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LawFlash: Updated Guidance from DOJ Puts Effectiveness at Center of Corporate Compliance Programs

In its updated guidance issued on Tuesday, the US Department of Justice Criminal Division places effectiveness at the epicenter of its factors to be utilized when evaluating a company’s compliance program in the context of a criminal investigation. Read more … Continue reading

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Bill 57: New Law Puts the Brakes on the Pay Transparency Act Designed to Narrow Ontario’s Gender Pay Gap

  Despite pay equity and anti-discrimination laws, female workers in Ontario continue to earn less than their male peers. In an attempt to address the ongoing gender wage gap, Ontario’s former Liberal government passed the Pay Transparency Act (“PTA”), designed … Continue reading

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Shon Hopwood: The legal profession puts itself on an unsupportable pedestal

I went to law school with eyes wide open. I experienced the legal system firsthand, serving time in federal prison for my role in five bank robberies. While in prison, I worked with many lawyers on the outside and often … Continue reading

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Retirement Accounts & Divorce: Lerbakken Opinion Puts Accounts at Risk

The 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel has issued a new opinion that is really causing a lot of anxiety and uncertainty about the exemption status in bankruptcy cases of retirement accounts awarded to debtors during a divorce case. If a … Continue reading

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“I Can Do It!” puts disabled on path to improved fitness and nutrition

Many individuals with disabilities are doubly challenged: they adapt their lives to accommodate a disability while simultaneously suffering from secondary maladies brought on by a lack of physical exercise. Nearly 50 percent of adults with a disability are not physically … Continue reading

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