Uncertainty Persists in Web Accessibility and ADA
Companies’ hopes the U.S. Supreme Court would soon shed some light on website accessibility, and perhaps help curb lawsuits in that area, were recently...
California Privacy Law’s Draft Regulations Revealed
As the Jan. 1 effective date approaches for the nation’s toughest data privacy law, businesses have been waiting to see how the California Attorney...
Employers Wait for SCOTUS Title VII Ruling on Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation
When Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, LGBTQ rights probably weren’t a flicker in lawmakers’ minds. The Stonewall uprisings wouldn’t happen for...
Regulators Rethinking What Counts as ‘Made in USA’
The Federal Trade Commission might soon issue its first guidance in decades on how it enforces “Made in USA” claims on products.
The FTC on...
Overtime Ceiling Set to Rise in January
Employers have three months to prepare for the U.S. Department of Labor’s newly finalized overtime rule. But that is assuming they haven’t already, as...
California Privacy Law Amendments Won’t Dull Its Impact
Companies doing business in California have been watching to see if the state’s legislature would water down a wide-reaching data privacy statute. As the...
Misclassification Per Se Doesn’t Violate Labor Law, NLRB Rules
Employers face a litany of liabilities if they misclassify employees as independent contractors. But at least worker misclassification isn’t by itself a labor law...
Tenth Circuit: School’s Grievance Process Foils Liability
When a college cited a professor’s “noncollegial” behavior for deciding to let him go, the professor responded with allegations of anti-Asian bias. A new...
Patent Office Has Eye on AI
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been taking a closer look at how artificial intelligence plays into patents — both in terms of...
Companies Weigh Options Amid Trade War
The U.S.-China trade war escalated again on Friday when China announced a new round of tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods. This...