As social media and mobile devices and apps continue to proliferate in the corporate enterprise, and e-commerce firms rely evermore on these technologies to assist promotion and sales, these forms of collaboration and information-sharing are putting a new spin on compliance issues.
Everyone in the tech economy mourned the recent passing of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Even in an era of sweeping technological change, his innovations disrupted many business models well beyond Apple's own product markets. But only time will tell if he properly handled a challenge that faces every entrepreneur: succession.
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit again threw out a $550,000 fine against CBS Corp. for televising Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.
Many writers, observers and enthusiasts following this year's professional sports labor disputes in both the NFL and the NBA focused solely on the players, the owners and the fans. But there is another group of stakeholders that is inevitably affected by a lack of labor peace: sponsorship partners.
To prevent job applicants with criminal records from being automatically rejected, cities and states are considering and already adopting so-called "Ban the Box" laws and ordinances.
The same pressure to investigate and disclose fees associated with 401(k) plans is now coming to plan administrators in a different form ' new Department of Labor ("DOL") regulations codified at 29 C.F.R. ' 2550.404a-5.
The IRS has modified its position on the tax treatment of cell phone services that employers provide to employees primarily for noncompensatory business reasons.
Increasingly popular, Cloud computing nevertheless raises new and challenging legal issues for both cloud computing users and vendors.
They" are coming. "They" are the proposed changes to the lease accounting rules. And even if you are not an accountant, you still need to know the broader implications of these changes for leases.
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