Rebekah Mintzer

August 23, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

There's plenty in the way of finance and logistics to worry about when closing down a retail store, but companies can't forget to take employment law into consideration.

By Rebekah Mintzer

9 minute read

August 18, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

A new Massachusetts law enacted this month banning employers from asking about job applicants' previous salary histories with the aim of reducing the gender pay gap presents new challenges for employers in the state and may be influential, labor and employment law experts say.

By Rebekah Mintzer

9 minute read

August 15, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

In June we recognized four companies as Corporate Counsel's Best Legal Departments. We also found much to admire in other nominees. This is the second installment of articles about 2016's finalists.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

August 15, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The legal team at Honeywell International Inc. is helping the Morris Plains, New Jersey-based manufacturing and technology company fix environmental problems rooted in its past.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

August 15, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The lawyers at San Jose-based e-commerce company eBay Inc., led by GC Marie Oh Huber, proved their mettle in many ways last year. Perhaps the most impressive work by the company's 55 U.S. attorneys was their support of major deals.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

August 15, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Aon plc, the London-based risk and human resources company, has a legal department with an impressively global perspective. And that may come as no surprise.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

August 04, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The Obama administration wants federal agencies to disclose more information about how their work affects climate change, in new guidance that was six years in the making and has spurred legal and economic concerns. Environmental groups are hailing the new disclosures, published by the White House Council on Environmental Quality, while others contend the climate-change analysis could thwart new business and infrastructure projects and provide fodder for litigation.

By Rebekah Mintzer

7 minute read

August 03, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The U.S. Department of Labor announced this week that it has partnered with Subway to help ensure the sandwich maker's franchises comply with wage-and-hour laws. But the agreement the department inked with the world's largest franchisor has raised concern among labor lawyers who say it potentially exposes the company to labor violations committed by its franchisees under the broad "joint employer" standard the National Labor Relations Board has promulgated.

By Rebekah Mintzer

9 minute read

August 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

In a setback for the EEOC, an appeals court has ruled that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is not a cognizable claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

By Rebekah Mintzer

5 minute read

July 25, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

In a batch of letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission, businesses have pushed back against efforts to make them disclose their environmental impact and stances on public policy matters.

By Rebekah Mintzer

5 minute read