rules that would bar financial institutions from forcing checking account and […]

Practical Steps For Franchisors To Avoid Joint Liability

With its August decision in the Browning-Ferris case, the National Labor Relations Board widened its working definition of joint-employer, and […]

Lessons From Hitachi’s FCPA Charge

The recent settlement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against Hitachi was notable on two counts, writes Thomas R. Fox. […]

NLRB: No Drug Test If No Union Rep Present

A recent National Labor Relations Board decision confirmed that if an employee requests the presence of a union representative during […]

Lessons From The VW Cheat

It appears to be a one-off case of bald deception, but is there something other companies can learn from it? […]

Questions for Companies Considering Bankruptcy

The U.S. Bankruptcy Code was not designed to handle today’s complex financial markets, credit and derivative products and corporate structures. […]

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