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Top 10 Texas Legislative Changes Impacting Private Schools + Your Compliance Plan

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The 2025 Texas legislative session brought significant updates that directly impact private schools. These extensive changes will require Texas private schools to review and potentially update policies, procedures, and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Adventure in Compliance: The Novels - The Valley of Fear, Whistleblowers and Corporate Compliance

In this new season of Adventures in Compliance, host Tom Fox takes a deep dive into the Sherlock Holmes novels. Over this season I will take a deep dive into each novel over a four part series. The four novels we will...more

K&L Gates LLP

New Aim Misses the Mark: Federal Court Clarifies What Constitutes Confidential Information

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The recent decision of New Aim Pty Ltd v Leung (No 4) is a timely reminder of how confidential information needs to be treated and restricted by businesses to allow it to be protected under law....more

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Trade Secret Protection in Life Sciences: Strategies for Success

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Late last month, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) hosted a panel on Trade Secret Protection in Life Sciences: Strategies for Success. In today's rapidly evolving business environment, trade secrets are becoming...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Top Five 2024 Employee Policies and Issues Check Up

As we enter 2024, there are a few employment law issues to keep top of mind. Below is a list of the top five HR policies and key issues to review as we head into the New Year: 1. Paid Time Off (PTO) and Leave Policies:...more

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Bring Your Own Device Policies: A Strategic Guide for Regulated Industries

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In the era of technology-driven workplaces, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies have emerged as a significant trend. A BYOD policy allows employees to use their personal devices, such as smartphones, for work purposes,...more

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HR Compliance & Remote Employee Engagement: Where the Two Meet (Part 2)

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Businesses know there are distinct challenges when balancing remote work, employee engagement, and HR compliance. Unfortunately, many cannot focus on all three things, and one, two, or even all three get lost. Not focusing on...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Enforcement News: SEC Charges Investment Advisor With Violating Whistleblower Protection Rule

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We have often written about the SEC’s whistleblower program and, in particular, the success of the program with respect to detecting and preventing violations of the federal securities laws. The success of the program...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

NLRB Puts Employment Handbooks Under More Scrutiny

Employers often have workplace policies which are typically contained in an employment handbook. These handbooks may include policies regarding the confidentiality of business information, the use of cell phones during work,...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Protecting Trade Secrets in Texas: How Do You Identify and Secure a Trade Secret?

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To maintain its protection under Texas law, how do you keep a trade secret, secret? Under §134A of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, also known as the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act or TUTSA, a trade secret...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Borer Decision and Potential Impacts to ANCs

On April 1, 2022, the Alaska Supreme Court issued Borer v. The Eyak Corporation, which may impact Alaska Native Corporation boards of directors and their corporate governance structures and policies. Courts only resolve...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Ten Trade Secret Resolutions to Keep for 2021 and Beyond

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2020 brought with it a bevy of new challenges for companies of all sizes in every industry, not the least of which was protecting trade secrets and confidential information in the face of newly remote workforces. 2021 brings...more

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Practical Advice for Protecting Trade Secrets

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What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less - When people hear “intellectual property,” they often think first of patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Trade secrets are a fourth type of intellectual property that are critical...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Spring Cleaning: Tidying Up Your “Reasonable Efforts” to Maintain Trade Secrets

It’s among an in-house counsel’s worst nightmares. A former business partner, ex-employee, consultant, or competitor has stolen your company’s trade secret information. Company management demands swift action....more

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New York State Employers Face Significant New Sexual Harassment Laws

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Employers operating in New York will soon face a raft of new sexual harassment laws. The state budget bill for the 2019 fiscal year approved by the New York State Legislature on March 31 and signed into law by Governor Andrew...more

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Key Considerations to Protect Against Insider Threats in Cybersecurity

Most companies have strengthened their cybersecurity defenses against outside hackers, but many often neglect the equal threat posed by those within their network walls — employees who already have privileged access to...more

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