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Caltech Wins Praise for 'Impressive' Harassment Investigation

The California Institute of Technology has won praise for its legal handling of a harassment charge against a tenured professor—both for the openness of its investigation and the scope of its far-reaching results.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Report Shows 'Explosion' in Health Care Whistleblower Suits

There's been a steady increase in False Claims Act litigation in recent years, particularly in the health care industry. Recently released data confirms that whistleblower cases, as opposed to government investigations, have been the driving force behind this explosion in FCA cases.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

California Ruling Shows Pitfalls of 'Overworking' Your Employees

A recent ruling out of California shows that overtime practices that appear perfectly legal on first glance can give rise to liability if their cumulative impact pressures employees to work off the clock.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hollister Hit With Latest Class Action Over On-Call Scheduling

Employees brought a putative class action against the clothing company on Jan. 7, alleging it failed to properly compensate them for scheduled on-call shifts.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Report: Employers Coughing Up Big Bucks to Settle Class Actions

Companies can expect aggressive lawsuits from employees in 2016 after the past year saw workplace legal actions rise for the sixth straight year to a record high, according to an annual report from Seyfarth Shaw.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Got Employees Working Remotely Abroad? Make Sure You're Compliant

In some countries, there is a strong onus on employers to provide benefits and protect employees.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Survey of Women Finds Rampant Sexism in Tech. Can It Be Fixed?

Ellen Pao may have lost her gender discrimination case, but she did succeed in triggering a national conversation about women's treatment in the workplace, especially in the technology sector. On Monday, a group of Silicon Valley bigwigs released a survey that backs up Pao's claims and employment lawyers say that companies need to be taking firm stands against this sort of discrimination.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC Report: Big Data Can Mean Big Headaches for HR Departments

The rise of big data can mean big headaches for companies. According to a new report by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, its use by human resource departments can open companies up to employment discrimination claims.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Unpaid Break Policy Puts Company on the Hook for Damages

The bottom line? Pay your employees to pee.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

UPS GC: 'We Want to Be Problem Solvers, Not Issue Spotters'

Norman Brothers Jr. credits his experience as a former Army prosecutor with helping prepare him for being an in-house counsel. Now he's heading the legal department at global carrier UPS Inc. after the company moved chief legal officer Teri McClure to head of human resources on Jan. 1.
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