Compliance Communications Blog

 

A Lawsuit About Working at Home

6/15/20: With all the cases of employees working at home during the pandemic, it’s not surprising that a lawsuit would emerge somewhere along the line. That happened recently when single mother Stephanie Jones, director of revenue management with Eastern Airlines, asked her employer for two hours off each day to care for her child, who could not attend school because of school closures...

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No Lockdown on Fraud

6/15/20: Mark Schena, president of Arrayit Corporation, became the first criminal securities fraud prosecution related to the COVID-19 pandemic brought by the US Department of Justice. He’s not likely to be the last. The DOJ charged Schena with one count of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud related to submission of $69 million in false claims for allergy and COVID-19 testing...

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What Comes Next as the Country Considers Reopening?

6/1/20: Businesses and individuals are grappling with questions of what comes next as the country does or considers reopening. Return to work? Open the office? Continue the furlough? Redesign the workplace? Check on the social distancing and the use of masks when employees aren’t at work?..

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U.S. Employment Law Update

4/20/20: Crisis brings out new ways of thinking and doing but it doesn’t always stay still long enough to remember the basics. That may be especially true during a time of massive layoffs, furloughs and employment uncertainty. Law firm Sidley Austin has published an in depth “insight” article about employment law and guidance for employers at a time of COVID-19...

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The Compliance Risks Beyond COVID-19

4/20/20: All eyes are on COVID-19, quite rightly, but compliance officers know that risk and compliance don’t stop. An article by Scott F Roybal, Laura A Alexander in the National Law Review drills into the FCPA risks standing in the shadows of the global pandemic...

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