Morgan Lewis presented and informative webcast on Web 2.0 from the viewpoint of the company/employee perspective. These are my notes. Panelists: Renee Lawson Carla Oakley Howard Radzely Melinda Riechert James Walsh Companies cannot limit the personal use of these sites. But the line between personal and professional can be very fuzzy. You limit access over [...]
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In-House Counsel as Whistleblowers under SOX
Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (18 USC §1514A) expressly authorizes any “person” alleging discrimination based on protected conduct to file a complaint with the Secretary of Labor and, thereafter, to bring suit in an appropriate district court. There is no exception for lawyers or in-house counsel. Recently, the Ninth Circuit tackled this issue in [...]
FBAR Filing Deadline Extended (For Some)
The deadline for Foreign Bank Account Reporting was June 30. The Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Account is IRS TD F 90-22.1 (.pdf). Any United States person who has a financial interest in or signature authority, or other authority over any financial account in a foreign country, if the aggregate value of these accounts [...]
Comprehensive Changes to Family and Medical Leave Act Regulations
On November 17, 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor published final regulations under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). Morgan Lewis put together this great summary of the regulatory changes: Department of Labor Enacts Comprehensive Changes to Family and Medical Leave Act Regulations (.pdf)
Legal Expenses
Mark A. Srere and Amy J. Conway-Hatcher of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP wrote Legal Expenses for The Recorder (CAL LAW). The article compares the results of U.S. Department of Justice and SEC investigation against Lucent with FCPA Opinion Procedure Release 08-03. Lucent spent millions of dollars on hundreds of trips for Chinese government officials [...]
Who Is a Foreign Official After the Government Bailout of Financial Instiutions?
We have all read about the bailout of US financial institutions by the US government. This is not happening in other countries. This complicates the analysis under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. As Joel M. Cohen, Michael P. Holland, and Adam P. Wolf of Clifford Chance examined in Under the FCPA, Who Is a Foreign [...]
Whistleblowers in France
French privacy law limits the ability to use anonymous hotlines. In France, the French Data Protection Authority (La Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)), an administrative agency, oversees processes involving the collection or compilation of personal data. In 2005 they decided that two reporting procedures were in violation of French privacy law. McDonald’s [...]
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