by commune | Dec 22, 2016 | Employment Alerts, Other News
On December 22, 2016, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion ruling that California law prohibits “on call” rest periods. Augustus v. ABM Security Services, a class action involving security guards who claimed they were required to be on call during their rest...
by commune | Dec 14, 2016 | Employment Alerts, Other News
On December 9, 2016, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which imposes a number of restrictions on employers’ pre-employment screening practice. Notably, the Ordinance prohibits Los Angeles...
by commune | Dec 6, 2016 | Other News
Earlier this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a conviction for insider trading and resolved a split between the Second and Ninth Circuits regarding tippee liability. In Salman v. United States, the Supreme Court analyzed the flow of non-public information...
by commune | Dec 5, 2016 | Maritime Alerts, Other News
The IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention requires the installation of a ballast water management system (“BWMS”) meeting the IMO’s standards by the date of a vessel’s first renewal of its IOPP certificate after September 8, 2017. On the other hand, for most...
by commune | Dec 1, 2016 | KYL Technology News, Other News, Privacy & Data Security
Keesal, Young & Logan’s Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Justin Hectus, was asked to chair Legal Week’s LegalCIO conference (February 1-2, 2017) for the second time. The forum, which is being held in Midtown Manhattan,...
by commune | Dec 1, 2016 | Other News
Courts rarely impose sanctions against government agencies. However, a federal judge recently imposed over $10,000 in sanctions against the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under FRCP Rule 45 because (1) he found an SEC subpoena “blatantly overbroad,” and...
