Risk Management

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 […]

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 […]

Hackers Gets Scammed By Security Firm

It was a variation on the CEO phishing fraud, which, according to a Florida security firm, is currently a major […]

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? […]

Impact of Shareholder and Director Litigation on the Company

To understand where litigation traps lay, directors, officers and majority shareholders needs to understand their responsibilities and potential remedies. Officers […]

Hidden Risks in Confidentiality Requirements

Earlier this year the SEC fined Houston-based KBR Inc. $130,000 for requiring some of its employees to sign confidentiality agreements […]

SEC Takes Another Look At Broker-Dealer Cybersecurity

The SEC has announced that its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) will start a second round of cybersecurity […]

Accounting Fraud Back On SEC Radar

The number of accounting matters increased by more than 40 percent from 2013 to 2014, and individual executives as well as companies are being targeted.

Work Stress Seen As Epidemic In U.S. Firms

In a New York Times opinion piece about toxic work environments, law firms and a legal department are cited as […]

Takedown Fever: Potential Liability For Aggressive Copyright Holders

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that before sending out a takedown notice, a copyright holder must consider […]

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