Compliance Stuff

Many organizations struggle with retaining historical website content. Archiving your website is a critical step if you want to maintain an accurate record of content, communications, and legal compliance over time. Without proper archiving, you risk losing versions of pages, real-time share prices, trading value, filings or financial reports, and legal disclaimers that could be relevant in disputes or regulatory audits. Why Does Website Archiving Matter for Compliance? More than just a technical process, website archiving is fundamental to meeting regulatory requirements and supporting legal defensibility. Financial institutions, health care organizations, and publicly listed companies often face strict requirements from agencies such as the SEC, FINRA, FAA, and FTC. If you are managing compliance, you could work with an archiving solution to automatically capture every update, correction, or addition to a website. Regular archiving helps to demonstrate that your organization is ad...

At a Glance The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters. FAA Forces Major U.S. Airlines to Cut Flights as Shutdown Continues  As the federal government shutdown continues, the Federal Aviation Administration said that it is forcing airlines to cut 10 percent of their flights at the nation’s busiest airports, effective Friday morning, November 7, to relieve pressure on air traffic controllers (who are working unpaid) and improve safety.   Multiple business groups and trade associations are not only concerned about the shutdown’s further strain on an already understaffed air traffic control system, but also worried about losses in revenue to industries and the overall impact to the economy as flights are postponed and canceled. For example, the American Hotel and Lodging Association is  reporting  that the shutdown has resulted in an estimated $650 million in lost hotel...

On August 11, 2025, the Supreme Court of California ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not preempt [ t o prevent ] a state statute requiring employers to timely pay arbitration fees or forfeit the right to arbitration . The court rejected a strict reading of the statute, finding that the law does not prevent untimely payments from being excused absent evidence of “wrongful conduct.” Quick Hits The Supreme Court of California ruled that the FAA does not preempt a state law requiring prompt payment of arbitration fees, interpreting the requirement in the context of other statutes and legal principles that may excuse an untimely payment. The court clarified that employers may not automatically forfeit their right to arbitration for late fee payments if those delays are not willful or grossly negligent. The ruling emphasizes that parties can negotiate their own payment timelines in arbitration agreements. In  Hohenshelt v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Golden St...