ee #MeToo: New York State Court Allows Actor’s Claims Against Entertainment Companies to Proceed Based on Alleged Conduct in 1995 by Weinstein By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:37:59 +0000 A New York state judge has denied motions to dismiss actor Julia Ormond's claims against a film company, its parent company, and a talent agency based on conduct by film producer Harvey Weinstein, who Ormond alleges assaulted her in December 1995 in her Manhattan apartment. In her lawsuit, Ormond alleges that these entities knew about Harvey Weinstein's predatory behavior before he sexually assaulted her in 1995 and failed to protect her. The ruling allows the case to proceed, highlighting the potential scope of liability of these companies. Full Article
ee Three Littler Attorneys Selected for 2024 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Programs By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:52:31 +0000 (April 3, 2024) – Three attorneys from Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, have been selected for the 2024 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows and Pathfinders programs. Shareholder Karimah J. Lamar (San Diego) will serve in the 2024 LCLD fellows class, and Associates Warsame Y. Full Article
ee Littler Adds Shareholder John Tripoli in Milwaukee By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 14:19:37 +0000 MILWAUKEE (April 8, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added John D. (J.D.) Tripoli as a shareholder in its Milwaukee office. Tripoli joins from Eimer Stahl LLP and focuses his practice on employment-related litigation. Full Article
ee Three in a Row! Littler Adds Third Partner in Just Two Months to Growing Toronto Office By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:55:42 +0000 TORONTO (June 17, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labour law practice representing management, continues its hiring streak in Toronto today with the addition of Matthew Badrov as a partner. Badrov, who joins from Sherrard Kuzz, marks Littler’s third partner addition in Toronto in recent months, following the arrivals of Shana French and Stephen Shore. Full Article
ee Three Littler Partners Recognized in the 2025 Edition of the Best Lawyers in Canada™ By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:12:48 +0000 TORONTO (August 29, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labour law practice representing management, is pleased to announce that three of its attorneys have been featured in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada™ in Labour and Employment Law. The attorneys included in this year’s edition were: Full Article
ee Write it down: California's Freelance Worker Protection Act imposes new requirements for engaging independent contractors By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:34:54 +0000 Joy C. Rosenquist, Rick Reyes and Blair C. Senesi examine California’s new Freelance Worker Protection Act (FWPA), which aims to provide greater protections to freelance workers. Wolters Kluwer View (Subscription required) Full Article
ee New amendments to California bill clarify scope of prohibition on junk fees for restaurant industry By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:43:48 +0000 Stacey James and Jamie L. Santos discuss a California amendment that seeks to allow restaurants to support higher wages and benefits while clearly disclosing service fees to consumers upfront. Wolters Kluwer View (Subscription required) Full Article
ee Australia Aims to Give Employees the Right to Disconnect By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:23:50 +0000 Australia’s Senate on Thursday, February 8, 2024, passed a bill that would prevent an employer from contacting employees outside of work hours. The bill gives the employee the right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact, or attempted contact, from an employer outside of the employee’s working hours without fear of being penalized, unless the employee’s refusal is unreasonable. Full Article
ee Politics in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:56:27 +0000 How employers deal with politics in the workplace involves a wide range of issues, including an organization’s brand, reputation, and values. Full Article
ee Politics In The Workplace: What Employers Need To Know By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:01:50 +0000 Bradford Kelley, Kellen Shearin and Michael Lotito say employers must consider employees' rights — and limits on those rights — related to political speech and activities in the workplace. Law360 View (Subscription required.) Full Article
ee Canada: SCC Decision Offers Potential Insight into Privacy Rights for Private-Sector Employees By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:55:42 +0000 In a significant decision focused on public employers, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently held that Ontario public school boards are “government” and, as such, they are subject to the provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter), and their teachers are protected from unreasonable search and seizure in their places of employment. In York Region District School Board v. Full Article
ee The Risks Of Employee Political Discourse On Social Media By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:15:02 +0000 Bradford Kelley and James McGehee discuss the potential risks for employers when employees use social media for political purposes. Law360 View (Subscription required) Full Article
ee Senate Recesses Without Votes On Biden NLRB Nominees By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:36:39 +0000 The Senate recessed, leaving two nominees key to the partisan balance on the National Labor Relations Board in limbo, and Michael Lotito says it’s a sign that their confirmations are not guaranteed. Law360 View (Subscription required) Full Article
ee Calif. Becomes Latest To Ban 'Captive Audience' Meetings By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:17:52 +0000 Michael Lotito comments on states banning captive audience meetings. Law360 View (Subscription required) Full Article
ee Fewer Than Half of Companies Have Policies Governing Employee Use of Generative AI By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 22:00:12 +0000 Marko Mrkonich discusses findings in Littler’s AI C-Suite Survey Report that explains why it’s essential for employers to implement workplace generative AI policies. Corporate Compliance Insights View Full Article
ee Alumni Spotlight — Meet Erin Webber By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:04:23 +0000 Erin Webber talks about how her father inspired her future career in labor and employment law and recalls her journey to become the Managing Director of Littler. MIZZOU Magazine View Full Article
ee Law360 Gives Attys New Tool To Track EEOC Amicus Briefs By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:38:54 +0000 Jim Paretti says labor and employment attorneys need to look at amicus briefs because they provide good insight into how the EEOC will view certain things. Law360 Employment Authority View (Subscription required) Full Article
ee What a Trump return would mean for the EEOC By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:41:32 +0000 Jim Paretti talks about how the EEOC’s recent work may be affected by the election results. POLITICO Pro View (Subscription required) Full Article
ee Trump’s Populism Set to Clash With Senate GOP on Labor Nominees By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:29:53 +0000 Michael Lotito says to expect clashes between the populist and business-friendly wings of the GOP over Trump’s labor nominations. Bloomberg Law View (Subscription required) Full Article
ee Trump's Win Tees Up Big Changes To The EEOC By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:34:49 +0000 Jim Paretti says the actions the EEOC embarked on during the first Trump administration offer clear insights as to what to expect in the second go-round. Law360 View (Subscription required) Full Article
ee 22nd Global Standards Collaboration meeting convenes world’s leading standards bodies in Montreux, Switzerland By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 08:29:51 GMT 22nd Global Standards Collaboration meeting convenes world’s leading standards bodies in Montreux, Switzerland Sophia Antipolis, 28 March 2019 The 22nd meeting of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC), a high-level gathering of the world’s leading information and communication technologies (ICT) standards organizations, took place from 26-27 March 2019, hosted by IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) in Montreux, Switzerland. GSC members shared their priorities and focused on Smart Sustainable Cities and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI releases three specifications for cloud-based digital signatures By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:16:42 GMT ETSI releases three specifications for cloud-based digital signatures Sophia Antipolis, 2 April 2019 The ETSI technical committee on Electronic Signature Infrastructure (TC ESI) has just released a set of three Technical Specifications for cloud-based digital signatures supporting mobile devices: ETSI TS 119 431-1, ETSI TS 119 431-2 and ETSI TS 119 432. This new set of standards supports the creation of digital signatures in the cloud, facilitating digital signature deployment by avoiding the need for specialized user software and secure devices. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI launches a new group on information exchange between maritime surveillance authorities By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:08:26 GMT ETSI launches a new group on information exchange between maritime surveillance authorities Sophia Antipolis, 3 May 2019 ETSI has recently launched a new Industry Specification Group on a European Common Information Sharing Environment Service and Data Model (ISG CDM). The ETSI group will define technical standards to allow data exchange among different maritime legacy systems in a cooperative network. Enhancing information exchange between maritime surveillance authorities is one of the key strategic objectives of the European Union under the Integrated Maritime Policy with increased coordination between different policy areas (transport, environmental protection, fisheries control, border control, general law enforcement, customs and defence). Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI hosts another successful Security Week By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:09:36 GMT ETSI hosts another successful Security Week Sophia Antipolis, 21 June 2019 ETSI Security Week 2019 (17-21 June) attracted over 300 attendees to ETSI’s headquarters to listen to presentations and engage in panel discussions and networking with leading experts in cybersecurity from industry, universities, governmental bodies and national security agencies. Read More... Full Article
ee AIOTI, ISO/IEC JTC1, ETSI, oneM2M and W3C Collaborate on Two Joint White Papers on Semantic Interoperability Targeting Developers and Standardization Engineers By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:12:23 GMT AIOTI, ISO/IEC JTC1, ETSI, oneM2M and W3C Collaborate on Two Joint White Papers on Semantic Interoperability Targeting Developers and Standardization Engineers Cross-organization expert group works together on accelerating adoption of semantic technologies in IoT. AIOTI today announced its collaborative role in the publication of two joint white papers on semantic interoperability entitled Semantic IoT Solutions - A Developer Perspective and Towards semantic interoperability standards based on ontologies in conjunction with organizations closely tied to the advancement of the IoT ecosystem. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI IoT Week: semantics, experiences and security By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:12:48 GMT ETSI IoT Week: semantics, experiences and security Sophia Antipolis, 28 October 2019 ETSI IoT Week 2019 (21-25 October) drew more than 200 attendees to ETSI’s headquarters for what has become a must attend event for anyone who wants to understand the importance of standard-enabled technologies for IoT service deployments, in many different sectors. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI releases standard for cyber digital evidence bag to confirm integrity of data in legal proceedings By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 07:13:27 GMT ETSI releases standard for cyber digital evidence bag to confirm integrity of data in legal proceedings Sophia Antipolis, 21 April 2020 The ETSI Technical Committee CYBER has recently released a key standard for digital evidence bag (DEB). ETSI TS 103 643 covers “techniques for assurance of digital material used in legal proceedings” and provides a set of extra tools for those wanting to demonstrate the integrity of digital evidence. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI Security Week 2020 goes virtual! By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:18:55 GMT ETSI Security Week 2020 goes virtual! Sophia Antipolis, 18 May 2020 From 8-19 June, nearly 50 security experts will walk you through the latest updates and challenges of four different key topics around cybersecurity: how to deploy 5G securely, the Cybersecurity Act, insights into the new Smart Secure Platform and advanced cryptography. High level executives from global telco operators, vendors, academia, security organizations such as ENISA or the National Cyber Security Center, other standards bodies such as GSMA or 3GPP, to name a few, will unfold their presentations, ready to answer your questions as the event goes on. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI virtual Security Week 2020: a record audience for first sessions By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:19:46 GMT ETSI virtual Security Week 2020: a record audience for first sessions Sophia Antipolis, 12 June 2020 Register for next week. Our virtual Security Week started this Monday, 8 June and will end on 19 June with nearly 50 speakers discussing the latest updates and challenges of four different key topics around cybersecurity in 14 webinars. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI publishes new work programme, keeping up the pace of ongoing activities By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:56:40 GMT ETSI publishes new work programme, keeping up the pace of ongoing activities Sophia Antipolis, 22 June 2020 ETSI is pleased to release its 2020-2021 work programme. In ETSI we are constantly exploring new ways to make the development of standards faster and more efficient. Our FORGE platform, for example, gives developers free access to open-source code produced by our members. And as we have already seen this year, the need for effective virtual collaboration between individuals and teams has never been keener. Read More... Full Article
ee Successful ETSI virtual Security Week 2020 with over 4000 viewers By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:21:05 GMT Successful ETSI virtual Security Week 2020 with over 4000 viewers Sophia Antipolis, 24 June 2020 The ETSI virtual Security Week 2020, that took place from 8 June to 23 June, successfully closed with a record audience of more than 4000 viewers joining from over 50 countries. Speakers and moderators comprised a variety of stakeholders ranging from global telco operators, vendors and academia to security organizations and other standards bodies. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI Multi-Access Edge Computing extends services to WiFi to address enterprise needs By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:14:52 GMT ETSI Multi-Access Edge Computing extends services to WiFi to address enterprise needs Sophia Antipolis, 16 July 2020 The ETSI Industry Specification Group on Multi-Access Edge Computing, ISG MEC, has recently released ETSI MEC GS 028 to extend network information services to the world of WiFi and thus squarely into enterprises space. Read More... Full Article
ee oneM2M standard has been selected as a national standard in India By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:27:30 GMT oneM2M standard has been selected as a national standard in India Sophia Antipolis, France, 27 October 2020 oneM2M, the global standards initiative for M2M and IoT technologies of which ETSI is a founding member, is thrilled to announce that its standard has been adopted at a national level in India to develop the 100 smart cities plan of the country. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI participates to IEEE Workshop on Autonomic/Autonomous Networking By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:39:24 GMT ETSI participates to IEEE Workshop on Autonomic/Autonomous Networking Sophia Antipolis, 20 January 2021 The ETSI Working Group on the evolution of management toward Autonomic Future Internet (AFI) has been invited at the Systems Optimization Imperatives, Techniques, and Opportunities for Future Networks virtual workshop organized by IEEE on 21, 22 and 25 January. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI virtual Security Week 2021: recorded presentations now available By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:08:38 GMT ETSI virtual Security Week 2021: recorded presentations now available Sophia Antipolis, 25 June 2021 The ETSI Security Week 2021, that took place virtually from 14 June to 18 June, successfully closed with an audience of more than 1000 viewers joining from over 70 countries! Read More... Full Article
ee ITU, UN Environment Programme and ETSI celebrate the EU Green Week By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 09:58:12 GMT ITU, UN Environment Programme and ETSI celebrate the EU Green Week Sophia Antipolis, 8 June 2022 On 1 June 2022, during the EU Green Week, ITU in collaboration with UN Environment Programme and ETSI organized a Workshop on “Global Digital ICT Product Passport to achieve a Circular Economy”. Luis Jorge Romero, ETSI Director-General and Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary General, ITU gave the opening remarks. Read More... Full Article
ee Making a better world through innovation a key focus of ETSI IoT Week 2022 By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 07:28:51 GMT Making a better world through innovation a key focus of ETSI IoT Week 2022 Must-attend event offers an up-to-date overview of the major European and global trends in IoT services, technology innovations and deployments Sophia Antipolis, 14 September 2022 The potential for IoT technologies to enhance the lives of people across Europe through digital, green and eHealth revolutions will be a key focus of this year’s ETSI IoT Week and conference. Held in Sophia Antipolis, France, from 10-14 October, ETSI IoT Week is an annual event for organizations and stakeholders interested in the service and operational areas of IoT. Speakers at the conference will include regulators, academics and practitioners from prominent IoT firms across Europe. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI flagship event Security Conference attracts nearly 200 attendees onsite By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:22:52 GMT ETSI flagship event Security Conference attracts nearly 200 attendees onsite Sophia Antipolis, 7 October 2022 The sun was shining this week on one of ETSI’ s flagship events, the Security Conference, where the number of participants onsite reached nearly 200 attendees, from 27 countries. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI IoT week highlights how ICT standards can help sustainability By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:09:23 GMT ETSI IoT week highlights how ICT standards can help sustainability Sophia Antipolis, 17 October 2022 Last week ETSI hosted the 2022 ETSI IoT Week event, focused on “Pursuing the Digital and Green Transformation”. 52 speakers from industry, research, universities, cities and other SDOs demonstrated, with concrete examples, how ICT standards can help reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the European Green Deal to an audience from 22 countries around the world. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI workshop: improving Quality of Emerging Services for Speech and Audio By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:11:54 GMT ETSI workshop: improving Quality of Emerging Services for Speech and Audio Sophia Antipolis, 23 November 2022 The ETSI STQ (Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality) Workshop that took place on 21-22 November 2022 in Bratislava (Slovakia) was hosted by Amazon. It focused on a user-centred perspective of the Quality of Emerging Services for Speech and Audio. The event was attended by organizations providing a rich mix of inputs and perspectives from industry, regulators, and academia. Through presentations, discussions and professional networking, this STQ Workshop demonstrated a very high level of engagement by all participants, with stimulating interaction among all speakers and the audience. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI OSM launches Release THIRTEEN with a new scalable architecture for massive closed-loop operations By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:00:57 GMT ETSI OSM launches Release THIRTEEN with a new scalable architecture for massive closed-loop operations Sophia Antipolis, 15 December 2022 The ETSI Open Source MANO community is proud to announce OSM Release THIRTEEN, meeting the already established cadence of two releases per year, alternating between Long Term Support (LTS) releases such as Release TWELVE (2 years’ support) and Standard releases (6 months support). Read More... Full Article
ee 6G-IA and ETSI sign MoU bridging the gap between European research, standards and industry By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:09:38 GMT Sophia Antipolis, France/Brussels, Belgium 24 January 2023 The 6G-IA brings together a global industry community of telecoms and digital actors such as operators, manufacturers, research institutes, universities, verticals, SMEs and ICT associations. The association carries out a wide range of activities in strategic areas including standardization, frequency spectrum, R&D projects, technology skills, collaboration with key vertical industry sectors, notably the development of trials, and international cooperation. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI Summit on Sustainability: ICT Standards for a Greener World By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:35:04 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 4 April 2023 Organized on 30 March as a hybrid event in ETSI facilities, France, the ETSI Summit on how ICT developments and standards can enable sustainability and have a positive impact on society, focused on the key role of the ICT industry and related standardization activities to support Green initiatives. The event brought a large and global audience of over 220 stakeholders including operators, solution providers, policy makers and standards bodies or fora working on the topic. Read More... Full Article
ee The ETSI IoT conference 2023 focuses on Green and Digital Transformation By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:14:37 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 18 April 2023 ETSI’s annual flagship event returns in 2023. This new edition of the ETSI IoT Conference - IoT Technologies for Green and Digital Transformation - will take place on 4-5-6 July 2023 in ETSI premises, Sophia Antipolis, France. Read More... Full Article
ee Global Standards Collaboration meeting for a more sustainable, safer world By www.etsi.org Published On :: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 14:24:39 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 28 April 2023 Sustainability was the focus of a high-level meeting of the world’s leading information and communication technologies (ICT) standards bodies. The 23rd meeting of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) was hosted by ETSI, in London, 26-27 April 2023. Three sessions were moderated in a workshop format and included interactive discussions. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI MEC meets vertical markets, helping the drones business By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 31 May 2023 12:44:24 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 23 May 2023 On 26 June 2023, ETSI will host the first panel of a series of Multi-access Edge Computing live panels. This panel will explore the drone business from a MEC perspective with a variety of speakers coming from this vertical market. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI IoT conference: standards are key to achieving green and digital transformation By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 07 Jul 2023 09:26:02 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 7 July 2023 The new edition of the ETSI IoT Conference, IoT Technologies for Green and Digital Transformation, ended on 6 July, highlighting through use cases and demonstrations how IoT standards can be real enablers in achieving the green and digital transformation. The programme is available here and the very stimulating presentations from our 54 international speakers are available here. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI releases three Reports on Securing Artificial Intelligence for a secure, transparent and explicable AI system By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:31:23 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 11 July 2023 ETSI is pleased to announce three new Reports developed by its Securing AI group (ISG SAI). They address explicability and transparency of AI processing and provide an AI computing platform security framework. The last Report is a multi-partner Proofs of Concepts framework. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI Open Source MANO announces Release FOURTEEN providing a new scalable architecture for service assurance By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:40:22 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 26 July 2023 The ETSI Open Source MANO community is proud to announce OSM Release FOURTEEN. Release FOURTEEN is a Long-Term-Support (LTS) release of ETSI OSM, providing two years of continuous support with bug fixes and security patches, and including significant improvements in many key areas. Read More... Full Article
ee ETSI releases World-First Report to Mitigate AI-Generated Deepfakes By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 08:01:05 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 7 September 2023 ETSI is thrilled to announce its new Group Report on Artificial Intelligence on the use of AI for what are commonly referred to as deepfakes. The Report ETSI GR SAI 011, released by the Securing AI (ISG SAI) group, focuses on the use of AI for manipulating multimedia identity representations and illustrates the consequential risks, as well as the measures that can be taken to mitigate them. Read More... Full Article
