In this special bonus episode, I present a podcast from Hanzo's Profiles in Excellence series. In it Sean Freidlin interviews Elizabeth O'Keefe, Compliance Manager at KAYAK and OpenTable. Their conversation includes Elizabeth's career path from over...By: Thomas Fox
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In this five-part podcast series, I consider the use of monitors by state Attorneys General. I am joined in this podcast series by Jerry Coyne, the Managing Director of State Monitoring Services at Affiliated Monitors, Inc. who is the sponsor of this...By: Thomas Fox
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In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: • CFTC adds a FCPA investigation of Glencore? (Reuters) • Women in the Board room. (WSJ) • Auto industry signs up with California for more regulation. (NYT) • Do you know how your friends are? (Washington...By: Thomas Fox
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President Donald Trump’s most recent effort to maximize the use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United States through proposed changes to and enforcement of the regulations implementing the Buy American Act (“BAA”) will likely...By: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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The standard for an “occurrence” under a commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy has been addressed on several occasions by Pennsylvania courts when an insured has allegedly performed faulty workmanship on a construction project....By: White and Williams LLP
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If you quit your job because of a hostile work environment, is it still “voluntary”? According to the Alabama Supreme Court’s July 12, 2019 opinion in Arnold v. Hyundai Manuf. Ala., LLC, it is. In Arnold, Hyundai hired Arnold to work in Alabama....By: Butler Snow LLP
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When is sleeping working? According to a recent DOL Opinion Letter, probably not when it occurs off duty in a sleeper berth of an over-the-road truck. A trucker’s job is to haul a load from Point A to Point B, which often takes several days. During...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
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On July 17, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Notice 2019-45 which expands the list of permissible preventive care benefits for high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) purposes. Among other requirements, an individual must be...By: Burr & Forman
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The Oregon Supreme Court just revived a whistleblower retaliation claim filed against sportswear giant Nike by adopting for the first time a novel legal concept known as the “cat’s paw” theory. The July 18 opinion opens new avenues for employees to...By: Fisher Phillips
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Colorado employers gained clarity from the Colorado Court of Appeals on a closely watched Colorado wage and hour law issue—when it comes to payout of accrued vacation time upon termination, the written agreement or policy rules....By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
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