In July 2020, the famous Schrems II decision invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield on which thousands of companies relied for trans-Atlantic data transfers. Since then, standard contractual [...]
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Last year, the federal government passed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP for Nursing Mothers) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) to strengthen [...]
A Unified Patent Court (“UPC)” has finally been approved in Europe, which has been in the works for quite some time. It will provide a central court from which a European patent may be enforced – [...]
On February 24, 2023, The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) released standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”) and accompanying SCC Regulations, as part of China’s Personal Information [...]
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) ruled that severance agreements that include confidentiality or non-disparagement provisions that “have a reasonable tendency to interfere [...]
For commercial property owners, it is time to get in line. Although its deadline for filing assessment appeals is typically March 31 of the year in issue, Allegheny County is providing a special [...]
It is important for all companies to have a well-written and up-to-date employee handbook. Employee handbooks inform employees of workplace policies, set expectations between employees and the [...]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a new “Know Your Rights” poster as of October 2022, replacing the now outdated “Equal Opportunity is the Law” poster. Employers [...]
Customer lists, marketing plans, pricing structures, production processes, recipes, formulae, and more. State and federal law protects this knowledge so long as you treat it like the sensitive [...]
Rapid development and seismic changes in the utilization and distribution of Information Technology have led the AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee to organize a task force to review [...]
