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Corporate Counsel

AFL-CIO Sues to Make Employers Pay for Protective Gear

When OSHA inspected Union Tank Car Co. in 1996, the agency cited the railroad car repair business for requiring its workers to pay for safety gear such as boots and welding gloves. But when Union Tank Car challenged the citation, the agency's review commission tossed it out. The commission said...
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Passive Pressure

Most of us recognize passive-aggressive behavior. As you're making good time on the interstate and you hear from the passenger seat, "Honey, would you like to stop?" you know it is not a question. Woe unto him who answers, "no," and keeps driving. An hour and perhaps 70 miles later...
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Illinois AG Sues Cell Phone Spammers

When hundreds of Illinois residents received text messages asking them to sell their timeshare properties, they were at first puzzled. But their puzzlement quickly turned to anger when they realized their cell phone providers were charging them a fee for receiving the unsolicited messages. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan stepped...
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

A Smarter Alternative

It takes a lot to excite me. I blame the chilly English blood that courses through my veins for my general apathy. But a recent development had me doing back flips. It wasn't the birth of my first child in February. Nor was it the Chicago Bears getting to the...
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

California Grocers Challenge Worker Retention Law

In general employers are allowed to choose their workers. But that's not the case for Los Angeles grocery store owners. That's because last spring the city became one of several California cities to pass the controversial Grocery Worker Retention Ordinance. This law mandates that when a grocery store changes ownership,...
16 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Directors' Duties

Developed piecemeal through the years, the rules governing U.K. companies remained the statutory equivalent of a pocketful of cocktail napkin scribbles. A law about shareholder communications here, another about transactions there. The large body of common law was an enigmatic nightmare for in-house counsel. Parliament decided to alleviate the nightmare...
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

Offensive Measures

EEOC shifts its focus from individual complaints to cases of systemic discrimination.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Risky Reviews

Companies roll the dice with the DOJ's voluntary merger review process.
20 minute read

Corporate Counsel

502 Protection

Companies are skeptical that selective waiver will restore attorney-client privilege.
7 minute read

Inside Counsel

502 Protection

Companies are skeptical that selective waiver will restore attorney-client privilege.
17 minute read

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