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Corporate Counsel

Hairstyles and Anti-Discrimination Laws: What Employers Need to Know

California Senate Bill 188 would extend the definition of racial discrimination to include bias against hair textures and styles associated with race and ethnicity while the New York City Human Rights Commission in February introduced guidance reinforcing the right of New Yorkers under city human rights law to maintain hairstyles linked to racial, ethnic and cultural identity. Employment law experts believe the laws will be trendsetting.
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Law.com

Hairstyles and Anti-Discrimination Laws: What You Need to Know

California Senate Bill 188 would extend the definition of racial discrimination to include bias against hair textures and styles associated with race and ethnicity while the New York City Human Rights Commission in February introduced guidance reinforcing the right of New Yorkers under city human rights law to maintain hairstyles linked to racial, ethnic and cultural identity. Employment law experts believe the laws will be trendsetting.
7 minute read

The Recorder

What You Need to Know About Hairstyles and Anti-Discrimination Laws

California Senate Bill 188 would extend the definition of racial discrimination to include bias against hair textures and styles associated with race. Employment law experts believe the law and another proposed in New York City could be trendsetting.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Time to Prepare for the EU's New Whistleblower Protection Rules

The proposed rules aim to bring consistency to whistleblower protection standards across the EU, where only 10 of 28 member countries have comprehensive legal protections in place for whistleblowers.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Report: Most Ethical Companies Still Working to Improve Written Policies

What is considered to be some of the most ethical companies in the world such as Dell and Intel are still working to make employee policies and codes of conduct more comprehensive and digestible, according to a recent report from Ethisphere.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

LSU Creates Model for Colleges Embroiled in Varsity Blues Scandal

On April 12, LSU held the inaugural kickoff for its Ethics Institute. The school began developing the institute in the spring of 2018 well before other universities were mired in the Varsity Blues scandal, but its focus is particularly relevant given the current headlines.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Leader Raises Specter of Civil Actions Targeting Foreign Influence

"We should expect to see a continued focus on this area—and not just measured by criminal cases,” John Demers, head of the national security division at Main Justice, says.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Allowing for Marijuana Deliveries in All of California: A Q&A With NorCal Cannabis Company's AnnaRae Grabstein

AnnaRae Grabstein, chief compliance officer of NorCal Cannabis Company, talks about the recent lawsuit filed by 24 cities and one county in California against the state's Bureau of Cannabis Control over banning cannabis deliveries and how this could impact the legal cannabis market.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Enjoins Unfair Merger Orchestrated by Controlling Stockholder Pending Corrective Disclosures

Under Delaware law, majority or controlling stockholders owe fiduciary duties to the company and its minority stockholders. Under certain circumstances, however, a stockholder that owns less than 50 percent of the company's outstanding stock can be deemed a controlling stockholder and therefore subject to the same fiduciary obligations.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

A New Anti-Corruption Tool for In-House Counsel: Catalog of E-Government Services

After finding corruption was lower when handling certain matters online instead of face-to-face, TRACE launched the TRACE e-Gov Portal, which is the first comprehensive collection of over 15,000 links to e-government services in 90-plus countries.
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