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Risk Management Question - How can you train your law firm employees to spot bogus charity and disaster relief requests? The Issue - Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday—one of the most popular days for charities to ask for donations. Natural disasters and...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The whistleblowing rules in Europe are about to change dramatically. The new Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law, also referred to as the “Whistleblowing Directive,” will require Member States to create rules that...By: Morrison & Foerster LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: The First Circuit reversed a district court’s ruling holding two Sun Capital private equity (PE) funds responsible for the withdrawal liability incurred by a bankrupt portfolio company....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Private equity sponsors recently won a significant court victory that may result in increased appetite for transactions involving companies with unionized workforces....By: K&L Gates LLP

Effective immediately, the New York Labor Law includes a section banning discrimination based on an employee’s “reproductive health decision making.” Prior to Governor Andrew Cuomo signing this bill into law, New York City had already added “sexual...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

The New Jersey test for independent contractor status under the unemployment laws is already very tough, the very infamous, A-B-C standard. That is seemingly not enough for this Administration and Commissioner Asaro-Angelo....By: Fox Rothschild LLP

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, Ama Adams and Brendan Hanifin discuss recent and forthcoming changes to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) review process. The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (“FIRRMA”),...By: Ropes & Gray LLP

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that it would not request, accept or use EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data collected by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Once. Twice. Three Times for JE. This week, the Administration released its Fall 2019 Regulatory Agenda, which identifies the work expected to be done by the regulatory agencies during the next year. Key among the labor issues is joint employment,...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

'Whistleblower' is a widely used term. However, what it means and the protections a whistleblower might receive are by no means universal. Whistleblowers have been a regular presence in the news over recent years, from involvement in the Panama...By: White & Case LLP