Rebekah Mintzer

March 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission broke new ground on Tuesday when it announced it was bringing its first ever suits alleging sexual orientation discrimination as sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

March 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

A "supply chain issue" sounds fairly harmless, but what was actually happening at the Denver-based, fast-casual food company was anything but.

By Rebekah Mintzer

14 minute read

March 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Chipotle might be the highest-profile company under investigation by the DOJ for distributing contaminated food, but it's not the only one.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

February 29, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

According to a 2013 estimate by the International Labour Organization, 168 million underage children still work around the world, often in harsh conditions. A trade law signed by President Obama last week could help stomp out this exploitation.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

February 29, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The most sickening foodbourne illness scandals of recent years.

By Rebekah Mintzer

1 minute read

February 29, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The Chipotle E. coli scandal dramatizes how problems in a food company's supply chain can quickly spread to the very top.

By Rebekah Mintzer

13 minute read

February 26, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

It looks like Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. will be coming to Apple's defense in court.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

February 25, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The ride-hailing company's critics say it needs stricter background checks on prospective drivers.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

February 23, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates set tongues wagging in the tech world and beyond on Monday when he seemingly broke rank with the company he created as well as most of Silicon Valley on a major digital privacy issue.

By Rebekah Mintzer

4 minute read

February 22, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Manny Pacquiao got some bad news this week when Nike Inc. decided to nix its multimillion-dollar sponsorship of the boxer because of homophobic comments he made while running for political office in his native Philippines. Legally speaking, how did Nike wiggle out of the endorsement?

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read