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• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: October 02, 2019 Title: The #MeToo Movement & NDAs
  Summary: The legal and cultural impact of the #MeToo movement has taken many forms, but one interesting facet in particular was how it peeled back the curtain on how claims of sexual harassment are handled and settled by companies and counsel. Notably, it was common for these settlements, and the non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that came with them, to draw the most ire in the public eye. ...
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: September 24, 2019 Title: Increased Salary Thresholds for FLSA Exempt Status Expands Overtime Eligibility
  Summary: “Why am I not receiving additional compensation for working overtime?” 1.3 million Americans will no longer be asking themselves this question after the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor submitted a Final Rule modifying the regulations pertaining to overtime exemptions....
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: September 24, 2019 Title: Cannabis Industry Employees May Now Pursue FLSA Claims
  Summary: There may soon be a sea change concerning the federal rights for workers in the cannabis industry after what could become a landmark opinion issued Friday, September 20th, by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Employers involved in the cannabis industry are now susceptible to claims alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act....
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: September 23, 2019 Title: Protecting Your Trade Secrets in the European Union
  Summary: This past week, the firm’s Denver office participated in Denver Startup Week. We spoke with many attendees about their concern with expanding their businesses to the global stage, especially in light of the uncertainty surrounding the forthcoming “Brexit.” Specifically, entrepreneurs asked about how they can go about protecting their trade secrets when they are doing business abroad....
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: September 20, 2019 Title: New Year’s Resolutions for Aggressively Compliant Employers
  Summary: It is about to be a New Year! At least, it will be for the federal government as of October 1st, when its new fiscal year begins. Most organizations stress the need for continuous improvement, including in Human Resources. As we approach the end of the government’s fiscal year, business should use this time of year as an opportunity for some organizational “New Year’s resolutions,” such as general house cleaning and a fresh assessment of their risk and compliance strategies. ...
• Blog: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  Date: September 17, 2019 Title: Illinois Amends Student Online Personal Protection Act, Adding Data Breach Notification Provisions
  Summary: On August 23, 2019, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law the Student Online Personal Protection Act of 2019 (SOPPA). Amending the previous version of SOPPA, this ambitious legislation gives parents greater control over student data, imposes new breach notification requirements, and regulates the collection and use of student data....
• Blog: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  Date: September 09, 2019 Title: Ransomware Attack Trends: Tips for Prevention & Response
  Summary: Ransomware continues to cause severe disruptions and the loss of critical data within business information systems. It is also leveraging the use of certain providers and tools to increase its devastation and profit. ...
• Blog: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  Date: September 03, 2019 Title: Business Email Compromises: Tips for Prevention & Response
  Summary: Malicious attackers continue to use email platforms for nefarious purposes. The resulting email account compromises can present multiple dangers to a business, including to the basic security of its network and sensitive information, and the malicious use of secondary sources of money. ...
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: August 29, 2019 Title: Back-to-School Supplies: IEP Meetings Covered under FMLA
  Summary: Back-to-school season has officially arrived, and with it has come some new school supplies for parents: protection under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to attend a child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released an opinion letter confirming that parents are entitled to take intermittent FMLA leave to attend school meetings to discuss their child’s IEP....
• Blog: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  Date: August 15, 2019 Title: Legislative Alert: New York Expands Data Breach Obligations for Credit Reporting Agencies
  Summary: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law Senate Bill S3582, which further expands obligations owed to consumers when a data security breach affects a credit reporting agency. ...