In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine new cybersecurity legislation in California and Massachusetts, the British government's updates to its cybersecurity laws in anticipation of Brexit and...more
4/2/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Comment ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Thailand ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
SEC Adopts CEO Pay Ratio Rule -
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted a final rule requiring public companies to disclose the ratio of annual pay of their chief executive to median annual pay...more
11/2/2015
/ Adverse Action ,
Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Expert Fees ,
Expert Witness ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay Act ,
Grocery Store Workers ,
Grocery Stores ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
NCAA ,
NLRB ,
Pay Ratio ,
Pension Deficiencies ,
Retaliation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Student Athletes ,
Successor Liability ,
Tenure ,
Title VII ,
Union Dues ,
Women's Equality Act
In This Issue:
- Supreme Court Rejects Sixth Circuit Yard-Man Vested Benefits Presumption
- Supreme Court Revives Pregnancy Discrimination Light Duty Case
- NY Wage Theft Protection Act Amended
- Senate...more
4/2/2015
/ Class Certification ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-Verify ,
Employee Benefits ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
H-1B ,
Home Health Care ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
Paid Leave ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Tipped Employees ,
Vesting ,
Wage Theft Prevention Act ,
Yard Man
In This Issue:
- SEC Pays First Whistleblower Award to Audit and Compliance Professional
- Supreme Court Allows Affordable Care Act Contraceptives Religious Exemption
- EEOC Adopts New Pregnancy...more
9/30/2014
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Ban the Box ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Competition ,
Compliance ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Franchises ,
Franchisors ,
Gender Identity ,
Independent Contractors ,
Mailbox Rule ,
Misclassification ,
OSHA ,
Paid Leave ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Religion ,
Religious Exemption ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Unions ,
Vicarious Liability ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
In This Issue:
- U.S. Supreme Court Issues Two Important Decisions Under Title VII
- Supreme Court Holds Lone Plaintiff’s FLSA Collective Action Is Moot When Claims Are Resolved Before Certification
-...more
7/26/2013
/ Class Action ,
Class Arbitration ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Form I-9 ,
Harassment ,
Human Rights ,
Immigration Reform ,
Negligence ,
SCOTUS ,
Supervisors ,
Title VII ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Unemployment Discrimination ,
UT Southwestern Medical v Nassar ,
Vance v. Ball State University