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Whistleblower Protection Standard Whipsawed In Second Circuit

Two recent Second Circuit decisions had the effect of broadening whistleblower protection under Sarbanes-Oxley, but narrowing whistleblower protection under Dodd-Frank.

Setting Up An Alternative Workweek In California

In some businesses, the standard eight-hour day/five-day workweek is not ideal for either employer or employee. In California, the legislature […]

Record SEC Award Goes To Foreign Whistleblower

Four of the 14 whistleblowers the SEC has rewarded under the Dodd-Frank Act have gone to foreign citizens, including last […]

What The Kahn Decision Says About “Special Committees”

The recent decision by the Delaware Supreme Court in Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. held that the relatively deferential “business […]

Supreme Court Dentist Board Case Could Impact State Bars

A few dentists looking to keep teeth-whitening businesses out of malls and other retail spaces have made a federal case […]

FCC Crackdown On Lax Privacy Opt-Outs

In a warning directed at the financial industry – a sector that is broadly defined by the Federal Communications Commission […]

“Anomalies” That SEC Enforcers Look For

In a Q&A interview, Latham & Watkins partner John Sikora, a former enforcement specialist at the SEC, looks at the […]

Canada Decision Poses Antitrust Risk For U.S. Manufacturers

Last fall, Canada’s Supreme Court released three class action certification decisions with wide-ranging implications for U.S. companies supplying goods or […]

Could Congress Target Inversions Retroactively?

A steady increase in the number of corporate inversions – an M&A deal that moves a company headquarters overseas to […]

Robust Antitrust Compliance Program Can Have Big Payoff

Preventing illegal activity is only the first and most obvious benefit of compliance training.

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