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In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: • Google Board investigating wide-ranging allegations of sexual misconduct within the company. (NYT) • Golden Passport program ending in Cyprus? (FT) • Hoskins goes to the jury. (WSJ) • Did Uber...By: Thomas Fox

A recent $93.6 million verdict from an Oregon jury has the potential to bankrupt a union that some describe as one of the strongest and most militant in the United States—the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The November 4 federal...By: Fisher Phillips

Sixty former workers of Load Trail, a leading trailer manufacturing business, have filed a class-action suit against the business for failure to pay for the overtime work. Background - The workers claim that they have regularly worked around 55...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

Government contractors should be aware that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking new steps to scrutinize public procurement. The DOJ Antitrust Division’s creation of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) means that government procurement...By: McDermott Will & Emery

Last week, Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) released its annual U.S. and Shareholder Initiatives proxy voting policies and guidelines for the 2020 proxy season....By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Co-working spaces are quickly becoming the Uber equivalent to office space rentals for remote-work professionals. On Monday morning, log onto an app and reserve a cubicle space down the street at a price much cheaper than a short-term office lease....By: Fisher Phillips

In part one of this three-part series on best practices for protecting trade secrets and guarding against claims of trade secret misappropriation, we examined some practice pointers for protecting trade secrets when key employees move from one...By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Proskauer’s 24th Annual Trick or Treat Seminar was held on Wednesday, October 31 and discussed timely topics and best practices specifically tailored to the not-for-profit community. The seminar discussed......By: Proskauer - Not for Profit/Exempt

What is a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA? Under the Americans With Disabilities Act, as amended (“ADA”), employers have a duty to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. It is important for employers to...By: Jaburg Wilk

In a memo (http://bit.ly/2k2Qal6) released Aug 23, Alphabet Inc.’s Google informed employees that disruptive discussions in the workplace would not be tolerated. The memo specifically targeted “debates about non-work topics,” ad hominem attacks, and...By: Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics