Entries tagged “employment agreements”
Client Alert: Confidentiality Clauses Can Cost You: SEC Issuing Fines for Inconsistency with Dodd-Frank Whistle Blower Protection Rules
insights November 14, 2016
Recent SEC enforcements mean it’s time to reconsider the risks of including overbroad confidentiality clauses in employment agreements and other business documents of registrants (e.g., public companies, mutual funds, investment advisors, transfer agencies and broker dealers). The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act sought to increase the identification of wrongdoing by providing…
Employment Laws Simplified. Quick review of Federal and California state employment and labor laws that employers need to comply with as they grow
insights 
Scott Raber · 
Thomas M. White · 
Jill Haley Penwarden · February 6, 2016
Business owners should be aware of employment laws they need to comply with as they grow. To help achieve this goal, we have created two charts containing the most commonly litigated employment and labor laws, listed by the threshold number of employees a business must have to trigger compliance obligations. These non-exhaustive charts briefly describe…
