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Evan Sypek; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 31, 2013 The London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) is calculated daily by the British Banking Association (BBA) and published by Thomson Reuters. The rates are calculated by surveying the interbank borrowing costs of a panel of banks and averaging them to create an index of 15 separate Libor rates for...
| | Is Your Criminal Screening Process Compliant?
Gregg A. Fisch, Marlene M. Nicolas, Tina Rad; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 4, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 An employer’s reluctance in hiring an applicant with a criminal history is understandable and sensible. Employers have an obligation to ensure a safe workplace, can be fined for failing to enact safeguards against workplace violence, and face liability for negligent hiring and retention of...
| | CFPB Amends Ability-To-Repay/Qualified Mortgage Regulations To Exclude Creditor's Payment Of Compensation To Loan Originator Employees From Calculation Of Points and Fees
Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 3, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 CFPB Amends Ability-To-Repay/Qualified Mortgage Regulations To Exclude Creditor's Payment Of Compensation To Loan Originator Employees From Calculation Of Points and Fees
| | Common Sense Prevails Once Again: District Court FCA Ruling Serves As Reminder That Whistleblowers Need to Prove Recklessness Too
Jonathan S. Aronie, Christopher M. Loveland; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 3, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 While multi-million dollar False Claims Act (FCA) settlements paid by Government contractors get the lion’s share of the press, those with an attentive eye will have noticed a recent steady stream of more “contractor friendly” FCA decisions flying just under the national...
| | What's New Out There? A Regulatory Update
Shaunna E. Bailey; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 3, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 On May 16, 2013, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued a proposed rule that would amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) relating to the detection and avoidance of counterfeit parts, in partial implementation of the National Defense...
| | Federal Contractors: The FAR E-Verify Clause Revisited - Critical Steps a Contractor Can Take To Foster E-Verify Compliance
Dawn M. Lurie; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 3, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 “Yes, we use E-Verify.” “Of course, our company is in compliance, we did an I-9 audit a few years ago - isn’t that the same as E-Verify?” “I know this is not an issue, because I remember being told we addressed all I-9 and E-Verify issues.” “No, the...
| | Ninth Circuit Rules that Comcast Does Not Kill Wage and Hour Class Actions
Thomas R. Kaufman; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 31, 2013, previously published on May 29, 2013 On Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit decided Leyva v. Medline Industries, Inc., reversing an order denying class certification in a wage and hour case. The decision represents the first interpretation from the Ninth Circuit of the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend...
| | China Enacts New Employment Law Affecting Employers Who Do Not Directly Employ Their Workers
Brian S. Arbetter, Terese M. Connolly; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 30, 2013, previously published on May 29, 2013 China has a new employment law. This new law significantly impacts an employer who does not directly employ its own workers, but instead uses agencies such as FESCO or third party staffing companies, also known as labor dispatching agencies. At the end of 2012, the Standing Committee of the...
| | Mexican Federal Labor Law Reform: What Companies Doing Business in Mexico Need to Know
Brian S. Arbetter, Terese M. Connolly; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 28, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 Mexico’s new Federal Labor Law (FLL) took effect on December 1, 2012. The reform seeks to modernize Mexico’s labor law. The new FLL’s major, employment related amendments include increased regulation of outsourcing jobs, increased flexibility in hiring and payment of wages, the...
| | Mexico's Telecommunications' reform ready to be signed by President Peña Nieto
Marcos Vergara del Carril; Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 28, 2013, previously published on May 24, 2013 On May 23, after the approval of 24 Mexican states (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis, Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas,...
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