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SEC Eyes Work-From-Home Pitfalls in Crackdown on Insider Trading and Off-Channel Communications

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The new flexible work environment created in the post-pandemic years poses unique challenges for companies and individuals who work outside a traditional office. The SEC knows this and is actively enforcing the securities...more

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Collaboration Tools in the Legal Sphere: A Rising Trend

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In the second post of our series delving into the 2023 Legal Industry Collaboration Data Survey, we turn our focus to a pivotal trend reshaping the legal industry: the growing reliance on collaboration tools such as Microsoft...more

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Off-Channel Communications: How Financial Services Organizations Can Address Regulators’ Latest Target

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As a number of recent headlines demonstrate, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators have fined and penalized employers and employees in the financial services industry for non-compliance with...more

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New York State’s Requirement to Provide Workplace Notices and Posters Electronically: What Employers Need to Know

In an acknowledgement of the increase in remote work, on December 16, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill S6805, which amends section 201 of the New York Labor Law to require New York State...more

Kilpatrick

The Evolution of the Hybrid Workplace

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The workplace was permanently altered in March 2020, when an unprecedented global pandemic uprooted the traditional ways that companies thought and operated. What was initially expected to be a momentary pause in normal...more

Venable LLP

The Right and Wrong Ways to Electronically Monitor Employees in the Workplace

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​​​​​​​Whether because of our new "work from home" world or advances in technology (or both), many employers now electronically monitor their employees in the workplace. A variety of electronic surveillance techniques are...more

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New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Proposes Employer Posting Requirements for Remote Workers

Recognizing that workers are increasingly working from home or in places other than an employer’s worksite, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) issued proposed regulations on March 21, 2022, that would allow...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

New Law Permits Emailing of Employment Notices and Postings, But Posting Requirement Remains

Senate Bill 657, a new law which becomes effective on January 1, 2022, in recognition of the prevalence of remote workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, permits employers to email required employment postings to employees....more

Fisher Phillips

We’re Watching You: New York Employers Must Soon Provide Notice of Digital Workplace Monitoring

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New York employers who monitor employee’s telephone calls, e-mails, or internet use must soon provide written notice to employees. The change comes during an era where many employees are communicating with each other via...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recording Requirements for Mobile Devices, Electronic Communications, and Videoconferencing

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MiFID II introduced obligations to record telephone conversations and any electronic communications that are intended to lead to a transaction. Records must be kept for at least five years. The COVID-19 pandemic, which...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Recording Zoom Calls: What to Know Before Hitting the Red Button

Since the onset of the pandemic, the workflow structure in the corporate world has drastically shifted. In response to the pandemic (but likely a practice here to stay), video conferencing on platforms such as Zoom has become...more

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Germany’s Works Constitution Act: Important Changes to the Law Effective June 2021

The Act to Promote Works Council Elections and Works Council Activities in a Digital Working World (which is also known as the “Works Council Modernization Act” or Betriebsrätemodernisierungsgesetz) went into effect in...more

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Welcome to the Digital Transformation and Data Economy Newsletter – March 2021 Issue

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Across the economy, businesses are using digital technology to pivot into innovative service lines, accelerate growth and transform their businesses altogether. These businesses’ digital strategies and data assets play...more

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ABA Ethics Committee Weighs in on Practicing Law Virtually

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In  Formal Opinion 498, issued on March 10, 2021, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has provided some guidance on the ethical obligations triggered when a lawyer...more

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ABA Provides New Guidance On Remote Work For Lawyers

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On March 10, 2021, the American Bar Association released new guidance for attorneys working remotely. While there has never been a distinction in the Model Rules for Professional Conduct between working in a brick-and-mortar...more

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There's No Leaving It at the Office: Workplace Harassment When Working from Home

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March 11, 2021 marks one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, and for many employees it also marks one year of working from home. According to Upwork’s “Future of the...more

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Post Pandemic Considerations - Real Estate Contracts

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If we have learned any lesson from 2020, it is to be prepared for the unexpected. This applies to drafting real estate contracts. Breaks in the supply or performance chain necessary to ongoing business operations can cause a...more

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Remote working: No excuse for non-compliance with obligations to record telephone conversations and electronic communications

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has emphasised in the latest edition of its Market Watch Newsletter its expectations for firms to record telephone conversations and electronic communications in light of the increased...more

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2021: We Thought You Would Never Get Here, and Now that You Are, What Can Employers Expect

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Never before have we welcomed a year with quite the hope and exuberance as we welcome 2021. While some good things did happen in 2020, for most employers, 2020 added layers of complexity to the role of human resources that...more

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Envisioning the New Normal: Real Estate + Technology: Part 6: Multifamily

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This article is the sixth in a multi-part series examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on select real estate sectors and the considerations around how technologies will shape future operations and accelerate means to...more

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Top Work-at-Home Privacy and Security Challenges and Return-to-Work Safeguards in the COVID-19 Crisis

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The results of recent Fenwick polling suggest that companies generally have insufficient remote-working security controls and data protection practices and are considering a variety of approaches to return-to-work safeguards....more

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Global Solutions Episode 1: COVID-19 and Returning to the Workplace - Is There an App for That?

What role can mobile technology play in a global employer’s return-to-workplace strategy? Employers exploring mobile apps to comply with new safety directives (for example, to facilitate contact tracing, symptom...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Part Ten of the COVID-19 Roadmap Series: Workplace Communications and Trainings

In the final part of our Roadmap Series, as employers prepare to transition to on-site operations for segments of their staff, we discuss considerations for COVID-19 related communications to the workforce. We also address...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Information Security Basics While Lawyering From Home

With offices shuttered and stay-home orders still in place across much of the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the task of providing legal services means working from home for nearly everyone, including attorneys and...more

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Video conference software law firms may consider

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Many law firms are quickly looking to incorporate video conferences into their law practice. No matter whether it is communicating with clients, potential clients, internally within the firm or for recruiting purposes, video...more

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