Rebekah Mintzer

June 09, 2016 |

Business groups, in friend-of-court brief, back the media company in D.C. Circuit fight.

By Rebekah Mintzer

12 minute read

June 08, 2016 |

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has once again brought civil fraud charges against an alleged abuser of the EB-5 immigrant investor program, which offers U.S. visas to foreigners who invest in U.S.-based development projects that meet certain standards, including job creation.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

June 03, 2016 |

Companies and their leaders need to tread carefully to ensure that their personal political activities don't become dangerously entwined with the corporation in a way that breaks the law, or even just hurts the company's reputation.

By Rebekah Mintzer

5 minute read

June 01, 2016 |

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has dealt famed financier Lynn Tilton a setback in her constitutional challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's use of in-house administrative courts.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

June 01, 2016 |

Companies that don't use “generally accepted accounting principles” (GAAP) when reporting their financials better be on their toes. They may hear from a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission internal task force.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

May 31, 2016 |

Creative Artists Agency accuses United Talent Agency of inducing 11 prominent CAA agents to break their employment contracts and take their talents and big-name Hollywood clients, such as Will Ferrell, over to rival UTA.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

May 31, 2016 |

Companies can't force workers to waive their ability to bring class actions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled last week.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

May 25, 2016 |

The civil lawsuit is the first wage-theft case Eric Schneiderman has brought that invokes “joint employer” liability.

By Rebekah Mintzer

8 minute read

May 25, 2016 |

Siemens Government Technologies Inc., which provides tech systems to support the U.S. government, recently welcomed Angeline Chen, former head of the legal department at shipbuilding company Marinette Marine Corp., as its new general counsel and chief compliance officer.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

May 23, 2016 |

After proving that a company violated labor laws, can the National Labor Relations Board force the wrongdoer to pay its costs and attorney fees as punishment? Not according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read