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Calling the tune: new whistleblowing "Commission" issues its own consultation

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • April 15 2013

The Government has confirmed that two key changes to whistleblowing detriment rules will now come into force, via the Enterprise Bill, in the Summer:

Puffing is the past - put out that cigarette!

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 25 2007

England's smoking ban begins on 1 July 2007

IRS affirms adverse ruling on performance-based compensation under Section 162(m); some transition relief available

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2008

On February 21, 2008, the IRS released Revenue Ruling 2008-13 regarding the treatment of certain performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 162(m)”

What to expect when your employee is expecting

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 3 2009

For an employee, a pregnancy is an impending bundle of joy, but for an employer it can mean a host of new concerns and questions

The Bratz rulings: vital lessons for companies, employees, and consultants wishing to avoid costly disputes, massive damage awards, and forfeiture of intellectual property

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 22 2009

On December 3, 2008, a federal judge in California ordered MGA Entertainment (MGA) to cease production and sale of its core product line, the popular “Bratz” dolls, and declared MGA's ownership rights in Bratz doll design to be null and void in response to a jury finding that MGA wrongfully procured the design from a doll designer employed by Mattel (a competitor of MGA

Supreme Court rules that Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision applies to employee disclosures during an employer’s internal investigation

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 30 2009

On January 26, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (No. 06-1595), that the “opposition clause” of Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision protects from retaliation an employee who speaks out about discrimination not on her own initiative, but in the course of answering questions during an employer’s internal investigation

Getting ready for the Employee Free Choice Act

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 12 2007

Since the passage of the National Labor Relations Act over 70 years ago, employers have had an opportunity to tell their employees about the disadvantages of becoming a union member after a union commences its organizing drive and petitions the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold a secret ballot election

IRS issues guidance on identifying “covered employees” for purposes of Section 162(m)

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2007

On June 4, 2007, the IRS issued Notice 2007-49 which provides guidance for identifying “covered employees” for purposes of Code Section 162(m)(3

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is first step in expected expansion of federal civil rights laws

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 30 2009

President Barack Obama and Congress took their first step in fulfilling their promised expansion of federal civil rights laws covering employees by enacting the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

December 31, 2009 deadline for amending plans and agreements to comply with million dollar cap on compensation

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 1 2009

Public companies may want to consider certain issues relating to executive employment arrangements and Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Section 162(m)) by December 31, 2009