Regulation & Public Policy

A national movement has developed to ban certain questions about job applicants' criminal history, and employers need to act fast.

California must do away with a series of arbitrary restrictions.

A little-known regulation may provide a powerful tool outside of workers' comp law that can reduce fraud and lost work time.

The workers' comp research suggests, for instance, that Missouri, New Mexico, Hawaii and Delaware may see major reform efforts soon.

Three words in the insurance law may cause trouble.

Stunning tapes underscore the risk that remains in our financial system -- and the need for 'interactive finance.'

What makes lawyers sue Company A, but not Company B, when both have had the stock price drop because of a development that relates to earlier disclosures?

An EEOC suit challenges companies' right to use agreements to keep employers from filing charges or cooperating with investigations.