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Updated HSF multi-jurisdictional guide to employee issues in business transfers
We have recently updated our multi-jurisdictional guide discussing potential employee issues in business transfers (first published in October 2013). The …
US: Supreme Court considers accommodations for pregnant employees
The US Supreme Court has heard oral argument on the question of whether, and in what circumstances, an employer providing work accommodations to …
USA: Highest ever SEC whistleblower bounty awarded
On September 22, the SEC reported that it expected to provide an award of more than $30 million to a whistleblower who provided key information which led …
USA: Recent developments in US legislation on modern slavery
The recent introduction of the Federal Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Bill (H.R. 4842) on 11 June 2014 (the “Bill”) is the …
USA: US Federal Appeals Court holds that the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions do not apply extraterritorially
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Liu Meng-Lin v. Siemens AG, 13-4385-cv (2d Cir. N.Y. Aug. 14, 2014) upheld a lower-court's decision to …
USA: Developments in whistleblower employee protections
The last several months have seen several important developments related to whistleblower employee protections in the United States. In March 2014, …
USA: Whistleblowing - internal investigation documents may not always be privileged
In a controversial decision, US ex rel Harry Barko v. Halliburton Company, et al, a US District Court ordered an employer to disclose documents generated …
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