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The Ninth Circuit has issued a remarkable decision in which the majority holds that an individual actor’s performance of a minor role in a motion picture is independently copyrightable.

The Federal Trade Commission's public workshop on so-called "Big Data" was designed to explore how its use is impacting American consumers.

A recent ruling out of West Texas in Mendoza v. Microsoft, Inc., 5:13-CV-00378 (W.D. Tex. March 5, 2014) serves as a reminder that companies must make sure their service agreements and online privacy policies conform to industry best practices, as well as legal requirements.

As part of its effort to ratchet up enforcement on violations of the Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, the Federal Trade Commission reached two separate settlements with companies accused of making misleading claims involving plastic products.

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit stuck down portions of the SEC's Final Rule on Conflict Minerals as unconstitutional.

On July 16, 2010, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its second Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") Opinion Procedure Release of 2010 (Opinion).

Two major department stores recently settled racial profiling investigations lodged against them by the New York State Attorney General.

On January 28, 2014, the National College Players Association (NCPA) filed a petition at the regional office of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Chicago, seeking recognition as a labor union.

In a somewhat shocking turn of events, Peter Sung Ohr, the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board’s Region 13 in Chicago, ruled earlier today that Northwestern University football players on grant-in-aid scholarships are employees of the school and are therefore entitled to vote ...

While this move does not change any of the underlying statutes that the EEOC enforces, it does reflect a shift in federal enforcement priorities...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently upheld the decision of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) that an employer discharged several employees for engaging in protected concerted activity, but it overruled the ALJ and found that the employer also violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act) ..

Two changes in the areas of federal overtime exemptions and minimum wage could have a significant impact on retailers and other businesses.

Addressing so-called "environmental justice" (EJ) issues was a major focus for the Biden Administration from the time it took office.

Final Rule largely tracks prior proposal to make significant changes to the Discount Safe Harbor and other regulatory safe harbors to the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

On December 1, 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration issued final regulations requiring that calorie information be listed on menus and menu boards.

The FDA recently issued Guidance that describes circumstances that could occur during a drug facility inspection that might be deemed to constitute a "delay," "denial," "limitation," or "refusal" of an inspection.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has amended Title 27, California Code of Regulations 25607.2(b), to provide an additional safe harbor...