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Face masks just the latest of public safety battles

The current controversy over the right to not wear a face mask is just the latest battle over government safety mandates.

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 13 Aug 2020

Face masks just the latest of public safety battles

TikTok faces class action lawsuit over data privacy

A group of parents are suing the social media app TikTok, claiming it is illegally collecting and sharing identification information and sending it to China.

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 12 Aug 2020

TikTok faces class action lawsuit over data privacy

Rules tighten on protected speech in workplace

Employees who spew the F-bomb, make sexually unacceptable remarks or racist comments at work – even involving union activities – will no longer enjoy the same protections under the National Labor Relations Act they once did.

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 12 Aug 2020

Rules tighten on protected speech in workplace

Hackers, email fraud increase security woes for companies

The use of email fraud has become so rampant that two years ago the Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance saying if a public company doesn’t guard against phishing

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 11 Aug 2020

Hackers, email fraud increase security woes for companies

Avoid becoming a victim

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency offers the following ways to avoid becoming a victim of cyber fraud: * Always be suspicious of unsolicited phone calls, email messages or

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 11 Aug 2020

Not knowing Zoom rules could get you in legal trouble

Zoom conferencing is the next best thing to actually being there. Or, at least, that’s what many people have come to accept in the age of the coronavirus. Like

By Craig Kopp

/ 11 Aug 2020

Not knowing Zoom rules could get you in legal trouble

Remote workers and trade secrets: More care needed than ever

With so many employees working remotely, businesses must be cognizant that their trade secrets and other confidential business information are at more risk. Cybersecurity is not enough to protect those

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 10 Aug 2020

Remote workers and trade secrets: More care needed than ever

Equal Rights Amendment lies in legal limbo, as decades of debate continue

Exactly 100 years ago this month, the passage of the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. The Equal Rights Amendment, stating men and women shall have equal rights

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 10 Aug 2020

Equal Rights Amendment lies in legal limbo, as decades of debate continue

Phyllis Schlafly, a powerful conservative voice for decades

Phyllis Schlafly, the driving force to putting the brakes on the Equal Rights Amendment, was a powerful conservative voice for seven decades. Six months before she died in 2016, Schlafly

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 10 Aug 2020

Phyllis Schlafly, a powerful conservative voice for decades

New York Child Victims Act Extended for a Second Time

In New York the Child Victims Act has been extended for a second time. The original one-year window allowing survivors of childhood sexual assault to file civil suits beyond the statute of limitations restrictions is being extended an additional 12 months. Lawmakers recently passed an…

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 9 Aug 2020

New York Child Victims Act Extended for a Second Time

U.S. Catholic Bishops Report

According to a report issued the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in 2019 the number of allegations of Catholic clergy sex abuse of minors more than quadrupled compared to the average from the previous five years. The 2019 report, which covers July 2018 through June…

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 9 Aug 2020

Coronavirus pandemic changing how companies hire

The pandemic has changed just about everything, including how companies hire. Increasingly, remote hiring is the norm in the workplace that will largely be remote for the foreseeable future. Remote

By Sheryl Nance-Nash

/ 7 Aug 2020

Coronavirus pandemic changing how companies hire