The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) has amended its Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information, commonly known as the "Safeguards Rule," to require non-bank financial institutions to report certain data breaches to the …
Starting November 1, 2023, employers must use a new version of the Form I‑9 to verify the employment eligibility of their employees. The new form, with an edition date of 08/01/23, is reduced to one page from two pages. The Lists of Acceptable Documents …
While health care providers have been required to comply with the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule (the Rule) since April 5, 2021, as of yet there is no enforcement mechanism in place with respect to the Rule and health care providers. The …
CLE On-Demand Webinars include video streaming of the full program plus handouts. Listen to the entire program in one sitting or take a break and return to the place where you left off. Strafford offers one-year of continuous access to every on-demand …
Employers nationwide should be aware that the long-delayed 2022 EEO-1 reporting period opened October 31, 2023. The deadline for filing 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data is December 5, 2023, though employers are encouraged to file sooner if possible. All private …
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In this article featured in Mealey’s Data Privacy Report, DWT’s Jeremy Ben Merkelson, Wendy Kearns, Michael Borgia, and Tanner Harris examine recent advances in neurotechnology – whose workplace applications include the potential to address productivity, …
Governor Newsom signed into law a plethora of bills that significantly expand the rights of employees in California, although notably vetoing a bill that would have prohibited caste discrimination. Most of the new laws take effect on January 1, 2024, while …
In January, we wrote about how new comprehensive state consumer data privacy laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), apply to healthcare providers. At the time five states had enacted such laws: California, Colorado, …
By Tim Ryan · October 24, 2023, 8:07 PM EDT Unions and businesses have already started making strategy changes in the two months following a National Labor Relations Board decision that shook up the representation election process and lightened the …
On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its long-awaited "Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights" (Proposed Rule) for public comment. The Proposed Rule was issued under Section 1033 of the …
Data breaches come in many different forms, sizes, and levels of complexity, but they tend to share certain key facts: A third-party bad actor—whether through a phishing attack, a ransomware attack, exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability, or other means— …
When it comes to insurance contracts, the devil is often in the details, as a recent Oregon Court of Appeals case illustrated. In The Final Table, LLC v. Acceptance Casualty Insurance Co.,[1] an individual was seriously injured when he was shot. The victim …
California has recently passed and signed into law two significant pieces of climate legislation: Senate Bill 253 (SB 253), better known as the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, and Senate Bill 261 (SB 261) focused on climate-related financial …
The National Labor Relations Board has released more statistics that further confirm what labor lawyers suspected: Employers are subject to more unfair labor practice charges, Employees and labor organizations are filing more petitions for elections, and …
Businesses in California must prepare workplace violence prevention plans by next summer under a first-in-the-nation state law that some attorneys have called vague and tricky to implement. California became the first state with a job violence law that …
OCT. 18, 2023 – Nathan Siegel, a veteran advisor and litigator on behalf of leading media companies, has been named a 2023 MVP of the Year in Media & Entertainment by Law360. Siegel is the eighth consecutive Davis Wright partner to receive the MVP …
Department of Transportation v. Eagle Peak Rock & Paving, Inc., concerns a $35 million contract that the U.S. Department of Transportation Highway Administration ("FHWA") awarded to Eagle Peak Rock & Paving, Inc. ("Eagle Peak"), …
OCT. 16, 2023 – Nancy R. Thomas, a consumer class action and regulatory enforcement attorney with three decades of experience defending clients in high-stakes matters, is joining the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Thomas focuses her …
By Allison Grande (October 13, 2023, 11:11 PM EDT) -- California is putting data brokers under the microscope with a groundbreaking law that imposes significant new data deletion and disclosure obligations, creating heightened liability risks and once …
