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Division of Corporate Finance of the SEC issued its much-anticipated guidance regarding its conflict minerals rule.

On July 2, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will likely vote on August 22, 2012, to finalize a contentious rule that would require public companies to fully disclose whether they produce or use designated "conflict minerals" (tantalum, tin, gold or tungsten) mined or sourced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or any adjoining country.

As the Obama Administration ramps up its efforts against corruption, the new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is aggressively prosecuting perpetrators, sending a loud-and-clear message that they will be found, prosecuted and punished.

The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) released its Notice of Annual Recertification on May 8, 2013.

In a recent article, the Wall Street Journal highlighted a change in the standard that ISS will use to gauge the responsiveness of boards of directors to majority-supported shareholders starting in 2014.

The news media has already engaged in rampant speculation regarding the potential candidates from both parties in the 2016 presidential election.

Under what courts call the "crime-fraud exception" to the attorney-client privilege, the privilege does not protect communications between clients and their lawyers which further client wrongdoing. Courts agree that the exception applies to crimes and traditional common law intentional fraud.

The first to file bar is a limitation on the rights of members of the public to commence certain litigation under the FCA.

The cost and risk associated with allegations under the FCA create a heightened importance on defining the scope of the claims that are at issue.

Last week, the Department of Justice announced that it had collected a record $5.69 billion in False Claims Act settlements and recoveries over the past year, marking the first time that recoveries have breached the $5 billion threshold.

With the festive season now upon us, employers may find themselves dealing with misconduct both within and outside the workplace

The NLRB's Division of Advice recommended dismissal of an unfair labor practice charge alleging that an employer violated Section 8(a)(5) of the National Labor Relations Act by using a GPS tracking device...

Labor partners Richard Hankins and Brennan Bolt in Atlanta and Seth Borden in New York teamed up to author a 10-point look-ahead on labor law trends to watch the latter half of 2015...

The IRS issued a revenue ruling confirming that a nonstatutory stock option or stock-settled stock appreciation right is also exempt from Section 457A.

As predicted in our November 15 WorkCite article, on November 17, 2010, the Senate voted on a Democratic motion to limit debate on the pending Paycheck Fairness Act (Senate Bill No. 3722).

On October 26, 2015, Administrative Law Judge David I. Goldman ("ALJ Goldman") held that a union did not violate federal labor law...

Ensuring that employers properly classify their workers remains an important issue for both the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).