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In the wake of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, instituting myriad new financial regulations in an effort to prevent future economic...

Following the financial crisis of 2008, the Obama administration passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) in 2010. The Act is a sweeping piece of legislation intended to regulate the...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) ordered Wells Fargo on Friday, July 21, 2017, to reinstate and pay $577,500 in back wages, damages and other fees to a former...

In its next term, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 protects internal whistleblowers who have not reported alleged misconduct to the U.S. Securities...

On Feb. 23, 2017, Life Time Fitness settled a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $86,000. The EEOC’s complaint alleged that, after giving...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently affirmed the administration’s commitment to enforce the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), the anti-bribery law that President Donald Trump had once ridiculed as a...

A new study of people who have experienced workplace discrimination showed that over one-fourth experience forms of “workplace bias” that are “common, impactful, and beyond their ability to manage,” leading to...

In Rocheleau v. Microsemi Corp., Inc., No. 15-56029, — F. App’x —, 2017 WL 677563 (9th Cir. Feb. 21, 2017), the Ninth Circuit affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of...

When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in 2010, Congress created new anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation protections for all employees, that are particularly helpful to healthcare workers....

On April 3, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it has ordered Wells Fargo to reinstate and compensate a whistleblower who was terminated after reporting suspected fraudulent acts in 2010....