The Impact of Business Intelligence
Businesses across a range of industries see the value in optimizing their processes, as doing so can have a significant impact on both their top and bottom lines. The challenge has always been how to gain insight into the areas of inefficiency and execute a plan to optimize.
Mental Health Issues in the Workplace
Many employers seem almost paralyzed by the oft-present fear over whether and how to raise the issue of mental illness with an employee. If the mental illness is having adverse impacts in the workplace, however, not addressing the issue can compound the problem or, in rare circumstances, lead to tragic consequences.
Managing Security Risks During Labor Disputes
Every company with union workers faces the risk of a labor dispute. Identifying any business risks and then managing them is a priority for executive decision-makers who must ensure that the company delivers its promises to stockholders, customers, and employees.
Counseling the Counselors
A variety of potential liability theories ' such as professional malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims ' may be pursued against in-house counsel by the corporation, its shareholders, and members of the public, as well as by governmental authorities. Here's what you need to know.
Significant UK Court Ruling on Data Protection Liability
The UK's Court of Appeal gave a very important judgment in March 2015 in a case concerning Google's Internet behavior tracking through a browser. First, misuse of private information is now classified as a tort, thereby in this case enabling proceedings to be issued against a party outside the jurisdiction of the UK; and, second, financial compensation for distress caused by breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998 may now be claimed, despite there being no monetary loss.
Vendor Limitations of Liability for Security Breaches
Counsel advising companies on vendor contracts are in a tough spot. Cybersecurity risks presented by data outsourcing demand increasing attention and resources. At the same time, outsourcing of data to third-party vendors has become, in many instances, a business necessity.
<i>Abercrombie</i> Decision Raises the Bar for Accommodating Employees of Faith
In early June, the Supreme Court issued its decision in <I>EEOC v. Abercrombie.</I> The case raised the question of whether an employer must have actual knowledge of the religious nature of an employee's practice to be found liable for discrimination under Title VII for denying employment based on that practice. The short answer is no.
Browse, Click, Sign, Enforce?
Signing, dating and keeping a record of a paper contract are standard practice. However, that standard practice does not easily translate to online legal agreements ' the agreements that are native to websites, mobile apps and other digital platforms such as "Terms of Use," "Terms of Service," "Privacy Policies" and disclaimers.
Behind the SEC's Recent Crackdown on Compliance Officials
Recent comments by SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher were noteworthy for both their candor and the subject he raised. On June 18, he wrote that the SEC was sending a "troubling message": Chief compliance officers (CCOs) should not take ownership of their firm's compliance policies and procedures, lest they be held accountable for conduct that is not really their responsibility.
