Employment Law – 13 states raise minimum-wage, EEOC 2013 Report shows record in employee monetary relief and more. 13 states raising pay for minimum-wage workers by Paul Davidson Published on USAToday.com The retail-worker strikes that swept the nation in 2013 did not move Congress to raise the minimum wage, but a growing number of states…
Advanced Strategies for Defending and Managing High Profile Food Contamination Claims When: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Where: Hilton San Francisco Financial District, San Francisco, CA To Learn More, Visit: http://americanconference.com/Foodborne Industry News Possible E. Coli Outbreak Investigated in NC by NEWS DESK Published on FoodSafetyNews.com Two children attending Tyro Middle School in Lexington, NC, hospitalized for severe bloody…
Pharma & Healthcare – the latest on CVS’s False Claims allegations, accusations of insularity haunt the Teva board and more. CVS Caremark Pays $4.25 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Published on jdsupra.com Earlier this month, Caremark Incorporated – a drug benefit management company operated by drug retail giant…
China & Singapore – the latest on China’s new consumer protection law, China’s official Yang Gang investigation and more. China’s New Consumer Protection Law: Dramatic Changes Ahead by Max Gu, and Amy Sommers Published on jdsupra.com On October 25, 2013, China’s President and Chairman of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping signed off on the long-expected…
Employment Law – the latest on Bright Petroleum’s violation, Kentucky Friend Chicke’s EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit and more. Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchise Pays $40,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Published on jdsupra.com Scottish Food Systems, Inc. and Laurinburg KFC Take Home, Inc. will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief…
Pharma & Healthcare – the latest on the FDA data breach, big pharma and more. Big Data, Big Pharma, Big Privacy Catastrophe by Michael Fertik Published on Forbes.com Companies are actively, aggressively targeting you using your own personal data, without your knowledge or permission. That’s not good for your privacy, but it’s hardly news – except when it’s…
Expert Guest Post by Nathan Pangrance, Originally Published on http://ralawemployment.blogspot.com/ A recent decision of the Sixth Circuit shows the importance of maintaining accurate, updated job descriptions for employees.In Henschel v. Clare County Road Commission, 6th Cir. No. 13-1528 (Dec. 13, 2013), the plaintiff was working as an excavator operator for a county road commission when he…
Dr. Robert J. Meyer , MD Assc. Professor, Public Health Sciences Director Virginia Center for Translational and Regulatory Sciences Tell us about yourself: I come from Connecticut originally, but have now lived in 5 other states as my training and career have led me from New England to the Northwest, to the mid-Atlantic. Besides my…
Virginia Beakes-Read Executive Director, Global Regulatory Policy and Intelligence, Global Regulatory Affairs Eisai, Inc. Tell us about yourself: I was born in Germany to a military family, then grew up in many locations throughout the US. I later joined the military and continued to work and live in different places abroad and in the US.…
Shana T. Mintz Assistant United States Attorney, Civil Fraud Section US Department of Justice Tell us about yourself: Shana T. Mintz is an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) at the United States Attorneys’ Office for the Central District of California, where she has worked for more than nine years in the Civil Division, Civil…
Complimentary Presentation from ACI’s last FCPA Boot Camp [slideshare id=29395658&doc=767l13-houday-13-30pmp1-mrjaygmartin-msjackidtrevino-joint-131220124951-phpapp01] To download all of the presentations from this conference: Click Here Don’t Miss ACI’s FCPA Boot Camp this January in Houston
China & Singapore – the latest on China’s procurement pact, China’s bond index and more. The Bitcoin Bubble Hasn’t Burst Yet, But The First Signs Of Trouble Are Brewing by Jeff Ifrah Published on jdsupra.com The value of Bitcoin, the hottest and most widely traded virtual currency, plunged a little over a week ago, after China’s central…
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