United States: OFCCP Issues New Scheduling Letter And Itemized Listing – Federal Contractors Must Act Quickly To Ensure Compliance

Executive Summary:  On September 30, 2014, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) published a Notice in the Federal Register announcing a newly approved Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing.  The Itemized Listing, used in conjunction with the Scheduling Letter, identifies the documents and information that contractors must provide at the onset of the desk audit phase of an OFCCP compliance evaluation for non-construction supply or service federal contractors.

The new OFCCP Scheduling Letter and […]

By | October 13th, 2014 ||

Canada: Alberta’s PIPA Scheduled To Lapse On November 15, 2014

On November 15, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada found Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) to be invalid and gave Alberta’s Legislature 12 months to make it constitutional.1

To date, no amendments to PIPA have been tabled by the Alberta government and the next session of the Alberta Legislature has been delayed until November 17, 2014.

On September 22, 2014, Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner wrote an open letter to Alberta’s Premier, the Minister of […]

By | October 11th, 2014 ||

United States: Seventh Circuit Rejects Attorney Fee Award Premised On Administrative Costs

As we’ve commented before, class actions frequently take on a life of their own. They involve large sums of money, frequently raise difficult discovery and case management issues, and are subject to surprises for all the litigants. At the same time, recognizing that tensions exist between the class and class counsel regarding attorney fees, courts are more closely scrutinizing settlements, particularly where the attorney fee award approaches, or even surpasses, the relief to the putative […]

By | October 11th, 2014 ||