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The Bottom Line on GINA: Employers Need to Engage “Safe Harbor” Provisions

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations

Earlier this week, I offered some initial thoughts about the new GINA regulations that will become effective in January 2011. After time this week to digest the regulations and review the analysis of others, here is the bottom line for employers in Connecticut. These regulations — as with GINA itself — apply only to employers with 15… Continue Reading

No Day Like Today: Safe-Harbor Provision Expires Today for In-House Counsel

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations

Up until recently, in-house counsel at Connecticut companies could provide advice to their company without necessarily being admitted to practice law in Connecticut.  Well, I shouldn’t say that they "could" but until new in-house counsel rules were passed last year, there was a next-to-nothing likelihood that in-house counsel were going to be prosecuted for unauthorized practice… Continue Reading