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When is Face-to-Face Not Face-to-Face Enough?
According to 24 C.F.R. 203.604(b), a “mortgagee must have a face-to-face interview with the mortgagor, or make a reasonable effort to arrange such a meeting, before three full monthly installments due...
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Extra Paperwork Triggers EEOC to File ADA Suit in South Carolina
The EEOC recently filed a disability discrimination suit in a South Carolina federal court (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Correct Care Solutions, LLC). The complaint alleges that Correct...
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The US Departments of Justice and Labor Announce Expansion of Worker...
Just in time for the holidays, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new plan to prosecute crimes that put workers’ health and lives at risk. As explained in the...
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What’s Next for the CFPB? Requirements for Short-Term Loans
Earlier this month, the CFPB Acting Deputy Director David Silberman provided written testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer...
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The Seventh Circuit Upholds the Breadth of an EEOC Subpoena Seeking Staffing...
Earlier this month, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit found that the EEOC was within its investigatory powers to administratively subpoena broad information about a staffing agency’s...
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The Impact of Inflation: The EEOC Increases Monetary Civil Penalties for...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is increasing the monetary civil penalties for violations of the notice-posting requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), the...
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Repercussions of Retaliation: EEOC Revises Its Guidance On Retaliation
For the first time in 18 years, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued revised guidance (the Guidance) regarding retaliation. The Guidance, which broadens and clarifies the...
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Texas Federal Judge Rules DOL “Persuader Rule” Unlawful
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) controversial “Persuader Rule” is off the table—at least for now. U.S. District Judge Cummings in the Northern District of Texas granted summary judgment to 10 states,...
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When Off-the-Clock Isn’t Off-the-Clock: The Seventh Circuit Considers...
Remember that collective action that the Chicago police officers filed complaining that they weren’t paid overtime for checking their BlackBerrys off duty? Well, the cops lost at trial and now the...
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And NYC Makes Three: Massachusetts, Philadelphia, and New York City Ban...
New York City will soon become the third jurisdiction to enact laws barring employers from asking a job applicant about former salaries. The goal? To eliminate one of the alleged sources of wage...
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GDPR实施一周年及国家监管机构职责回顾
2019年5月25日，GDPR实施已满周年，一年实施期间让众多跨境企业尤其是在欧洲市场开展业务的跨境企业如履薄冰，社会各界对于GDPR是非功过莫衷一是。周年之际，欧洲数据保护委员会发布官方周年报告First Overview On the Implementation of the GDPR and the Roles and Means of the National Supervisory...
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近日某客户要求审查公司内部承包经营合同，经通读全文并与客户确认后发现，客户拟通过签署公司内部承包合同的形式，实现工程资质挂靠之实。因此，本着格物致知的精神，尽可能全面地梳理了内部承包与挂靠相关的法律规范（包括法律、法规、司法解释、地方司法性文件），以探究内部承包与挂靠的“罗生门”。 一、内部承包与挂靠的相关法律规范 《关于改革国营施工企业经营机制的若干规定》...
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1587年与1768年——A YEAR OF NO SIGNIFICANE?
万历十五年，亦即公元1587年，在西欧历史上为西班牙舰队全部出动征英的前一年，而在中国，这平平淡淡的一年中，发生了若干为历史学家所易于忽视的事件。这些事件，表面看来似末端小节，但实质上却是以前发生大事的症结，也是将在以后掀起波澜的机缘。在历史学家黄仁宇的眼中，其间的关系因果，恰为历史的重点，而我们的大历史之旅，也自此开始...... 叫魂——1768年中国妖术大恐慌 万历十五年——无关紧要的一年
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謊言的代價是什么What is the cost of lies? 并不是它會被錯當成真相It’s not that we’ll mistake them for the truth. 真正的危險是：如果我們聽了太多謊言The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, 會再無法分辨出真相then we no longer recognize the...
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