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Geetha Nadiminti Adinata, Charles A. Roach; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 28, 2012, previously published on May 25, 2012 Executive Summary: There is an annual limit of 65,000 H-1B numbers available to foreign nationals with Bachelor's Degrees and an additional 20,000 for those holding U.S. Master's Degrees. With what appears to be a rebounding economy and a surge in employers hiring foreign workers again, the H1-B...
| | NMB Announces Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Implementing RLA Amendments Which May Eliminate Carrier Victory in a Tie
M. Blake Martin, Andrew D. McClintock; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 23, 2012, previously published on May 21, 2012 Executive Summary: On May 22, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that it will hold a public hearing on June 19, 2012, and invited interested persons to share their views on its proposed rule changes relating to the amendments to the Railway Labor Act (RLA) in the Federal Aviation...
| | Court Invalidates Ambush Election Rule; Board Suspends Implementation
M. Blake Martin; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 Executive Summary: A federal trial court in the District of Columbia has held that the "ambush election" procedures published by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in December 2011 are invalid. In response to the District Court's decision, on May 15th the Board temporarily...
| | US DOL Judges Require Production of AAP Data Beyond Date of OFCCP Scheduling Letter
Bennet D. Alsher, Linda Cavanna-Wilk, Karen M. Tyner; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Administrative Review Board (ARB) recently issued a decision requiring an employer to produce OFCCP data well beyond the date of an OFCCP scheduling letter. See OFCCP v. Frito-Lay Inc., DOL ARB, No. 10-132, 5/8/12 [released 5/10/12]).
| | DOL Provides Guidance on Participant-Level Disclosure Regulation
Tiffany D. Downs; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 The Department of Labor (DOL) has published a Bulletin providing guidance on some of the most frequently asked questions relating to the participant-level disclosure regulation published in 2010. This regulation requires plan administrators to disclose certain plan and investment related...
| | High Profile Allegations of FCPA Violations Require Compliance Assessment
Kenneth R. Hannahs; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 1, 2012, previously published on May 1, 2012 Executive Summary: The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are aggressively pursuing allegations of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) against US and internationally headquartered entities and individuals.
| | EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Employers' Use of Criminal Records
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Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 Executive Summary: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued an updated guidance on the use of an individual's criminal history in making employment decisions. The guidance was issued April 25, 2012 and is available at: ...
| | First Federal Appeals Court Opinion Interpreting CIGNA v. Amara: Ninth Circuit Rejects Claim for Equitable Relief under ERISA
Tiffany D. Downs, Isabella P. Lee; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2012, previously published on April 24, 2012 Executive Summary: The Ninth Circuit recently held that employees who received an SPD that did not accurately explain their retirement plan benefits were not entitled to equitable relief under ERISA. See Skinner v. Northrop Grumman Ret. Plan B (9th Cir. Cal. Mar. 16, 2012). This is one of the first...
| | Ninth Circuit Holds Employee Data Theft is Not Punishable Under the CFAA After All
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Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2012, previously published on April 2012 Executive Summary: In its much anticipated en banc decision, the Ninth Circuit refused to extend the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") to employee data theft in United States v. Nosal. The Court declined to "transform the CFAA from an anti-hacking statute into an expansive...
| | Appeals Court Blocks Enforcement of Notice-Posting Rule for Now
Ford Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2012, previously published on April 17, 2012 Executive Summary: The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has enjoined the National Labor Relations Board from enforcing its notice-posting rule while the court considers the appeal of a federal trial court's decision partially invalidating the rule. See National Association of Manufacturers v. National...
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