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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

#WorkforceWednesday: Extended Remote Work, Return-to-Work Manager Training, Case to Watch - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/12/2020

It’s #WorkforceWednesday! This week we’re focusing on the long-term operations plans employers are putting in place due to COVID-19, whether it is utilizing extended remote work models or training their managers on return to...more

Financial Daily Dose 7.16.2020 | Top Story: Crypto Scheme Hacks Big-name Twitter Users

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/17/2020

A Twitter-based crypto scam managed to hack some high-profile accounts Wednesday. VERY high profile...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 5. Privacy Briefs: May 2020

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/14/2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no 5. (May 2020) - Ambry Genetics, based in Aliso Viejo, California, has reported a data breach involving nearly 233,000 people. In its statement, the company said it identified “unauthorized...more

Financial Daily Dose 1.23.2020 | Top Story: Tesla Becomes World’s Second Most Valuable Auto Maker

Robins Kaplan LLP on 1/23/2020

Malware goes commercial. Last year, Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked after he received a message on WhatsApp containing a line of malware code. The incident has shed light on the malware, aka spyware, industry. Companies sell...more

Financial Daily Dose 8.16.2019 | Top Story: : Cathay Pacific CEO Resigns Amidst Turmoil in Hong Kong

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/19/2019

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Rupert Hogg has resigned in order to “take responsibility” a week “after the carrier was rebuked by China for staff involvement in the anti-Beijing protests rocking Hong Kong.” Hogg...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2019 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/15/2019

Following in the footsteps of the New York Department of Financial Regulation (NYDFS) in enacting cybersecurity requirements for the financial services industry, and in response to massive data breaches in the insurance...more

Food and Beverage Law Update: June 2018

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/12/2018

Wage and Hour - Decision Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses, Resolves Circuit Split - The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on May 21, 2018, holding that...more

Web Exclusive - April 2018: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 5/15/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first four months...more

Are You Doing Enough to Protect Your Company's Secrets?

Fisher Phillips on 10/19/2017

A decade ago, I litigated a trade secret/unfair competition dispute between two large plastics manufacturers. The Plaintiff was based in southwest Florida, the Defendant in southern Alabama. The factual dispute is...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 5/16/2017

With oil markets again in free fall, Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to cut production, and industry experts expect that the rest of OPEC may soon follow suit....more

Advertising Litigation Report: Vol. 2, No. 2 - Consumer Privacy and Data Security

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 5/1/2017

Judge Trims Proposed Class Action Over Wendy’s Data Breach - Torres v. Wendy’s Int’l, LLC, No. 16-cv-0210 (PGB) (DCI) (M.D. Fla. Mar. 21, 2017). A U.S. district court judge in Florida trimmed a proposed class action...more

Job Seekers Beware! Up to 1.4 Million Illinois Residents Receiving Unemployment Benefits Data Hacked

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/10/2017

The Illinois Department of Employment Security has revealed that somewhere between 1.2 million and 1.4 million Illinois residents who have received unemployment benefits from the State of Illinois have had their names, dates...more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: April 2017

Zelle LLP on 4/4/2017

There was a lot of discrimination law action last week, including the announcement of a $12 million settlement to be paid by Texas Roadhouse. The EEOC brought an age discrimination suit against the Louisville, Kentucky-based...more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: January 2017 #3

Zelle LLP on 1/17/2017

Last week, there were developments in two cases in different Pennsylvania courts involving employer liability—or lack thereof—for data breaches involving employee personally identifiable information (PII). A Pennsylvania...more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: December 2016 #3

Zelle LLP on 12/20/2016

Last week, the EEOC issued a publication on the rights of job applicants and employees with mental health conditions, along with a companion document addressing the mental health provider’s role in reasonable accommodations...more

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.26.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/26/2016

The Deal Professor weighs in on Yahoo’s announcement last week of the hack of roughly 500 million of its customers’ data and the specter of the MAC (material adverse change) that Verizon may choose to invoke to dance away...more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: May 2016 #4

Zelle LLP on 5/23/2016

Last week the long-awaited final FLSA overtime regulations were published. The regulations are intended to make an additional 4.2 million workers eligible for overtime. The new rules raise the salary threshold for exempt...more

That is SO last week - October 2015

Zelle LLP on 10/6/2015

Last week saw a lot of media coverage about “Yelp for People.” The app, called Peeple, allows users to rate friends, co-workers, and romantic partners based on a five-star rating system. Recruiters could review the ratings...more

That is SO last week - September 2015 #2

Zelle LLP on 9/15/2015

Last week, Ellen Pao withdrew the appeal in her sex discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins. The Pao v. Kleiner Perkins trial captivated Silicon Valley as it sought to spotlight all-male company ski trips and double...more

That is SO last week - September 2015

Zelle LLP on 9/9/2015

Labor Day was the backdrop for a big announcement from President Obama. Beginning in 2017, federal contractors must grant paid sick leave to employees. The new Executive Order requires contractors to provide one hour of...more

That is SO last week - July 2015 #4

Zelle LLP on 7/27/2015

Last week, the Equality Act was introduced in Congress. If enacted, this historic legislation will prohibit discrimination in employment and other life activities on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It’s...more

Hack Attack?

Gray Reed on 6/23/2015

Breathing a sigh of relief that he neither works for U.S. agencies requiring security clearances nor do his hiring policies require the details of mental illnesses, drug and alcohol use, past arrests, bankruptcies, Joe Hyre...more

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