Last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation expanding the Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”) for New York City-based employers – just in time for its impending effective date on April 1st....
The CFPB has marshaled data against what it sees as a sustained use problem by payday loan borrowers and is “in the late stages” of drafting rules to limit payday loan borrowing, according to Director Cordray’s remarks prepared for today’s field...
In This Issue: - High Court Mulls if Amazon Must Pay for Worker Security Checks - Silicon Valley Class-Action Accuses Executives of Hiring Collusion - EEOC Issues New Guidelines for Religious Bias as Complaints Rise - Boeing Will End Non-Union...
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta for illegal tipping. Mr. Gupta was convicted of conspiracy and three substantive counts of securities fraud, centered on furnishing illegal tips to...
In Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp., the Delaware Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Court of Chancery’s decision that the more deferential business judgment rule standard of review, rather than an entire fairness standard of review, applies to...
Football players are employees of Northwestern University and can unionize, the National Labor Relations Board said in a ruling released Wednesday that is expected to reverberate throughout the country.
The reality is this: police departments across California are increasingly considering using body cameras to assist officers in in their investigations, in the apprehension of dangerous criminals, and for one other very important reason — to protect...
In This Issue: Discovery Special Masters Can Streamline the Discovery Process and How to Customize Commercial Arbitration. Excerpt from Discovery Special Masters Can Streamline the Discovery Process - The emergence of electronically stored...
On March 19, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved for publication in the Federal Register a request for public comment on swap data reporting requirements under Part 45 of the CFTC’s regulations. The request was developed by a CFTC...
Lawyers are classic pessimists, cynics and skeptics. It takes all types, but once in a while you have to check yourself and be sure you’re not losing faith right before you make that big breakthrough… especially when it comes to increasing your...
