John Jenkins at CorporateCounsel.net recently observed that "companies may want start thinking about including a diversity question on their annual D&Q questionnaires". Constructing such a questionnaire would not seem to be too difficult. Companies can simply list various racial, ethnic, g
In Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd [2020] UKSC 48, the UK Supreme Court dismissed Halliburton’s appeal concerning its application to remove an arbitrator for apparent bias on the facts.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has approved New York Stock Exchange rule changes that will grant the exchange discretion to allow companies to raise money by selling common shares in registered direct offerings, increasing the number of alternatives to traditional initial public offeri
The New Form 1099-NEC Changes Non-Employee Compensation Reporting Requirements - The IRS has made significant changes as to how non-employee compensation must be reported.
In a June 2020 QuickStudy, I wrote about the implications of the Supreme Court’s April 2020 decision in County of Maui, Hawaii v Hawaii for permitting projects that discharge pollutants to groundwater that ultimately impacts navigable waters.
On December 10, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (California AG) released a fourth set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations that went into effect on August 14, 2020.
Seyfarth Synopsis: Often an employer’s valid safety requirements for a position can be at odds with a disabled employee’s request for a reasonable accommodation.
