Employer Policy Changes: Notice By Email or Ink
Paul R. Mastrocola of Burns & Levinson LLP
An employer sends a company-wide email notifying employees about a new policy mandating arbitration of employment disputes. Later, an employee files a lawsuit in Court claiming that he was wrongfully terminated by the company because of a disability. The Court denies the employer?s request that the former employee should be required to arbitrate his claim according to the new policy, and allows the lawsuit to proceed in Court.
How Does Sarbanes-Oxley Affect Me Now?
Scott F. Duggan of Goodwin Procter LLP
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and various regulatory initiatives impose a variety of obligations and restrictions on public companies. The statutory and regulatory pronouncements include numerous dates and periods on or by which companies must act or refrain from doing certain actions.
Amendments to NASD and NYSE Analyst Standards Rules
D. Grant Vingoe,Benjamin J. Catalano,Barri Lynn Bogner and Olufolasade Adamolekun of Dorsey & Whitney LLP
On July 29, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") approved the proposed rule changes by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ("NYSE") (together with other self-regulatory organizations, the "SROs") that further address research analyst conflicts of interest in connection with equity research reports, and are designed to achieve full compliance with the mandates of section 501 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOA").
Update: The New Audit Committee Rules
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
This update summarizes the new audit committee rules which took effect in the year 2000.
Rules of Conduct for Securities Attorneys
Jeffrey M. Knetsch of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Jeffrey Knetsch, partner at Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, discussed the importance of the new attorney rules of conduct for securities lawyers, "The SEC's 'up the ladder' reporting requirements for attorneys went into effect in August 2003 and will have a significant impact on the traditional attorney client relationship for attorneys representing public companies..."
Ninth Circuit Limits Arbitration of Title VII Claims
Michael J. Tonsing of Littler Mendelson, P.C.
This article details a ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco which has limited virtually every mandatory employment arbitration agreement in the western United States.
Corporate Governance Seminar. Seminar Summary of Speaker Jeffrey Knetsch of Brownstein Hyatt & Farber
Jeffrey M. Knetsch of FindLaw M V
Jeffrey Knetsch, partner at Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, discussed the importance of the new attorney rules of conduct for securities lawyers at FindLaw Corporate Counsel Center's Corporate Governance seminar at Stanford University.