Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Marvin A. Kirsner | January 23, 2018
The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act adds a provision to the tax code which disallows a deduction for amounts paid to settle a sexual harassment or abuse claim if that settlement includes a nondisclosure agreement. Section 162(q) to the Internal Revenue Code now disallows a deduction for any payment “related to sexual harassment or abuse if such settlement or payment is subject to a nondisclosure agreement.”
By Erin Mulvaney | January 22, 2018
Federal agencies are waiting and watching how the U.S. Supreme Court decides a major new challenge to the lawfulness of the SEC's administrative law judges.
By Matt Bell and Mike Casey | January 19, 2018
In the first part of this article, we examined the counterintuitive nature of self-reporting sanctions violations, the penalties that sanctions violators face in the United Kingdom and the United States, and the U.K.'s self-disclosure framework. In part two, we analyze how the self-reporting regime functions in the United States.
By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante | January 19, 2018
This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) served a hundred 7-Eleven stores nationwide with notices of inspection and detained twenty-one undocumented workers. ICE will require the 7-Eleven stores to produce documents showing 7-Eleven required work authorizations from their employees.
By Ben Hancock | January 18, 2018
As more tech workers turn to internal chat apps and message boards to talk about social issues, companies face new legal risks and evidence challenges in litigation.
By Erin Mulvaney | January 16, 2018
"It would also be permissible for the EEOC to decide never to issue such regulations, or for the EEOC to study the issue for several years before commencing a new rulemaking," the U.S. Justice Department said on behalf of the EEOC.
By Ben Hancock | January 12, 2018
Nonequity shareholder Dawn Knepper alleges male shareholders are paid, on average, $110,000 more than women shareholders.
By Erin Mulvaney | January 10, 2018
The rise in class action settlements and federal government workplace litigation last year is expected to soften as the Trump administration's takeover settles in, according to Seyfarth Shaw's annual workplace litigation report.
By Erin Mulvaney | January 8, 2018
"One can debate how best to address this important societal issue—but the class allegations here are not the right vehicle for that debate," Microsoft's lawyers at Orrick say in their opposition to class certification.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Shain Khoshbin and Aaron Dilbeck | January 5, 2018
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is a federal statute that provides for not only criminal liability, but also civil liability, when a person…
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