In the past, we have counseled our clients on steps they can take to avoid creating a “convincing mosaic” of employment discrimination. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals first discussed the convincing mosaic of discrimination more than 20 years...

Whereas organisations with no prior convictions generally faced fines of up to $550,000 (for a first offence) and $825,000 (for a second or subsequent offence) under the OHS Act, this has sky-rocketed to a maximum fine of $1.5 million for a Category...

Compensation committees composed of independent outside directors were created as the check-and-balance guardians against management compensation engorgement. But as the Roman philosopher Cicero famously posed, “Who guards the guards?”...

Maryland entities that voluntarily discover and disclose environmental violations can still receive penalty reductions, or even complete forgiveness, under the rarely invoked Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) self-disclosure policy....