In a recent posting, Professor Stephen Bainbridge breaks down the question of whether breach of fiduciary duty claims by a shareholder may be brought as direct, rather than, derivative claims. The focus of his discussion is on breach of fiduciary...
On May 1, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order that prohibits the acquisition or installation in the United States of certain electrical equipment originating in countries designated as “foreign adversaries.” The Executive Order is broadly...
We previously wrote about the contract defenses that business may rely on when an epidemic or government orders impairs contractual performance and recently analyzed these defenses under California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New York, and North...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that contain nearly 5,000 different compounds. PFAS are ubiquitous and can be found in a variety of everyday products, including stain- and water-resistant fabrics and...
Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a qualifying business that receives a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan through the Small Business Administration (SBA) is generally allowed to receive forgiveness of an...
In its April 24, 2020, decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal (Court) quashed the Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) approval of a bitumen recovery project (Project) proposed by Prosper Petroleum Ltd. (Prosper). The Project would be located within 10 km...
On May 4, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published proposed significant new use rules (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMN) and are...
In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: Amazon VP quits over toxic culture of putting employees at risk. (NYT) Is Disney a strickened empire? (NYT) Bribery scheme for pension insurer. (WSJ) If you order a company to stay open, will it? (WaPo)...
Welcome to the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network, Compliance and Coronavirus. As the Voice of Compliance, I wanted to start a podcast which will help to bring both clarity and sanity to the compliance practitioner and compliance...
Mari Ryan is the CEO of Advancing Wellness and author of The Thriving Hive: How People-Centric Workplaces Ignite Engagement and Fuel Results. She joins Tom Fox on this week's show to discuss the role of employee wellbeing in a thriving business...
