While in-house counsel at U.S. companies have been monitoring their compliance with a wave of new salary transparency laws, a court has given new life to a closely watched pay discrimination case in California. A California appeals court ruled in Allen v. Staples...
By Barbara W. Reece | Content Manager, LexisNexis Practical Guidance In-house counsel are confronting a major change in the regulatory landscape in 2023, with new comprehensive consumer data privacy laws going into effect in five states : California, Colorado...
In-house counsel are paying close attention to recent developments in a proposed class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court, in which a plaintiff is attempting to prevent ESPN from enforcing a binding arbitration agreement in a data privacy dispute. ESPN...
On November 1 st , one of the most wide-ranging laws related to salary transparency went into effect in New York City. Businesses hiring workers in the city are now required to list the minimum and maximum salary range for a job on any printed or online posting...
Netflix rolled out an original docuseries recently that is leaving binge viewers talking and in-house counsel groaning. Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? is a four-part documentary, directed by Andrew Renzi, which tells the story of the Leonard v. PepsiCo., Inc. court...
Corporate executives must deal with a long list of risks to their organizations, but there is one specific threat that tops them all: Cybersecurity. Cyber threats are the top overall concern for business decision makers, according to the 2022 Travelers Risk Index...
In-house legal professionals entered 2022 with the optimistic hope they could turn the page on the disruptions caused by the pandemic and refocus on strategic plans unencumbered by the worry of COVID-19 test results. And while COVID-19 variants have forced us to...
By Elias Kahn An employee reports he severely injured his back after lifting a heavy box at work. He files a workers’ compensation claim and receives benefits . . . but is spotted playing basketball soon after filing his claim. The injury never happened...
Organized labor is riding a wave in successful union organizing in 2022, after years of declining influence. Between October 2021 and March 2022, union representation petitions filed at the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) increased 57% from the same...
The summer months have arrived and so has the annual vacation season for many Americans. Companies across the nation and in every industry will see most of their employees take some time off work between now and Labor Day. Of course, some employers have migrated...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights made headlines last month when it issued a Request for Information (RFI) , seeking input from the public on how the HIPAA Rules — specifically the HIPAA Privacy Rule — could...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) relies on the Justice Manual to guide prosecutors through specific factors they should consider in conducting an investigation of a company, determining whether to bring charges, and negotiating pleas or other agreements. Among...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of nearly all in-person professional events in 2020 and 2021, but early data suggests that we’re seeing a gradual rebound in 2022. The B2B Events Industry Outlook survey found that 50% of professional service...
By Timothy Haney In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, corporate legal professionals engaged in months of speculation about how the Biden Administration might bring a different approach to antitrust enforcement than we saw in recent years. We now...
By Randi-Lynn Smallheer and Anna Haliotis The waves of commercial litigation triggered by the impact of COVID-19 continue to build and crash ashore. Corporate legal departments in every industry are seeing a pace and volume of lawsuits related to the pandemic...