In This Issue:
- Recent Trends in FCPA Enforcement – First Half of 2014
- Ukraine/Russia–Related Sanctions
- New Executive Order Places Additional Reporting Obligations on Government Contractors and...more
10/14/2014
/ China ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Ukraine ,
World Bank
On July 31, 2014, President Obama signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, which requires both government contracting officers and government contractors to track and coordinate contractor and subcontractor...more
8/4/2014
/ ADEA ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Barack Obama ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
NLRA ,
OSHA ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Subcontractors ,
Title VII
Last month’s Employment Law Commentary discussed the high level of international attention now being paid to protecting trade secrets from misappropriation, with recommendations for practical steps that companies may take to...more
8/1/2014
/ Best Management Practices ,
Confidential Information ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Edward Snowden ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Trade Secrets ,
Training
On Monday, July 21, 2014, President Obama amended two prior executive orders to extend employment protections to lesbian, gay and/or transgender (LGBT) workers. Executive Order 11246 was first signed by President Lyndon B....more
International attention to misappropriation of trade secrets has never been at a higher level. In early May 2014, a U.S. federal grand jury indicted several Chinese military officials for allegedly misappropriating trade...more
On February 20, 2013, the White House released the Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets (the “Strategy”), which “recognizes the crucial role of trade secrets in the U.S. economy and sets out a...more