July 17th, 2017
A lesson in avoiding racial bias in background screeningThe U.S. Census Bureau is taking steps to prevent racial bias in the hiring of hundreds of thousands of census-takers in the upcoming 2020 poll of Americans, after a six-year class-action lawsuit unearthed what plaintiffs’ lawyers called unfair screening practices. As part of the 2016 settlement of the lawsuit, the Census will redraw how it does […]
July 5th, 2017
Take care doing due diligence on foreign officials — especially when you’re still in their countryRecent events in the small oil-rich nation of Equatorial Guinea illustrate the potential dilemmas for representatives of global companies trying to perform due diligence on foreign government officials. One dilemma – when the background checkers are still in the officials’ own country, they run the risk of being accused of crimes. In December 2016, three […]
June 13th, 2017
Using visualization to solve clients’ complex problemsThe International Bar Association’s recent Annual Litigation Forum Conference in Zurich played host to a presentation by Mintz Group partner Ian Casewell that demonstrated an exciting Mintz initiative for aiding clients — interactive, graphic visualization. Casewell, who heads the Mintz Group’s London office, spoke at a panel titled “Cutting-edge ways of introducing and taking evidence.” He […]
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