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V&E Government Investigations Update, August 23, 2019
Recent efforts by the Department of Justice to obtain confidential attorney-client communications in connection with a “Panama Papers” indictment present a stark reminder that lawyers and clients must fastidiously protect the attorney-client privilege else their communications may be compromised and used against them at trial.
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Managing the Modern Workplace, August 22, 2019
In many American workplaces, the union that represents the employees has been ensconced for decades.
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V&E Government Investigations Update, August 22, 2019
On July 31, 2019, Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a False Claims Act (“FCA”) whistleblower allegation that it sold video surveillance equipment to government agencies knowing the equipment was susceptible to cyber-attack.1
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Managing the Modern Workplace, August 20, 2019
Many have lashed out at the Trump administration’s recent immigration raids in Mississippi that resulted in the arrest of nearly 700 workers at five chicken processing plants in Mississippi.
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In June 2019, the European Commission published its Guidelines on Non-Financial Reporting: Supplement on Reporting Climate-Related Information (the Supplement).
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Managing the Modern Workplace, August 15, 2019
In 2012, the EEOC issued guidance stating that blanket bans on hiring employees with criminal records disproportionately impact minorities and instructing employers to ensure that their hiring policies link specific criminal conduct to the risks inherent to a particular position.
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On June 20, 2019, MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) announced the expansion of its suite of indexes for institutional investors and wealth managers with the introduction of new indexes specifically focused on climate (the “Climate Indexes”).
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V&E Government Investigations Update, August 14, 2019
Last week, the Third Circuit upheld the conviction of Robert Cordaro, a Lackawanna Pennsylvania County Commissioner, for bribery, extortion, and racketeering despite Cordaro’s claims that the Supreme Court’s holding in McDonnell v. United States decriminalized his conduct.
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Managing the Modern Workplace, August 13, 2019
To deal with the second question first, it’s not toupee (as in a wig) and it doesn’t rhyme with hoop. It’s pronounced like two-P.
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V&E Government Contracts Update, August 12, 2019
On June 24, 2019, in a 6-3 decision,1 the Supreme Court put an end to a practice of over forty years which ignored the protections outlined by the plain language of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA” or the “Act”) Exemption 4.2
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V&E Tax Update, August 9, 2019
The UK has published draft regulations adopting an EU directive that promises faster resolution of double taxation disputes between Member States.
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Managing the Modern Workplace, August 8, 2019
In the last year, the Empire State has begun to give the Golden State some serious competition for being the most pro-employee state in the Union. Earlier this summer, for example, I wrote about New York’s new laws to address harassment in the workplace.
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V&E Government Investigations Update, August 7, 2019
A promising anti-money laundering bill offers a suite of updates to the current AML regime.
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V&E Export Controls Update, August 7, 2019
Late on August 5, 2019, President Trump released Executive Order 13884 blocking all property and interests in property of the Government of Venezuela.
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Managing the Modern Workplace, August 6, 2019
In the past week, I have been in Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, and Ohio. As I write this post, I am on a flight back to Houston where I have an office waiting.
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First Published in the August 2019 Issue of EM Magazine
V&E partner Eric Groten examines ‘project aggregation’ as a part of the prevention of significant deterioration preconstruction permitting review process.
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V&E Tax Update, August 2, 2019
UK taxpayers and their advisors will, from 1 July 2020, be subject to yet another regime requiring disclosure to HMRC of their tax affairs. Failure to comply with these new rules can result in fines of up to £1 million.
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Managing the Modern Workplace, August 1, 2019
More than three years ago, I wrote a post on this blog warning my readers that the EEOC was about to introduce a new EEO-1 form that would require employers to provide salary information by sex and race/ethnicity and provide the number of employees in each of twelve salary ranges in each of the EEO-1 categories.
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V&E Tax Update, August 1, 2019
A recent U.S. tax imposed on certain foreign income threatens to hit individuals (including trusts or estates) who own controlled foreign corporations (CFCs)1 harder than their corporate counterparts, who benefit from certain deductions, credits, and lower rates unavailable to individuals.
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V&E Government Investigations Update, August 1, 2019
In a keynote address at the International Conference on Cyber Security on Tuesday, July 23, Attorney General Barr clearly articulated the DOJ’s position that “‘warrant-proof’ encryption poses a grave threat to public safety by extinguishing the ability of law enforcement to obtain evidence essential to detecting and investigating crimes.”1
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