Supreme Court case could weaken Clean Water Act | Legal Dive
1 天前 · Such a result, however, could be unlikely. Within the last two years, the Supreme Court has rejected the Biden administration’s effort to reduce smog and air pollution crossing state lines and limited the EPA’s ability to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act. More on City and County of San Francisco vs. EPA. Filed Under: Emerging Issues.
Google ready for long antitrust fights, CEO Pichai says
3 天之前 · Tech giant Google is preparing for a long fight after its loss to the federal government over what a court called its monopolistic search and ad-search practices, the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai said in a Bloomberg video last week. “We will appeal, and this process will likely take many years,” Pichai said on the David Rubenstein show.
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2024年7月11日 · For one thing, the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations may not fare well under federal courts’ scrutiny post-Chevron, a former DOL official told HR Dive. Ryan Golden • July 17, 2024. Tractor Supply may have thought it solved a big problem. Now it has a few more. The retailer retreated from its diversity and climate goals after an ...
How to expand a small legal department’s capability
4 天之前 · One good place to begin is by formulating a maturity model to assess a baseline for the department’s performance and its technological strengths and gaps. A deliberate approach on scoring your department, in collaboration with input from other teams, will help develop a cogent model, said Vicki Brandt, senior program manager for legal ...
Few companies fight FTC, DOJ over antitrust | Legal Dive
4 天之前 · Few companies fight FTC, DOJ over antitrust. Most voluntarily drop or restructure the deal after it’s flagged under Hart-Scott-Rodino review, a report shows. Published Oct. 14, 2024. Robert Freedman Lead Editor. The federal government has challenged Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision on antitrust grounds.
By looking elsewhere, companies send big law a message
2024年10月7日 · Corporate clients are sending big law firms the message they’re too expensive and not stepping up on diversity, a survey by legal workflow software company BigHand finds. Almost 100% of law firms have seen client attrition over the last 12 months and about 80% are seeing less work from the clients who stick with them, according to the survey of 835 lawyers …
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2024年10月3日 · Uber turns Nevada into contingency fee-cap battleground. A ballot initiative pushed by the company would cap contingency fees at 20% for all civil litigation, sparking an outcry by plaintiff’s attorneys in the state. By David Weisenfeld • Sept. 25, 2024.
Jury may decide whether SHRM conducted sham bias investigation
2024年10月10日 · First published on. A jury should decide whether the Society for Human Resource Management maliciously engaged in race discrimination, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Based on the facts alleged, a reasonable jury could conclude that the HR organization discriminated and retaliated against a former employee, the court said, denying SHRM’s ...
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2024年8月30日 · Proposed PCAOB rule risks turning auditors into legal watchdogs. The NOCLAR proposal would impose on auditors greatly expanded responsibilities for identifying — or even preventing — noncompliance with a very wide range of laws, PwC’s Brian Croteau writes. Brian Croteau • April 25, 2024.
Emerging Issues for Corporate Counsel - Legal Dive
2024年10月11日 · Trade groups seek extension on FDIC’s ‘hot money’ rule. Organizations need 60 more days “to furnish responses and data that fulsomely address the questions and issues raised” by proposed changes on brokered deposits, 11 trade groups wrote. By Rajashree Chakravarty • Aug. 22, 2024.