Site Map - Legal Issues

10/31/2007 - A bill (H.R. 2345) introduced by Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) is designed to combat the counterfeiting and adulteration of prescription drugs.

10/31/2007 - Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has introduced a bill (H.R. 3199) that would make the controversial provisions of the Patriot Act permanent. (These parts of the bill are set to expire at the end of the year.) For example, the bill would allow the FBI to obtain, without seeking a warrant, the financial records of individuals. It would also maintain the power of law enforcement to carry out secret warrants and covert surveillance as part of terrorism investigations. However, the bill does not provide law enforcement as much latitude as S. 1266, which was approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee in June. For example, S. 1266 would make it easier for police to issue subpoenas without judicial approval in terrorism cases.

10/29/2007 - An employee can sue over on-the-job horseplay, plus proposals for security officer checks, terrorism reinsurance, and more.

10/29/2007 - Financial scandals follow a pattern, and learning how this pattern plays out is essential to preventing future business crime and financial meltdowns.  

10/29/2007 - Author James F. Pastor weaves together security standards, best practices, and the law to help lawyers who litigate civil premises liability cases.

10/29/2007 - Court cases on negligence, premises liability, and the ADA; guidelines on dealing with cancer as a disability; and legislation on water infrastructure and identity theft.

10/29/2007 - In the first case of its kind, the California Supreme Court has ruled that widespread sexual favoritism in the workplace can create a hostile workplace environment. While an isolated case of favoritism would not be grounds for a harassment charge, ruled the court, employees may sue if the message conveyed in the workplace is that women are sexual playthings or that they must engage in sexual conduct with supervisors to get ahead. In the case, a prison warden was conducting four simultaneous affairs and used his authority to get the women special treatment such as promotions and perks. (Miller v. Department of Corrections, Supreme Court of California, No. S114097, 2005)

10/29/2007 - The California Assembly’s Insurance Committee has voted down a bill (S.B. 550) that would have required any companies, before selling personal information to investigators, to certify the legitimacy of those clients and provide the subject of the inquiry with a copy of the information being given out.

10/29/2007 - A bill (S. 1408) that would set national standards requiring businesses to report data security breaches to its customers has been approved by the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. tracking system for all radiation sources in the United States.

10/29/2007 - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued guidelines for employers on dealing with cancer as a disability.

10/29/2007 - A court has ruled that a manufacturing plant did not discriminate against a potential employee when it declined to hire him.

10/29/2007 - A California appeals court has ruled that the client of a security guard firm is not liable for injuries substained by a security guard.

10/26/2007 - The EEOC has recorded an uptick in racial harassment over the past two decades.