by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Under federal and most states’ laws, no corporate money or resources may be used to promote the election or defeat of any candidate. A contribution includes any direct or indirect payment, loan, advance or gift of money, services or anything of value. A...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
An effective compliance program should prove extremely valuable to corporations, both as a mitigating factor under the federal Organizational Sentencing Guidelines and as a shield against director liability for civil claims such as negligence and breach of fiduciary...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The federal appeals court whose decisions are binding in Connecticut recently upheld a 20 year front pay award to a victim of retaliation under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Stephen Padilla convinced a jury that his employer, the Metro-North...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
August 1996 saw the passing into law of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), commonly referred to by its sponsors’ names as Kennedy-Kassebaum. With the signing of HIPAA came dramatic advances in the government’s ability to...
