Rebekah Mintzer

June 10, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

A federal appeals court on Friday shot down a challenge by Texas construction industry employers and small business owners to the National Labor Relations Board's so-called "quickie" election rules.

By Rebekah Mintzer

5 minute read

June 09, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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

By Rebekah Mintzer

13 minute read

June 08, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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 | Law.com

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

6 minute read

June 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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

4 minute read

June 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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

4 minute read

May 31, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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 | Corporate Counsel

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 | Corporate Counsel

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

By Rebekah Mintzer

9 minute read

May 25, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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