Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Second Circuit”) released a summary order and held that an employee’s “like” on Facebook can be protected by the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”)....
Third Circuit Heads in Opposite Directions Regarding the Doctrine of Equitable Mootness. In two recent opinions issued within a month of each other, Third Circuit judges have argued in favor of overturning, and then preserving, the Court’s “equitable...
FCA has held its MiFID 2 conference, and published two speeches from it. David Lawton, Director of Markets, Policy and International emphasised that: - everyone is still working towards MiFID 2 implementation on 3 January 2017. However, there are...
In 1920, U. S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that contractors "must turn square corners when they deal with the Government." That remains true today, and allegations in a recently-settled False Claims Act case illustrate the...
On October 12, Nossaman and UC Irvine hosted their first annual cyber symposium at the Los Angeles City Club. The event brought experts together to discuss a variety of critical issues in the worlds of privacy and data security. The event kicked...
PRA is consulting on its approach to identifying other systemically important institutions (O-SIIs). It sets out the proposed criteria and methodology derived from the Capital Requirements Directive and EBA Guidelines. In particular, it seeks views...
Recently, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill introduced to the California State Assembly earlier this year. The bill sought to require colleges to give a minimum two year suspension if a student was found guilty of sexual assault offenses...
Greenberg Glusker partner Glen Rothstein was quoted in “Big Pimpin' gets big win in copyright case” (Daily Journal, October 22, 2015). In the closely watched Fahmy v. Jay Z., complex issues of international copyright, and whether the 1999 Jay-Z...
It is often assumed that merely by registering an entity in Delaware as part of a business transaction that you have become subject to the jurisdiction of the Delaware courts. But as this decision points out, that is not as simple as you might think....
The Department of Defense (DoD) issued an interim cybersecurity rule in August 2015 that, among other things, revises the existing Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) cybersecurity clause and increases security and reporting...
