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Welcome to the June edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. In May, the CPSC held its public hearing on the commission’s agenda and priorities for Fiscal years 2020–2021. Please see full publication below for more information....By: Alston & Bird

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: • Don’t buy a used franchise from Subway. (NYT) • Why is status cling so corrosive? (NYT) • BOA cuts ties with private prisons. (Washington Post) • DOJ expands it criminal investigation at Boeing....By: Thomas Fox

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Amok Time which aired on September 15, 1967, Star Date 3372.7. Compliance Takeaways: 1. What is your investigation protocol? 2. How do you account for different cultures within...By: Thomas Fox

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: • Trial date set in Theranos criminal trial. (WSJ) • Deutsche Bank to lay of 20% of workforce. (NYT) • 86 pounds of drugs found on Brazilian gov plane headed to g20. (Washington Post) • Shareholders...By: Thomas Fox

I recently talked to a group of managers about misusing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and the resulting safety and performance problems. Issues raised, included... • Employees justifying bad judgment by claiming that there was no SOP...By: Fisher Phillips

The New York City Council’s Committee on Civil Service and Labor has proposed a bill that would require New York City employers with five (5) or more employees to provide paid vacation time to their employees. Indeed, if passed, the bill would update...By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

With the close of the latest Tennessee legislative session, this Construction Law Alert discusses newly enacted statutes and significant legal issues affecting the construction industry in Tennessee. The goal is to provide updates throughout the year...By: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

For some reason, my unincorporated village doesn’t have a mayor or village board of trustees, but we have our own sanitation district where we elect the commissioners. For many years, a party boss and his son controlled the district through their...By: Ary Rosenbaum

The French Supreme Court has accepted, for the first time, the possibility of concluding an approved mutual contractual termination with an employee declared unfit for work by the occupational doctor, even though this unfitness results from a...By: Dentons

The proliferation of the gig economy has created a renewed interest in the distinction between employees and independent contractors. In Massachusetts, the Workers’ Compensation Act defines an employee as, “every person in the service of another...By: Chartwell Law