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Wayne H. Matelski, Robert G. Edwards, Ph.D.
A review of FSIS recall data from the past five years indicates that recalls of meat and poultry products due to the presence of foreign matter contamination have grown in number, particularly over the past year.
Jon S. Bouker, Craig Engle, Dan H. Renberg, Byron Dorgan*, Laura E. Doyle*, Philip S. English*
From large corporations to small nonprofits, from urban centers to rural communities, the 2016 elections will have an impact across all sectors of the economy and globally as well.
Michael L. Stevens
The US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania recently sided with the EEOC in holding that sexual orientation discrimination is a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, even though the Act does not expressly state that.
Robert K. Carrol, Paul R. Lynd
The California Court of Appeal has held that employers’ itemized wage payment statements do not have to include the monetary value of an employee’s accrued vacation or paid time off.
Kay C. Georgi
On October 14, 2016, the Office of Antiboycott Compliance joined the 21st century and issued a Final Rule that permits electronic submission as an additional method to report requests.
Adam D. Bowser, Alan G. Fishel
At its monthly Open Meeting on October 27, the Federal Communications Commission adopted, but has not yet released, new privacy rules requiring retail broadband providers to offer consumers more choice over how their personal information is used.
Lee M. Caplan, Hunter T. Carter, Timothy J. Feighery
International arbitration awards usually have little chance of being vacated, but a recent decision by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York overturned an award because the parties did not in fact agree to arbitrate. Arbitration, the court ruled, is about consent, not coercion.
Birgit Matthiesen, David Llorente, David R. Hamill, Emily M. Leongini
N. Christopher Norton, Luna M. Samman
The Cayman Islands published a draft set of laws at the end of August in its push to modernize and update its intellectual property laws.
Brian P. Waldman
Earlier this week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued revised food safety standards known as the “Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards” (MFRPS).
Aaron H. Jacoby, Gary D. Brophy, James M. Westerlind
While autonomous car technology currently dominates privacy and security headlines in the automotive sector, cybersecurity should be top of mind for all players in our industry, including retail automotive dealerships.
As states, counties and cities continue to jump on the paid sick leave bandwagon, employers must remain proactive or risk noncompliance.
Michael L. Stevens
On September 29, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that starting in March 2018, it will collect summary employee pay data from certain employers.
Paul R. Lynd, Sara T. Schneider
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed Assembly Bill 1066, extending the state’s full daily and weekly overtime requirements to agricultural workers.
Adam D. Bowser
Recently another federal district court ruled that text messages sent from a group messaging platform were not autodialed, even when transmitted in bulk, because of the significant human intervention required to initiate a text message campaign through the platform.
Anthony V. Lupo, Dan Jasnow
The enactment of new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations governing unmanned aircraft systems – or “drones” – has companies and consumers alike dreaming of the stuff of science fiction, but if the new regulations are any indication, the FAA is in no rush to see those dreams become reali
Elliott M. Kroll, Julius A. Rousseau, III, James M. Westerlind, Andrew Dykens
On September 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of Florida held that Florida law bars challenges to the validity of life insurance policies based on a lack of insurable interest once Florida’s two-year contestability period has expired.
Jane E. Montgomery
The Clean Power Plan, the Obama Administration’s attempt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, had its day in court on September 27. What a day it was!
David R. Hamill, David Llorente
The False Claims Act imposes liability on persons and companies who defraud the government of monies, whether it is by receiving monies based on false statements or material omissions, or avoiding the payment of monies through false statements or omissions.
Anthony V. Lupo, Michael L. Stevens
Long lines and waiting for security inspections are the new normal not only at airports and stadiums, but also at office buildings and theatres—just to name a few places.
Stephanie Trunk
A recent ruling could, if adopted by other courts, expose all pharmaceutical discount and rebate arrangements to anti-kickback liability.
Andrew Dykens, James M. Westerlind
Christian M. McBurney