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In this episode I visit with one of my favorite people, Francine McKenna, a reporter at MarketWatch. We check in on the current developments in the KPMG-PCAOB scandal including recent guilty pleas, sentencing and where the matter might finally be...By: Thomas Fox

When you go to kitchenware, you see so many different types of kitchen tools that you didn’t know existed. They sell pasta forks and cherry pitters and items you don’t need, but you have to have. When you’re a 401(k) plan sponsor, you hear a lot...By: Ary Rosenbaum

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: 1. There’s a reason Mother said don’t tell lies. (Business Insider) 2. You shouldn’t even lie unintentionally. (WSJ) 3. Pharma CEOs going to the woodshed? (NYT) 4. Will SEC move towards more direct...By: Thomas Fox

Dear YouDig?, I admit it. As an engineer I like to tinker. A few months in to a factory project our team tinkered up a change in the materials and the delivery system that would save the owner a bucket of money for just a little more time. Once we...By: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Does a position that a company is holding for an employee out on FMLA leave an “open position” as contemplated by the Americans with Disabilities Act? In Maxwell v. Washington County, a Mississippi federal district court said the short answer is...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

CHINESE OUTBOUND INVESTMENTS – THE SELLER’S PERSPECTIVE - 1. CHINESE REGULATION – 1.1 The Chinese Regulations Applicable to Chinese Outbound Investments – Generally, any outbound investment by a Chinese enterprise must be approved by the...By: McDermott Will & Emery

The EEOC and federal courts have repeatedly said that employees seeking accommodations for disabilities under the ADA do not have to use any “magic words” to trigger the employer’s obligations. A recent decision from the Eighth Circuit Court of...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

The U.S. Supreme Court just did something that was more than just a bit out of character—it rejected the opportunity to find that California had once again overstepped its bounds by creating judicial rules disfavoring arbitration. It did so by...By: Fisher Phillips

I was going to save this post for the Yankees run into the World Series, but with the Yankees losing last night, it seems quite possible that they might not get there this year.   Employment law contracts typically are not that complex. Oh sure,...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

A Massachusetts federal court just ruled that gig workers cannot escape arbitration provisions by claiming they are exempt transportation workers. The September 30 decision in Austin v. DoorDash marks the second win for gig businesses following a...By: Fisher Phillips