David Letterman once joked that there was a graph in USA Today that showed that 3 out of 4 Americans made up 75% of the population. Stating the obvious can be a waste of time. Speaking of stating the obvious, a study in the Journal of Finance finds...
Employers, beware: a recent rash of class action suits regarding Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations, specifically regarding disclosure provisions, poses new compliance requirements for materials you distribute to prospective employees. A...
Can you get a sense of place from listening to a song? In an article in the Financial Times (FT), entitled “The Life of a Song – Georgia On My Mind”, Mike Hobart wrote that when you “combine Stuart Gorrell’s lyrics with Hoagy Carmichael’s music… the...
Offshore e-commerce service providers should make themselves aware of changes to Japanese law that affect their operations. Pursuant to a recent amendment of the Consumption Tax Act, a new Registration of Foreign Business Operator system has been...
As the Federal Cable Communications Commission gets ready to adopt a new rule on how to modernize the definition of a multichannel video programming distributor to include companies that provide video via the public Internet, localities need to take...
The recent formal opinion by The State Bar of California advises that an attorney’s ethical duties extend to possessing a basic understanding of eDiscovery and electronically stored information (ESI), in cases that involve eDiscovery and ESI. This...
Not infrequently, a former director may seek to have his attorney fees advanced in two pending matters, only one of which is covered by a corporation’s advancement obligations. An example would be an SEC action coupled with a separate criminal case....
On Monday, August 10, the Fourth Circuit rejected the application of the “manager rule” in the Title VII context, finding it “would discourage . . . employees from voicing concerns about workplace discrimination.”...
Currently, Thailand ranks 31st place on the World Economic Forum's "Competitiveness Rankings" and 30th place on the 2015 IMD World Competitiveness Scoreboard. It is understood that the Law Reform Commission (LRC) of Thailand researched how this...
