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Corporate - November, 2019

293 articles

• NLRB Swats Aside Unit Challenge In Precedent-Shifting Case
• Facebook Users Win Injunctive Class Cert. In Data Breach Suit
• Mobile Org To Fix 'Deeply Flawed' Standards After DOJ Probe
• NCAI's Ex-GC Says News Sites 'Ruined' His Legal Career
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Layoffs Blocked Pending Arbitration
• US Trade Rep Readies Potential Action On French Digital Tax
• 3 Noteworthy ERISA Preemption Battles From 2019
• How Sustainable Lending Is Financing A Greener Future
• Mitigating The Impact Of A Data Investigation
• Why The FBI's Former Top Lawyer Now Embraces Encryption
• 2nd Circ. Fraud Decision Offers Lessons For FX Dealers
• Chicago's Minimum Wage Set To Reach $15 By 2021
• Supreme Court's Newest Cases Add Fuel To Explosive Term
• Battle Looms Over SEC's Proxy, Shareholder Proposals
• 3 Places Overbilling May Be Lurking
• 5 Nightmares Before Christmas: True Holiday Party Tales
• Biggest EU Data Breaches Generated €402M In Fines In 2019
• Walmart Workers Score Cert. In OT, Wage Statement Suit
• Man 'Harassing' MGM Attys Is No Robert De Niro, Judge Says
• Legal Diversity Org Names Crowell & Moring Atty As Chair
• Ex-Bumble Bee CEO's Mistrial Bid Flops In Price-Fixing Case
• Online Privacy Bill Calls For Fines, Consumers' Right To Sue
• AIG Must Cover Office Depot's $78M Settlement, 9th Circ. Told
• Jiffy Lube Can't Slip Claims Over No-Poach Franchise Deals
• Breaking Down Elon Musk's 'Pedo Guy' Defamation Trial
• Ex-MiMedx Execs Charged With Cooking Biotech Co.'s Books
• Google Accused Of Monopolization By Media Advertising Co.
• Fox V. Netflix Ruling Strengthens Employment Contracts
• Tech Giants Back Student Visa Extension As Economic Boon
• McDonald's Franchisee Settles NYC Scheduling Claims
• Mitsubishi North America Taps Ex-Nissan Atty As New GC
• New Views On Corporate Purpose Miss The Mark
• 7 Key Steps For FLSA Employee Classification Audits
• Xerox Slams HP's Refusal To Entertain $33B Takeover Bid
• Atty Lied In Hyundai Construction's CAA Case, DOJ Says
• Fox Nears Order Blocking Netflix From Poaching Execs
• Japanese CBS Exec Sues Over 'Intolerant, Biased Workplace'
• Stalled E-Privacy Reform Needs Fresh Take: Hogan Lovells
• 4 Ways Congress May Change Tax Rules For Cryptocurrencies
• 5 State Marijuana Mandates Throwing Employers For A Loop
• CFIUS Report Shows Trump Admin's Push To Curb Risky M&A
• EEOC Roundup: $1M In Deals, Including Sex Harassment Suit
• Apple Strikes Deal With Treasury Over Sanctions Lapse
• Ex-Marketing Exec Cops To Embezzling $22M For Poker, Debts
• Book Review: Who's To Blame For The Broken Legal System?
• AI In Hiring: Legislative Responses And Litigation Potential
• Investors Win Closer Look At Looming $30B CBS-Viacom Deal
• Considerations For Structuring Sustainability-Linked Loans
• Wash. Ruling Highlights States' Clashing Securities Decisions
• Cybersecurity Due Diligence Strategies For M&A Transactions
• Tesla Pushes Court To Dismiss Investor Suit Over Musk Tweet
• Insider Trading Verdict Backed By Evidence, 1st Circ. Rules
• 15 Minutes With Citizens Financial Group's General Counsel
• McDonald's Strikes $26M Deal To End Wage Theft Class Action
• Ex-Nuke Exec Found Guilty In Russia-Linked FCPA Case
• Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Says He 'Had No Idea' About Price-Fixing
• Samsung Heavy To Pay $75M To Settle Petrobras Bribery Case
• GM's Bribery Suit Against Fiat Faces Bumpy Road In Court
• Contractors Exposed To Civil Suits Under New Reporting Rule
• Why Litigation Funders Are Getting Into University Patents
• Cannabis Corner: Recruiting In-House Marijuana Attorneys
• Intel Unveils Diversity Demands For Law Firms It Hires
• DOL Contractor Watchdog Won't Use EEOC Pay Data Survey
• Del. M&A Case Clamps Down On MLP General Partner Liability
• Pepsi, Retirees Agree To End Battle Over Pension Benefits
• The Art Of Drafting Executive Employment Agreements: Part 2
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Google-Oracle High Court Fight Threatens Fair Use Ecosystem
• Fed. Circ. Tosses VirnetX's $600M Award In Apple Patent Fight
• 7 Questions For London Stock Exchange's Global GC
• Calif. Restaurant Group Sues Over Berkeley Natural Gas Ban
• Trump's Year-End Agenda Targets Exec Visas, Asylum Rules
• Monster CEO Defends Use Of Juice Maker's Likeness, Story
• Ex-Monsanto Scientist Stole Trade Secrets For China: Feds
• $11.5M Postmates Driver Deal In PAGA Suit Needs More Info
• CFPB Eyes Changes To Consent Order Termination Process
• New Barnes & Noble Owner 'Purged' Older Workers, Suit Says
• Apple, Intel Fight Alleged Backer Of 'Meritless Patent' Scheme
• Snap Investors Win Cert. In IPO Class Action
• Ex-Sears GC Moves To Lewis Brisbois' Employment Group
• UK Probing Hasbro's $4B Buy Of Entertainment One
• DOJ Can't DQ Munger Tolles In Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Fight
• German Auto Giants Hit With €100M Fine For Steel-Buying Plot
• McDonald's Workers Serve Up Suit Over Violent Customers
• The Art Of Drafting Executive Employment Agreements: Part 1
• Pelosi Casts Doubt On Holding NAFTA 2.0 Vote This Year
• Contractors Shouldn't Panic Over Record OFCCP Recoveries
• 3 Ways US Cos. Can Take Advantage Of Tariff Exclusions
• SEC Proposals Could Be Game Changing For Proxy Process
• Apple, Cisco Must Redo Fee Requests In 'Reckless' IP Fight
• Xerox Prepared To Go Hostile With $33B HP Takeover Bid
• Amazon Home Security Raises Privacy Concerns, Dems Say
• Disclosure, Transparency Regs Headline DOL Benefits Agenda
• UAW President Resigns After Union Moves To Oust Him
• EEOC Jumps On Joint Employer Regulation Bandwagon
• Amazon Seeks To Snuff Out Cuban Charcoal 'Trafficking' Suit
• Worker Classification Bid 'Makes No Sense,' Pa. Justice Says
• 9th Circ. Autiodialer Definition Too Broad, Trade Orgs Say
• EEOC Gets $486M For Bias Victims, Cuts Backlog In FY2019
• Why Your Company Isn't Too Big For Litigation Funding
• Restaurant.com CEO Hit With Suit Over 'Self-Interested' Acts
• Trump Begins Approving US Sales To Blacklisted Huawei
• Ex-JPMorgan Trader Found Guilty Of Forex Price-Fixing
• Warren Bill Presents Powerful Headwinds For Private Equity
• GM Hits Fiat Chrysler With RICO Suit Over UAW Bribes
• Senate Democrats Unveil Sweeping Privacy Bill Framework
• Sens. Prod Zuckerberg: Why Keep Tracking User Locations?
• Ex-Executives Ran JFK Airport Bribery Scheme, NY AG Says
• Biz Groups Back US Bank In Supreme Court Pension Fight
• EEOC Trumps NLRB On Worker Speech Concerns
• Musk Can't Avoid Trial In 'Pedo Guy' Defamation Suit
• House Dems Unveil New Tax Credits In Green Energy Package
• Citing Oath, Judge Sends Former Och-Ziff Exec To Prison
• 2nd Circ. Revives Ex-Bank Employee's Race, Gender Bias Suit
• Trump's Tariff Powers Take A Glancing Blow From Trade Court
• 7 Steps For Managing Private Equity Whistleblower Risk
• How To Hire Lateral Partners More Effectively
• KPMG Owes College Nothing For Missing $4.1M Fraud
• The EEOC Should Continue To Collect Pay Data
• What's Changed A Year After PTAB Claim Construction Swap
• Ex-GC Accused Of Covering Up Poor Work From Outside Firm
• FBI, Secret Service Warn Of Targeted Ransomware
• Drivers Say DoorDash Circumventing Arbitration Rules
• Del. Justices Say Chancery Didn't Bungle $170M Merger Call
• Auditor Calls On DOL To Process Guest-Worker Apps Faster
• DOJ Will Move To Kill Decades-Old Film Studio Rules
• Ex-Xerox Exec Loses Bid To Toss 16-Year-Old Gag Order
• $1.6M Neiman Marcus Breach Deal Approved On 2nd Try
• Calif. AG Sues Juul Over Advertising To Teens
• Aviation Watch: No Winners In Boeing-Airbus Trade Feud
• Shell Taps GCs For Downstream, Global Litigation
• MGA Ruling Guides On Time Limits For Trade Secret Claims
• High Court's Pass On 1 SEC Case Offers Insight Into Another
• DOJ Says Tech Platform Inquiry Could Go Beyond Antitrust
• Judge Caps Insys Exec's 'Astronomical' Nixon Peabody Tab
• 15 Minutes With Hormel Foods' General Counsel
• Amazon Illegally Storing Biometric Data, Ill. Suit Says
• FTC Clears Bristol-Myers' $74B Celgene Buy With Drug Sale
• Recently Reversed: How J&J, Avis & LG Toppled Big Verdicts
• Redbox Won't Sell Disney Movie Download Codes Anymore
• 5 Takeaways As DOJ Finds Footing In FCA Dismissal Crusade
• House, Senate Reach Deal To Unite Robocall Legislation
• SEC Whistleblower Office Nets $2B Sanctions After Slower '19
• How New Justice Blazed Trail From Miss. To Del.'s Top Court
• The Coming Storm Of Biometric Privacy Laws: How To Comply
• NLRB Ruling Further Clarifies Employer Handbook Standards
• SEC's Cognizant Bribe Suit Paused Amid Criminal Case
• IP Hires: Haynes And Boone, Fish, Neal Gerber, Baker Botts
• Spotify, Apple Agree To Fund New Music Royalties Collective
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• High Court To Hear Google-Oracle Smartphone War
• Law Firm's Nondisparagement Pact Illegal, NLRB Memo Says
• Icahn Loses 'Novel' Chancery Doc Bid Amid Proxy Fight
• Amazon Plans To Fight Microsoft's Win Of $10B JEDI Contract
• Facebook Says Gov't Demands For User Data At All-Time High
• Boeing Mechanics Sue NLRB For Grounding Bargaining Unit
• Atlanta Atty, Ex-Investment Cos. GC Cops To $40M Fraud
• Bipartisan Senate Bill Takes Aim At FMLA 'Marriage Penalty'
• HHS Looking Into Google Health Data Project
• DC Circ. Ponders If Chevron Saves Group Health Plan Rule
• Two Chinese Ex-Herbalife Execs Charged With Bribery
• Wells Fargo GC Who Served As Interim CEO To Depart
• The Coming Storm Of Biometric Privacy Laws: What To Expect
• Comcast Bias Suit A Bad Way To Make Law, Arguments Show
• 7th Circ. Rulings Clarify ADA Obesity Standard For Employers
• California's 'Woman Quota' For Boards Is Illegal, Investor Says
• NY Hits Tech Retailer B&H With Tax Dodge Suit Over Rebates
• McKinsey Says Ex-Partner Took Secrets To Rival Accenture
• Truckers Launch First Challenge To Calif. Gig Economy Law
• Chancery Badly Bungled Stock Fix Ruling, Del. Justices Told
• Ex-StarKist Exec Admits Lying To FBI About Tuna Price-Fixing
• Dollar Tree Gets 1,600 Workers Dropped From Wage Class
• MetLife Hit With Gender Bias, Pay Suit From Former Exec
• Fish & Richardson Lands Ex-Microsoft Counsel For IP Team
• DOL, DHS Finalize Tests For Recruiting H-2B Visa Workers
• NCAI Says News Articles Didn't Defame Former GC
• Ex-Immunomedics Brass Must Face Del. Suit Over $250M Deal
• NLRB Top Cop Says Canning Rude Workers Should Be Easier
• DOD Clarifies Contractor Cybersecurity Certification Process
• Justices May Nix Ruling That OK'd Bias Suit Against Comcast
• US Bank Tells Justices Retirees Have 'No Stake' In ERISA Row
• Texas Could Take Page From Mass.'s Judicial Selection Book
• Pepsi Didn't Steal Super Bowl Ad, Judge Says
• Ex-StarKist Exec Admits Price-Fix In Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Trial
• Square, Apple Pay Alum Is New GC At Pet Care Financing Co.
• NJ College Ex-GC Must Face Claim Over Improper Side Gigs
• Justices Say US Can Back Intel Workers At ERISA Arguments
• McDonald's Worker Sues Over 'Systemic' Sexual Harassment
• How GC Belt-Tightening May Hit Your Firm
• Judging A Book: McKeown Reviews 'Conversations With RBG'
• 15 Minutes With The Chicago Cubs' General Counsel
• Trump Will Raise Tariffs 'Substantially' If China Talks Falter
• In A Trade War, Everyone Loses
• High Court Passes On BNSF Disability Bias Case
• German Report May Be Road Map For Future AI Regulation
• Steering The Unicorn: Tips For Working With Startups
• 4 Tips For Handling Requests For Animals In The Workplace
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
• WeWork, Execs Hit With Derivative Suit After SoftBank Rescue
• Union Fee Notices Can Include Percentages, NLRB Attys Say
• DOJ Wants To Close T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Review
• Facebook Enters Uncharted Legal Waters With Spyware Suit
• Ex-GC Of Thiel Venture Fund Says Director Lied To Investors
• High Court Ruling Against SEC A Boon For Defendants
• Looking Back At Chief Justice Strine's Sharpest One-Liners
• Constitutionality Ruling's Aftermath: A PTAB Perspective
• NLRB Ethics Report Coming Soon, Chair Tells Concerned Dem
• SEC's Cognizant Bribe Suit May Mean Differing Rulings
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• A Better Specific Jurisdiction Test For Cross-Border Discovery
• 3 Key Insurance Rulings Attorneys Should Know This Fall
• New Laws, Labor Market Make Holiday Hiring Tougher In 2019
• Trump's Muscling Has WTO Legal System On The Brink
• Ex-Uber Exec Asks Gov't To Clarify Claims In Google Dispute
• 2 Fed. Circ. Judges Slam Post-Arthrex PTAB Do-Overs
• 9th Circ. Denies Cleaning Co.'s Bid To Revisit Dynamex
• Marsh & McLennan Unit Taps New Legal, Compliance Head
• NY Data Security Law To Make State A More Active Enforcer
• DACA's Uncertainty At High Court Leaves Employers On Edge
• New Report Shows Feds' Nuanced Approach To Contractors
• Del. Legislature Gives Green Light To Post-Strine-Era Court
• Judge Skeptical Facebook Can Shield Data From Mass. Probe
• T-Mobile-Sprint Deal Critics 'Ignore Benefits,' DOJ Says
• SEC Lacks Data To Expand Private Offerings, Committee Told
• Motorola Tells Jury Rival Needed Its Secrets To Make Radio
• Justices Urged To Tackle SunEdison Case After IBM Ruling
• Country Club GC Booted From EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
• 2 Post-Kisor Rulings Show Auer Deference Isn't Extinct
• All Work, No Pay: HHS Sues Gilead Over HIV-Prevention IP
• Wells Fargo Hit With $200M Jury Verdict In USAA Patent Case
• Alsup Floats Embedding Data Breach Monitor At Facebook
• 3 Int'l Patent Policy Developments Attys Should Know
• CVS Can't Stop Ex-Honcho Moving To Amazon, 1st Circ. Hears
• Walmart Atty Tapped For Ark. Court Seat Lists $644K Assets
• 7th Circ. Rejects Janus' Bid For Refund Of Union Fees
• Under Armour Hit With Suit After Admitting SEC Probe
• Feds Ordered To Hand Over Docs To Ex-Theranos CEO
• Amazon Beats Muslim Ex-Manager's Bias Claims At Trial
• 2 FTC Cases Take A Stand Against Online Endorsement Fraud
• What US Cos. Should Know About EU Whistleblower Reform
• Where A Litigator's Advice Can Improve Agreement Drafting
• Facebook Dragging Its Feet On Privacy Probe, Calif. Says
• High Court's Disgorgement Ruling Could Curb SEC Authority
• Charter Accused Of Firing VP Over LGBTQ Advocacy
• CoreLogic Taps MoneyGram GC As New Chief Legal Officer
• Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: IBM Workers' Stock-Drop Suit
• Ex-Bumble Bee CEO's Attorney Rips Into Tearful Key Witness
• Silicon Valley Dems Unveil Bill Creating US Privacy Agency
• CEO's Letters Didn't Sway IP Win Over Apple, Fed. Circ. Told
• Calif. Labor Dept. Hits Trader Joe's, Others With $1.6M Fine
• New Internal Debt Rules Could Hamper Tax Enforcement
• US Tariffs Led To $35B Loss For Chinese Exporters, UN Says
• Disney's $2M Deal Over OT, Incentive Pay Gets Green Light
• SEC Disgorgement Could Survive A High Court Defeat
• DOL Floats Fluctuating Workweek, Vet Health Care Rules
• AT&T Shells Out $60M In Deal With FTC Over Data Throttling
• Walgreens Calls $300M Suit 'Monday-Morning Quarterbacking'
• In-House Attys Leaning Into Alternative Services To Cut Costs
• What Will Calif. Privacy Law's 'Do Not Sell' Button Look Like?
• Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Ordered Price-Fix, Tearful Witness Says
• Dukes Doesn't Nix Microsoft Pay Bias Class, 9th Circ. Told
• Takeaways From McDonald's CEO's Ouster For Office Liaison
• Ex-Theranos CEO Claims FDA Destroyed Key Evidence
• NJ AG To Keep Privacy Pressure On As Breach Reports Drop
• 6th Circ. Calls On Pa. High Court In Amazon FLSA Suit
• 3 Questions About Boeing's Growing 737 Max Legal Tangles
• Hogan Lovells Wants To Be On Companies' Crisis Call List
• IRS To Examine Biz Returns For Repatriation Tax Compliance
• Goldman Sachs Boosts Parental Leave To 20 Weeks
• Under Armour Confirms DOJ, SEC Probes As Earnings Slip
• Google-Fitbit Deal Needs Close Scrutiny, Key House Dem Says
• Justices Decline Review Of Staples' $14M Md. Tax Assessment
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To SEC's International Reach
• The SEC Should Do More To Fix Proxy Voting Process
• 9th Circ. Ruling Stresses Need For Arbitrator Bias Disclosures
• Flat-Fee Legal Billing Can Liberate Attorneys
• 15 Minutes With Bausch Health's General Counsel
• Surveying The Fallout From The PTAB Constitutionality Ruling
• NLRB Seeks Extra Info In Break-Room Camera Dispute
• Appalachian Power Co. Beats EEOC's Sex Harassment Suit
• NLRB To Kick Some 'Unilateral Change' Fights To Arbitrators
• CFTC Accused Of Withholding Docs About 'Secret' Kraft Deal
• Pot Retailer Taps Ex-Aon Compliance Chief For Top Legal Post
• 4 International Rulings Patent Attorneys Should Know
• Huawei Ban's Compliance Rules Too Taxing For Contractors
• Spoliation Rule Remains Ambiguous Despite Amendments
• FTC Dems Hint At Tougher Stance On 'Unfair Competition'
• Del. Justices Nix Investor Appeal In Failed Quantlab Coup
• Calif. Court Revives Veeva's Push To Void Noncompetes
• Chancery OKs Paring Ex-Heartland CEO's Legal Fees
• Welch Fights Rehiring Worker Accused Of Sex Harassment
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• End Attorney Fee Trophy Hunting In Securities Litigation