Media Mentions
2010
“OSHA Targets Records in Employer Inspections”
Occupational Health Management, December 2010
Eric Conn was interviewed regarding OSHA’s new program to assess the accuracy of employers’ injury and accident recordkeeping. “Inspections and the size of enforcement actions are increasing under the Obama Administration,” Mr. Conn said. “OSHA has not only increased the size of its enforcement team, but has also greatly increased the size of its enforcement actions.” He added: “There is no question about it. Employers should expect to see, and indeed are already seeing, increased fines and an increased focus by OSHA on recordkeeping issues.”
, Labor & Employment, OSHA, MSHA & Catastrophe Response
“Settlement Reached in Essay-Mill Lawsuit”
Chronicle of Higher Education, October 25, 2010
Eric Conn, who represented students in a class action lawsuit against a company that sold their term papers on the Internet without permission, praised a settlement ending this activity. “Our entire purpose was to stop the conduct,” Mr. Conn said. “Since Internet resources are so readily available, we think this ruling is a positive step to enhance academic integrity.”
, Labor & Employment, OSHA, MSHA & Catastrophe Response, Trial
Eric Conn and James Lastowka were both cited by Human Resource Executive Online (April 9) in a story about stepped-up Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforcement. Mr. Conn urged employers to conduct record-keeping audits to ensure that OSHA logs reporting all applicable illnesses and injuries are up to date, particularly as reporting standards change. Mr. Lastowka said that while companies may have OSHA compliance rules, they should “look at how effectively they’re being implemented and followed on the workplace floor,” adding that OSHA will look at whether companies “have reacted appropriately” on such issues as control of employee exposure to potentially harmful worksite materials.
James A. Lastowka, Labor & Employment, OSHA, MSHA & Catastrophe Response
Eric Conn was quoted on the Top Colleges Blog (February 24) regarding an Illinois federal judge’s order that an Internet-based company stop selling college term papers unless it can prove that it has permission from the authors to sell them. The ruling represents the first time a court has penalized a term paper seller for the way it acquired the papers, and Mr. Conn, who represented a number of authors, declared, “We’d like to stop this practice or get as close to stopping [it] as we can.”
, Trial
Eric Conn was quoted by USA Today on February 1 concerning a federal court ruling that ordered the owner of an Internet-based company to stop selling term papers unless he can prove he has permission from the papers’ authors. Mr. Conn represents a number of authors in the case and is seeking compensation for them. “We'd like to stop this practice, or get as close to stopping [it] as we can,” he stated.
