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In 2009, a group of shareholders filed suit in federal court against CardioNet, a company that had recently completed its IPO. The shareholders sued pursuant to Section 10(b) of the Securities Act of 1934. The federal court dismissed the case. However, in 2010, another group of shareholders filed suit in California state court against the same company under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933. Within two years, that case settled for more than $7 million.

The United States Census Bureau estimates that there are in excess of 10,000,000 auto accidents annually in the United States. Employers often wonder what responsibilities they have toward employees involved in auto accidents while using personal automobiles. There really are, after all, some tricky issues to work through.

On April 5, 2016, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance granting new parents 6 weeks of paid leave to bond or care for a new child (by birth, adoption or fostering). The new San Francisco law (SF PPL) is intended to supplement the California Paid Family Leave (CA PFL) which currently pays workers 55% of their normal wages to take time off to care for a new child.

As a result of the Budget Act of 2015 OSHA fines will increase for the first time in nearly 25 years. The new budget eliminated the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 exempting OSHA from increasing penalties to account for inflation. The potential increase will raise fines nearly 80 percent.

It’s concerning but true: workplace violence, including assaults and homicides, made up 16 percent of all work-related fatal occupational injuries in 2014, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And the US Department of Labor (DOL) reports that every year, approximately 2 million people throughout the country are victims of non-fatal violence at the workplace.

“Social engineering” losses have officially come into corporate prominence, though the term does little to explain the mechanics of these claims. There are many forms of these types of losses, but most involve wrongdoers who impersonate an employee, vendor or customer by phone or email and induce someone within your company to wire funds, purchase equipment or release personal private information.