News & Analysis

This month's FTC Report identifies benefits and risks associated with companies’ use of big data.

The EU has issued a new data protection framework. How will this apply to a multinational firm's management of its global workforce?

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently announced that it is reducing the minimal annual percentage rate for random drug testing for drivers subject to the Department of Transportation’s drug testing rules.

Mayor Michael Nutter signed sweeping amendments to Philadelphia’s so-called “ban the box” law, the Philadelphia Fair Criminal Records Screening Ordinance.

What happens when you mix office holiday parties with social media? Employers face new risks and concerns in this digital age.

A recent European Commission "Communication" provides some answers to questions raised by last month's ECJ decision invalidating the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework.

It is not a matter of "if" but "when" an employer will be required to notify employees of a security breach.

Obscenities alone—even when viewed by an employer's customers—do not deprive employees engaged in protected concerted activity of the NLRA's protections.

The European Union Court of Justice has issued a landmark decision that will dramatically affect thousands of U.S. companies that transfer personal data from the EU to the United States.

Maine enacts legislation that restricts an employer's ability to demand information regarding an employee's or job applicant's social media account.