The California Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2011 ("WTPA") became effective on January 1, 2012.

As can be expected during an economic downturn, hedge fund managers were not impervious to investor dissatisfaction following the 2008 financial crisis.

In October 2011, Paul Hastings released a Stay Current regarding a recently enacted rule by the National Labor Relations Board.

Employers nationwide have been grappling with reductions in force and related legal challenges in ongoing attempts to stabilize their workforces amid economic unpredictability.

As noted in our March 17 issue of Stay Current, New York City’s Local Law 84 establishes a deadline of May 1, 2011 for owners of covered buildings to submit energy use data to U.S. EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager Benchmarking Tool.

Over the past year we have witnessed both the beginnings of a recovery from and the continuing effects of the financial crisis that has dogged the world economy and characterised employment relations over the last several years.

April means the first tranche of the year’s employment law changes come into force and the Coalition Government has been busy.

On June 22, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted final rules and amendments (the "Rules") under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Advisers Act").

Paul Hastings presents the second edition of Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in the Boardroom, a comprehensive global survey of how countries are addressing the issue of gender parity on corporate boards.

Earlier this month, Paul Hastings published a Stay Current regarding a rule enacted by the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") requiring private sector employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") to post a notice designed to inform employees of their rights under the NLRA, including their right to unionize and bargain collectively. The rule was most recently scheduled to go into effect on April 30, 2012.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act amended the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit health care flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) from reimbursing expenses incurred after December 31, 2010 for non-insulin over-the-counter drugs or medicines purchased without a prescription.

On May 11, 2012, Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine addressed an invitation-only breakfast gathering at The University Club of New York on a wide range of topics, including investment banking conflicts.

In a January 6, 2020 blog post, Director of the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") Bureau of Consumer Protection

Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Union and Commissioner for Justice, Citizenship and Fundamental Rights, yesterday announced that the European Commission has agreed a proposed new law setting a target that by 2020 40% of non-executive directors of larger European publicly listed companies should be women. Public undertaking will have until 2018 to comply.

In a decision published earlier this week, the European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") held that the geographic scope of the European privacy right referred to as "the right to be forgotten"

On September 8, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") Antitrust Division announced that it would condition its approval of Cumulus Media Inc.’s proposed merger with Citadel Broadcasting on the divestiture of three radio stations in two overlap markets.

This alert focuses on a recent HIPAA settlement, which is significant for several reasons and is likely a sign of things to come.

The dispute in the main proceedings has its origins in the proceedings initiated by Mr Schrems, an Austrian privacy activist.

On Thursday, September 12, 2019, the California legislature adopted a three-year moratorium on state and local law enforcement use of facial recognition through body-worn cameras.