12 Dec, 2024 Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Nasdaq “Show or Tell” Diversity Rules By Jennifer B. Rubin On December 11, 2024, the Fifth Circuit, in a divided opinion following an en banc hearing, struck down the Nasdaq “show or tell”...
10 Dec, 2024 Shareholder Hits Target's Bullseye By Jennifer B. Rubin Last year I wrote about a shareholder lawsuit against Target premised on its alleged failure to disclose the risks around the marketing...
28 Aug, 2024 (Employee) Therapy Anyone? By Jennifer B. Rubin The recent WSJ article about employer-provided in-office therapy sessions raises some good points about destigmatizing mental health in...
11 Jun, 2024 Has ESG Turned the Boardroom into an Escape Room? By Jennifer B. Rubin For those of you who have never participated in an escape room, it is a real-life game that confines a group of people (usually friends,...
28 May, 2024 Will the FTC's Non-Compete Proposal Pick Investors' Pockets? By Jennifer B. Rubin My colleagues published an important piece recently about the potential impact that the FTC's proposed non-compete ban might have on M&A...
29 Apr, 2024 Expecting the Unexpected By Jennifer B. Rubin April showered us with quite a few unexpected and impactful legal developments in the workplace. Two Federal agencies released proposed...
16 Apr, 2024 Office of the Level Playing Field By Jennifer B. Rubin The recent New York Times piece about the efforts of some organizations to “rebrand” Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives...
28 Mar, 2024 Don't Crowdsource a Canning By Jennifer B. Rubin This week's controversy regarding the termination of former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel from her broadcasting...
11 Mar, 2024 Clueless in the Cubicle By Jennifer B. Rubin The Journal's recent piece about managing employees with misperceptions about their employment self-worth reminds us once again why...
13 Feb, 2024 Moonlighting in the Age of Employee Entitlement By Jennifer B. Rubin No, this piece isn't about the 80s comedy-drama featuring a detective dynamic duo's snappy dialogue. This moonlighting refers to an...
25 Jan, 2024 An Employee's Luxury of Thought By Jennifer B. Rubin The recent Wall Street Journal piece about giving employees the time and space to think raises some good points about creativity and...
17 Jan, 2024 Merit, Unmasked By Jennifer B. Rubin The ESG-DEI discussion continues to elicit shareholder interest, at least according to a recent report from The Conference Board about...
09 Jan, 2024 Is ESG the Eighth Dirty Word? By Jennifer B. Rubin Today's WSJ article labels ESG as the latest dirty word in corporate America. Setting aside that ESG is an acronym (Environmental,...
07 Dec, 2023 Can AI Provide the Magic Medicine for Corporate Cutting? By Jennifer B. Rubin Spotify announced this week, through a very public memo to its employees, its plan to layoff about 17% of its workforce. In so doing,...
15 Nov, 2023 Target Strikes Back at Shareholder's (Reverse) Social Justice Suit By Jennifer B. Rubin We recently posted about the investor who sued Target Corporation for securities laws violations arising from Target's alleged failure to...
09 Nov, 2023 Engage the Workplace with a Military Mindset By Jennifer B. Rubin The WSJ piece about the benefit of hiring drill sergeants to double down on productivity and reduce whining makes some good points about...