As global enforcement becomes a reality, companies face a unique set of risks which can be mind-numbing in complications. With the long-arm reach of the FCPA, UK Bribery Act and other anti-corruption laws, more enforcement actions are focusing on...
As part of preliminary settlement, concert promoter Live Nation may dish out free concert tickets and discounts to hundreds of thousands concertgoers who attended shows at a New Jersey amphitheater from 2003 to 2011.
The changes to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), including the introduction of the new Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), significantly increase the obligations imposed on an offshore parent or related entity that collects or deals with personal...
Two men who allegedly pilfered items from Paul Walker's crash scene have been charged with felony grand theft in addition to two misdemeanors. But what exactly did the two thieves steal to warrant a grand theft charge?......
Effective January 1, 2014, Oregon employers subject to the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) must allow eligible employees to take up to two weeks of unpaid leave to deal with the death of a family member....
In a decision of significance to the distressed claims trading community, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in In re KB Toys Inc. recently held that any risk or “cloud” of disallowance under the Bankruptcy Code resulting from a creditor’s...
Long ago, I had the temerity to write about Delaware’s statutes concerning stockholder consents, Delaware’s Inadequate Protection of Shareholders When Action Is Taken by Consent, 11 Bus. Law. Update 4 (1991). The law of stockholder consents in...
On December 12, 2013, the Oregon Supreme Court issued its decision in Tektronix, Inc. v. Oregon Dep’t. of Revenue. The court held that the taxpayer’s receipts from the sale of goodwill, making up a part of the sale of a business division, were...
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employers do not need to pay overtime to salespersons who are customarily and regularly engaged in making sales away from the employer's place of business....
Canada’s long awaited anti-spam law (CASL) comes into force as of July 1, 2014. CASL takes the approach of forbidding almost all unsolicited commercial electronic messages (CEMs) and generally speaking, requires intended recipients of CEMs to provide...
