Latest Blog Posts

• 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. ...
• Blog: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  Date: August 12, 2019 Title: Legislative Alert: New York Amends Its Data Breach Notification Law
  Summary: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act, Senate Bill 5575B/Assembly Bill 5635B. The SHIELD Act updates the state’s existing data breach notification law, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 899-aa, and creates a new section, § 899-bb, requiring reasonable data security for “private information” and granting enforcement powers to the attorney general against non-compliant entities....
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: August 09, 2019 Title: In California, Now Even Hair Is Protected
  Summary: Last month, California became the first state to protect employees from discrimination based on natural hair and hairstyles associated with race. California follows New York City’s passage of a similar ordinance earlier this year....
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: July 31, 2019 Title: Pre-Employment Credit Checks: When Can They Be Used?
  Summary: Many reading this will have heard of “ban the box” laws, which prohibit employers from asking applicants about criminal histories, but what about laws regarding pre-employment credit checks and credit reports?...
• Blog: Labor & Employment
  Date: July 25, 2019 Title: San Antonio’s Paid Sick Leave Delayed - Is Relief on the Way for Dallas Employers?
  Summary: Although Texas employment laws generally remain employer-friendly, Texas employers have not been immune to the expansion of paid sick leave ordinances on the local level. The cities of Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas all recently enacted similar ordinances requiring employers to provide eligible employees with one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked up to certain caps based on employer size. ...