SPECIAL FOCUS: FTC Workshop on Native Advertising – The “Blurred Lines” Remain Fuzzy - The increased prevalence of online native advertising – commercial content designed with the look and feel of editorial comment – has sparked significant debate...
Recent guidance from the SEC provides clarity for advisers to venture capital funds on the permissibility of a number of common practices in the venture capital industry under the VC Exemption. Specifically, the guidance indicates that the SEC Staff...
The Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc., decision continues to add fuel to the fire as the trend of class-action lawsuits by unpaid interns against their employers grows. In Glatt, the interns performed administrative office duties for a...
On December 10, the CFPB released a consent order with a federal savings association, pursuant to which the bank will refund approximately $34 million to more than one million credit card holders who were enrolled in deferred-interest financing for...
On December 11, Judge Goodman issued a 41-page ruling claiming the zoning blueprints for the Hollywood Community Plan are "fatally flawed" and should be repealed. Causing a serious setback to the City’s development and growth plans, Goodman said city...
On Monday, November 25, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) issued final rules amending its Regulation Z (Truth In Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing) in accordance with the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall...
The Sixth Circuit recently published a case, Rochow v. Life Insurance Company of North America, clarifying several points of law as they relate to damages from a claim made under the Employment Retirement Income and Security Act ("ERISA"). Most...
On December 12, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its preliminary report on the use of arbitration clauses in consumer financial products and services. The preliminary report focuses on arbitration clauses in effect from...
Industrial accidents killed more than 4,000 Americans in 2011 and injured thousands more. To help ensure that all workers have a safe work environment, employers are required to follow Georgia law and federal regulations, such as the Occupational...
As 2013 comes to an end, we have been considering a number of workplace issues that employers might face at the end of the year and the beginning of the holiday season. Part six of our year-end holiday series explains how to handle employees’...
