Risk Management

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.

Don’t Count On U.S.-China Cyber Deal

“It’s a start” is the best that can be said for the U.S.- China agreement to curtail cyber-theft of intellectual property.

The Man Who Threw The Monkey Wrench At Silicon Valley

Doing research for a paper about privacy while attending law school in the U.S., an Austrian student contacted Facebook and asked to see all the data they had on or about him.

Designers, Builders, Pushing To Limit Liability

“Owners are optimists and contractors are negotiators,” writes Stoel Rives attorney Eric A. Grasberger, as he takes note of what […]

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 […]

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? […]

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