The bad news: It’s Monday. The good news: The JD Supra Corporate Brief is here. The legal news: below… The Supreme Court likes arbitration. A lot (Pepper Hamilton) This overview of new IRS guidance on “minimum value, affordability, and wellness programs” under Obamacare is a must-read for all employers (Mintz Levin) How to respond to… Read more »
Keeping up with the Joneses is a whole lot easier when you read the JD Supra Corporate Brief every morning: There is no way to keep your company from being hacked. So you need to be prepared… (LXBN) Fasten your seat belts: the road ahead for global economic growth will be bumpy… (Bennett Jones) Corporate… Read more »
U.S. regulators just took the fight against bribery and corruption to a new arena: Wall Street. Attorneys John Goselin and Mauro Wolfe of Duane Morris explain: “On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed extraordinary criminal charges against two registered representatives of a U.S. broker-dealer and a… Read more »
Another day, another JD Supra Corporate Brief. Ain’t life grand? More regulation equals more benefits for global businesses (Reed Smith) Planning to buy cloud-based services? Read this first (Sands Anderson) The EEOC just settled its first ever complaint alleging genetic discrimination under GINA (but it probably won’t be the last…) (Proskauer) Our view: any rule… Read more »
How to get a head start on the day’s business law news at the click of a button? Sign up for email delivery of the JD Supra Corporate Brief: Want to know how your company’s internal compliance reporting compares to that of corporations around the globe? Read this 19-page report… (NAVEX Global) Hey look –… Read more »
Briefcase? Check. Coffee? Check. JD Supra Corporate Brief? Check. Let the commute begin! The draft “Gang of Eight” immigration bill proposes higher limits on foreign workers in exchange for more regulation of employers (but that’s not all…) (Franczek Radelet) Should insider traders be punished for their actions, or for the profits they made through the… Read more »
Taking the A Train into the office? Take the JD Supra Corporate Brief with you: How to lead a corporation in crisis? Go light on the consensus building and democratic decision-making… (Bloomberg Law) Is your anti-corruption compliance program as good as Ralph Lauren’s? (Polsinelli) Counterfeit electronic parts in the supply chain are a problem for… Read more »
In-house lawyers, this brief’s for you… Our latest feature: the JD Supra Corporate Brief – a daily wrap-up of timely law news, compiled with in-house counsel in mind. Read it here on the Corporate Law Report every morning, or get it delivered directly to your email. As always, we’d love to hear what you think.… Read more »
For your convenience, here’s a roundup of recent legal commentary and analysis on a broad range of issues facing companies doing business in and with China, on data privacy and protection, merger control regulations, employment law, intellectual property, corruption, and more: Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Issues Draft Provisions Governing Protection of Personal… Read more »
Earlier this month, the bipartisan “Group of Eight” – Senate Republicans John McCain, Jeff Flake, Marco Rubio, and Lindsey Graham, and Democrats Charles Schumer, Dick Durbin, Robert Menendez, and Michael Bennet – introduced their long-awaited immigration reform bill. From Jennifer Roeper of law firm Fowler White Boggs: “The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization… Read more »
Do business in Europe? Here’s a roundup of recent commentary and analysis on conducting business in Europe, including REACH regulations, patent classification, taxation, mobile apps, dawn raids, and more: Some clarification regarding challenges to REACH candidate listing (K&L Gates LLP): “In a series of recent judgments the EU General Court has given some guidance to companies… Read more »
Welcome to the latest edition of the Corporate Law Report. You know what to do: Watch the video overview above and, for any topics that interest you, go deeper with the legal analysis and commentary below>> 1. Gabelli v. SEC: Supreme Court in Gabelli: Clock Starts Ticking When Fraud Occurs, Not When It’s Discovered –… Read more »
“The [Straub] decision … highlights the very broad reach sought by US authorities for the FCPA, and the risk that foreign national executives may find themselves facing FCPA enforcement actions in the United States based on minimal contacts with the United States, including their use of electronic communications services based in or routed through the… Read more »
From online privacy, to revised labor laws, to health care considerations, and more … here’s a roundup of recent legal advisories covering a broad range of issues on doing business in the People’s Republic of China. For your reference: Privacy in China: New Rule to Protect Personal Information (Dechert LLP): “The Standing Committee of the… Read more »
“The European Network and Information Security Agency’s recent report on the cyber threat landscape highlights the vulnerability of network information system technologies, such as cloud computing and associated big data sets, where the concentration of vast amounts of data in few logical locations makes it an attractive target for cyber threat agents.” Do business in… Read more »
