Waitresses’ Assignment to Areas with Lower Tip Potential Is Sufficiently Adverse to Support Discrimination and Retaliation Claims

Expert Guest Article by  Emily Wilcheck The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently revived discrimination and retaliation claims asserted by two African-American cocktail waitresses under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in Alexander v. Casino Queen, Inc., 7th Cir. Case No. 12-3696, 2014 WL 57947. The United States District Court for…

Legal Marketing e-Book: Practical and Useful Insights into Legal Marketing Best Practices

Gain valuable insights on legal marketing best practices from the speaker faculty of the 2013 LMA Annual Conference. Everything from content marketing, CRM strategies, advice or PR relationship management, and more. Don’t miss out – Download your copy now!  To download your copy click on the cover below.   Tip 1:  “The next website your firm launches…

ACI's 18th Advanced Forum on Structuring, Negotiating and Managing Life Sciences Collaborative Agreements and Acquisitions

Maximizing Rewards in Your M&A, Licensing, Strategic Alliances and Partnering Deals     When: Monday, March 31 to Wednesday, April 02, 2014 Where: The Carlton Hotel, New York, NY To Learn More, Visit: http://americanconference.com/collaborations   Industry News Q4 venture haul pushes 2013 biotech investing past $4.5B   by John Carroll If you thought there was a big surge in new biotech…

Weekly Industry News – Employment Law

Employment Law – the latest on employee misclassification, wage and hour suit against Siemens and more. Employee Misclassification: Are You Prepared? by Sean Riley Published on jdsupra.com We talked earlier about the importance of job classification in determining overtime wages for Internet specialists. The same concerns and problems hold true for your administrative employees. Given existing legal and regulatory…

Two Easy and Important Solutions for Four Growing Anticorruption Challenges in Latin America

Courtesy of LexSpan, submitted by Eyal Rosenstock. Originally Published on LexSpan’s Blog As Latin America’s growth story continues, companies with business in the region will face anticorruption compliance challenges in 2014. U.S. enforcement warns of more enforcement actions. Anticorruption compliance and investigations can be costly. Much of Latin America is in dangerous territory when it…

Weekly Industry News – Anti-Corruption/FCPA & International Trade

Anti-Corruption/FCPA & International Trade – the latest on China’s anti-corruption activist  trial, the DOJ and SEC award credit for remediation during investigation and more. China anti-corruption activist put on trial by Ananth Krishhan Published on TheHindu.com Xu Zhiyong, a Chinese lawyer and activist who has led a fledgling but fast-growing anti-corruption movement, was on Wednesday…

Securities Litigation & Enforcement: Resource Round Up

A “who’s who” of securities litigation & enforcement will be in DC on February 27-28, including senior in-house professionals, federal and state regulatory and enforcement officials, renowned judges, and leading outside counsel from around the nation.       Join our e-mail subscription list for the latest in the industry , free conference materials and special…

Sixth Circuit Holds That Voluntary Job Transfer Can Be an Adverse Employment Action

Expert Guest Entry  by Jon Secrest On January 14, 2014, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee) ruled that transferring an employee to another position constituted an adverse employment action, despite the fact that the employee requested the transfer. In doing so, the Sixth Circuit reversed the District Court’s decision that granted summary…

Weekly Industry News – China & Singapore: Legal, Regulatory and Compliance

China & Singapore – the latest on China auditors, Shanghai’s free trade zone and more. Shanghai’s Free Trade Zone – empty gestures or meaningful reforms? by Peter Corne Published on jdsupra.com The China (Shanghai) Free Trade Pilot Zone (FTZ), approved by the State Council at the beginning of July 2013, was launched with much fanfare at the end…

Weekly Industry News – Anti-Corruption / FCPA & International Trade

Anti-Corruption / FCPA & International Trade – the latest on Alcoa’s bribery probe, SEC proposes new rules and more. Alcoa Pays $384 Million to Resolve Bahrain-Bribery Probe by Alan Katz Published on Bloomberg.com Alcoa Inc. (AA), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, agreed to pay $384 million to resolve U.S. criminal and civil probes, after a unit…

Maximizing Biopharmaceutical Life Cycles

  Complimentary Presentation from ACI’s last Maximizing Biopharmaceutical Life Cycles Conference [slideshare id=30053141&doc=751l13-nycday-13-00pmp1-mssandraabresnick-lisabaronspensabene-dr-joint-140115121345-phpapp01] To download all of the presentations from this conference: Click Here Don’t miss ACI’s Maximizing Biopharmaceutical Life Cycles Conference this February!