Episode 302 -- Matt Stankiewicz on DOJ's Massive Criminal Settlement with Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao
State AG Pulse | AGs to Forever Chemicals Cos: We Want More Money and We Want It Now
Settlement Agreement Update Between the DOJ and Meta - The Consumer Finance Podcast
California Employment News: The Erosion of Confidentiality Clauses in Settlement Agreements
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 4 - How to Seal the Deal
#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Outlook, NY Whistleblower Protections Take Effect, DOJ to Focus on Cyber-Fraud - Employment Law This Week®
What Will Happen at My Mediation?
VIDEO: Update on Third Party Workers’ Compensation Settlements in Pennsylvania
Episode 119 -- The Ericsson FCPA Settlement
Episode 118 -- Update on OFAC Enforcement and Lessons Learned
Episode 117 -- FCPA Update: Samsung FCPA Settlement; Braskem Former CEO Indicted; Transport CEO Convicted after Trial
II-35- The New Sexual Harassment Training/Policy Requirements in New York State and New York City
[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017
II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
Episode 30: 2017 Trends & 2018 Predictions From The Plaintiff’s Perspective – A Chat With Debra Katz
Episode 24: EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum Part I: Employers' "Superstar Harassment" Problem
Episode 15: Conversation with EEOC Chair Victoria Lipnic
Keypoint: The Texas Attorney General reaches a first-of-its-kind settlement with a healthcare company that provides generative AI products. On September 18, 2024, the Texas Attorney General announced that it had reached a...more
Snapchat’s parent company has agreed to pay $15 million and take extensive measures to ensure fair employment practices as part of settlement to resolve claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against women at...more
Uber and Lyft just reached a $175 million settlement with Massachusetts state prosecutors that permits their drivers to stay classified as independent contractors – not employees – but entitles the drivers to significant...more
Utah joins the growing list of states, including California, New Jersey and New York, enacting their own #MeToo-inspired laws prohibiting confidentiality clauses regarding sexual misconduct. The #MeToo movement seeks to limit...more
Over the closing months of 2023, New York lawmakers at both the state and local levels were busy passing new legislation impacting the workplace. As a result, New York employers should take some time to familiarize themselves...more
Employers should check their confidentiality and severance agreements for a common oversight that, for some, is becoming a costly error. Recent enforcement activity by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Rule...more
Governor Hochul recently signed a bill into law making significant changes to New York’s law on nondisclosure agreements, which will require employers across the state to make immediate changes to their practices. The...more
Each year, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) initiates several enforcement actions targeting companies, financial institutions, and individuals in the United States and abroad. These enforcement actions can present...more
Although class actions have been common in the United States for decades, they have not been as widely used in the rest of the world. The situation and risks remain in flux, however, as more countries have renewed momentum to...more
Do you have plans for March 7-9? Join us at Hinshaw's 22nd Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference (LMRM) at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago. Register by January 27 to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount. Join...more
UPDATE: On December 8, 2022, the court issued an order granting the Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction. On December 6, 2022, the parties in the long-running litigation between now-defunct data analytics company hiQ...more
The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a $41 million settlement with GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“GOL”) to resolve criminal and civil foreign bribery charges....more
A California Superior Court judge recently preliminarily approved a $100 million settlement in connection with a class action brought on behalf of a class of current and former female employees at video game studio Riot...more
As we previously reported, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo is committed to expanding the remedies utilized by the Board to make employees harmed by an employer’s unfair...more
A seven-year long False Claims Act suit comes to an end after Aerojet Rocketdyne reaches a $9 million settlement agreement for its alleged false certification of compliance with cybersecurity requirements. In the settlement...more
On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court of California issued a decision in Grande v. Eisenhower Medical Center, No. S261247, that could have a far-reaching impact on the relationships between staffing companies and their clients....more
On Wednesday, Assistant Chief of DOJ Fraud Section’s Corporate Enforcement, Compliance, and Policy Unit, Lauren Kootman, confirmed the Department’s new policy of having chief compliance officers certify settlement agreements...more
The SEC announced another FCPA settlement in 2022. FCPA enforcement, in general, is picking up. Tenaris, a global supplier of steel pipes and related services for the energy industry, agreed to pay the SEC $78 million to...more
The Justice Department has been promising a new, more aggressive approach to FCPA enforcement. DOJ officials have made statements to that effect on numerous occasions. The Biden Administration touted its elevation of the...more
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) continues rolling out new settlement agreements related to COVID-19 fraud - highlighting the government’s and a common relator’s efforts to crack down on those alleged to have improperly...more
Key Takeaways- The United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement against chip manufacturing company Nvidia Corporation, on May 6, 2022, for inadequate disclosures concerning the impact of...more
Explaining for the first time “who bears what burdens when a class member objects to a proposed settlement,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed in an insurance case a district court’s order approving a...more
Last week the Federal Trade Commission announced a privacy and data security enforcement action against the online retail platform CafePress. The allegations in the FTC’s complaint read like a list of worst practices,...more
Key Points - On January 1, 2022, SB 331—also known as the Silenced No More Act—went into effect in California. It prohibits clauses, in settlement agreements for civil or administrative claims, which prevent or restrict the...more
The SEC announced settled charges against formerly publicly-traded Leaf Group Ltd. for failing to adequately evaluate and disclose in its annual proxy statement the lack of independence of a director and a board committee as...more