By C. Ryan Barber | May 26, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a new challenge in the Ninth Circuit over the Obama-era agency's structure. Uber's paying tens of millions to drivers in New York who were shortchanged on the amount they received for rides. Lobbyists prepare to ramp up a new fight against against the Obama administration's retirement-savings rules that put a new focus on client interest ahead of profit. And Google employees are sharing workplace complaints on an anonymous bulletin board. This is a roundup of regulatory and compliance news from ALM and other publications.
By Scott Graham | May 25, 2017
Jurors found that former professors Douglas Shaw and Kirk Larson infringed the University of California's patents and used plant material owned by the university when starting their own business.
By Erin Mulvaney | May 25, 2017
The EEOC on Wednesday sued IXL Learning Inc. over claims the company violated federal law and retaliated against a transgender employee who'd posted anti-discrimination comments on the job recruiting website Glassdoor.com. The case could serve as the latest example showing how companies and courts are grappling with protections for employees as technology platforms evolve.
By Erin Mulvaney | May 23, 2017
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said a recent federal appeals court decision "institutionalizes" the gender pay gap by allowing employers to pay women less than men based on previous salaries.
By Todd Cunningham | May 19, 2017
The 19th century evidentiary rule could make it harder for Fox News employees to prove they were sexually harassed by the iconic conservative newsman Roger Ailes.
By Scott Graham | May 16, 2017
Evidence is complete and closing arguments begin Wednesday in the three-week trial.
By Marcia Coyle | May 16, 2017
The consequences of discrimination follow transgender students and their classmates into the legal profession, warned the American Bar Association in an amicus brief that urged a federal appellate court to find that such unfairness violates federal civil rights.
By Scott Graham | May 14, 2017
The judge has repeatedly raised the issue of whether to allow the jury to handle damages, which could hit $1.5 million.
By Rebecca Cohen | May 12, 2017
Larry Popofsky, a former head of Heller Ehrman who argued a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that shifted the course of antitrust law, died on May 9. Popofsky, senior counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Francisco, leaves behind an antitrust legacy that includes his son, Mark Popofsky, chair of Ropes & Gray's antitrust group.
By Ben Hancock | May 11, 2017
A federal judge has denied an attempt by Uber Technologies Inc. to route Google Inc.'s lawsuit over autonomous vehicle technology into private arbitration.
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