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The Hellenic DPA has issued an opinion regarding the appropriate legal basis for processing employee data under GDPR: Consent should be used as the legal basis only where the other legal bases do not apply....By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Oh, wait. According to a recent study, women pay 20 percent more than men in bank fees and penalties. In 2018, women paid an average of $214, while men paid an average of only $182....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

We previously reported that the NYC Commission on Human Rights issued legal enforcement guidance for employers regarding racial discrimination on the basis of hair under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL)....By: BakerHostetler

Welcome to Episode 6 of Compliance Man Chooses the Target with Tim Khasanov-Batirovseries of podcasts. Our goal is to highlight matters that should be on agenda of practitioners that deploy compliance programs in industries or countries of active...By: Thomas Fox

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: 1. Another way in which the 737 MAX is impacting the economy. (WSJ) 2. Chinese billionaire indicted in tariff scam. (WSJ) 3. Trump want the Pentagon to use Oracle, the Pentagon does not. (Washington Post)...By: Thomas Fox

Alright. So, you’ve battened down the hatches of your company’s premises, to protect your employees and your information. Employees are required to create secret computer passwords they’re not to share with anyone, even colleagues. Your policy...By: Fisher Phillips

On July 15, 2019, President Trump signed an Executive Order requiring regulations implementing the Buy American Act, 41 U.S.C. §§ 8301-8305, to be changed. While President Trump has previously issued two other policy-based “Buy American” Executive...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein identified opioid abuse and cybersecurity as top challenges businesses face, while also giving attendees at Ward and Smith’s 2019 Employment Law Symposium a look at the broad responsibilities of his office....By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

Cash is king in construction, and inadequate cash flow is one of the major reasons that construction companies fail. Retentions (whereby the employer withholds a percentage of payment until the construction work is completed free of defects) have a...By: Dentons

The era of #MeToo has caused employers to hyper-focus on harassment claims. They have fine-tuned their policies, investigated claims more carefully, and acted swiftly and sometimes even in a draconian fashion upon finding any level of harassment. In...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP