Menu2/11/19: Fortunately, discrimination against people because of race, sex or religion in the workplace is no longer the way it once was. All too often, older adults continue to face discrimination in the workplace as “… the way it is.”
Compliance Communications Blog
Feb 11, 2019 •
2/11/19: “In the past, the notion of prosecuting an executive of a multinational corporation residing in a foreign country, especially one on the far side of the world, may have seemed remote.” So begins a Special Report: Corporate Fraud and Corruption in Financier Worldwide Magazine for February 2019. The article points to two examples of how that once-remote notion has been turned on its head.
Feb 11, 2019 •
2/11/19: Two employees of Eastern Awning Systems Inc. were awarded back pay, interest, emotional and exemplary damages in a successful lawsuit alleging their illegal firing. The two employees had filed safety and health complaints with the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Jan 31, 2019 •
1/31/19: When and what to give as gifts to physicians has been a thorny issue for pharmaceutical companies for years. As FDA and DOJ intensified their scrutiny of corporate marketing practices, companies crafted Codes of Conduct that limited gifts, meals and entertainment to medical professionals.
Jan 31, 2019 •
1/31/19: Intellectual property theft, national security and the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei have been in the news lately – individually or collectively. On January 28 Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker tied them all together when he announced national security related charges against Huawei.
