This article discusses tips to ensure that a document retention policy protects your company in the case of litigation, is compliant with current laws, and is cost-effective.
This article discusses the Supreme Court's decision denying a petition of several oil and gas company seeking to remove a climate change lawsuit from state court to federal court. The case, BP P.L.C. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, is one of more than a dozen lawsuits filed since July 2017 by local and state governments against oil and gas companies.
This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to product liability laws and regulation.
This is a sample Upjohn warning regarding counsel's conversation with an employee during an internal investigation.
In its Students for Fair Admissions (“SFFA”) v. Harvard and University of North Carolina decision, the US Supreme Court severely limited the use of race in the college admissions process (and only allows indirect use of race).
While the case directly applies only in the college admissions context, it will likely have effects on DEI/ESG efforts and employment law generally.
This article discusses The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) which creates new rights to reasonable accommodation for employees and applicants who have physical or mental conditions arising from pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions. The PWFA expands accommodation rights for pregnant individuals to be more in line with -- and in some respects, more expansive than -- those provided to qualified individuals with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Recently more countries in the Asia-Pacific region have introduced gender quotas, or targets, to increase female participation on boards of listed companies. This article takes a look at the impact of these measures and the progress made so far.
This article discusses the Supreme Court's decision that colleges and universities may no longer consider race as part of the college admissions process, and the future effects it could have for private employers and corporate DEI initiatives.
What does the US Supreme Court's decision regarding the admission processes of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina mean for colleges and for employers?
The US Supreme Court decision of June 29, 2023 in Groff v DeJoy makes it harder for employers to decline religious accommodation requests.