A federal appeals court reversed a California trial court’s determination that 37 API packages part of Oracle’s Java platform were not copyrightable.

Costly class action lawsuits, often filed in California, have made business difficult for fashion companies for a number of years.

Last year, Italian sportswear company Fila passed its 100-year anniversary.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that its Form 477 Filer Interface has reopened and is available to accept Form 477 data as of June 30, 2014. The new filing deadline is December 11, 2014.

In the latest installment of Five Questions, Five Answers, host Birgit Matthiesen is joined by Mr. Colin Bird, Canada's Consul General in Detroit, Michigan.

A flurry of recent class action lawsuits is forcing clothing retailers to rethink their marketing tactics for outlet stores.

A group of merchants and restaurants are fighting back in federal court against a Delaware lawsuit alleging that they have been withholding unclaimed gift card balances.

On March 10, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (the Department CEP), a first-of-its-kind uniform corporate enforcement policy.

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published a Special Fraud Alert on November 16, 2020 (the Alert) regarding a common practice

H-1B status is a non-immigrant status that allows a foreign national to work for a specific employer in a specific job at a specific worksite, for a specific period of time.

Peter Sung Ohr has entered into an agreement with the Illinois Department of Labor that provide for collaboration and information sharing during investigations.

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) signed a law that will limit exposure for employers who hire employees with a criminal conviction history.

The Maryland House of Delegates passed the Fairness to all Marylanders Act of 2014, which expands upon Maryland’s already broad anti-discrimination law.

Not long after overriding then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 2013 veto of an earlier compromise bill requiring certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave, the New York City Council went even further on February 26, voting 46-5 in favor of a new and far more expansive bill ..

On April 14, 2014, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it is launching a local emphasis program in an effort to reduce injuries and fatalities in the retail sector in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. On April 14, 2014, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it is launching a local emphasis program in an effort to reduce injuries and fatalities in the r

Executive Order 13658 directed the US Department of Labor to propose new guidelines to increase the minimum wage for federal contractors.

On July 21, 2014, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order (the Order) prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors and agencies.

On January 9, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York preliminarily approved a settlement between Elite Model Management Corporation (Elite) and a proposed class of unpaid interns who worked for Elite during Fashion Week. Davenport v. Elite Model Management Corp. No. 1:13-cv-01061-AJN (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 9, 2014).

Three organizations serving primarily HIV and AIDS patients and who each are also considered "Covered Entities" under the 340B Drug Pricing Program (the Plaintiffs)

On September 28, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill (AB) 3129. The proposed law sought to regulate health care transactions involving...