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|November 24, 2021On November, 18, 2021, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint final rule to establish computer-security incident notification requirements for banking organizations and their bank service providers. The final rule's new definition narrows the focus to those incidents most likely to materially and adversely affect BOs, while still retaining general consistency with the NIST definition.
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|November 24, 2021Earlier this month, OSHA issued emergency workplace safety rules requiring businesses with 100 or more employees to ensure their employees are vaccinated or submit to regular COVID-19 testing. In response, on November 18, 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law four bills passed during a special session of the Florida legislature, which limit employers’ ability to impose COVID-19 vaccine mandates and prohibit school districts from adopting a mask mandate or requiring asymptomatic students that have been exposed to COVID-19 to quarantine and require Florida to set up its own OSHA program.
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|November 23, 2021Indian Wells Appellate Partner Wendy S. Dowse, New York Appellate Partner James M. Strauss, and Newark Partner James S. Rehberge recently prevailed in a discretionary appeal when the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey held that the lower court erroneously denied Lewis Brisbois' manufacturer client's motion to dismiss after improperly determining that the company was subject to New Jersey's jurisdiction based on an insufficiently-developed record.
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|November 22, 2021Los Angeles Partner David M. Samuels was recently named President-elect of the Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys (AHIA). He will serve a two-year term, commencing in November 2021.
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|November 22, 2021New Orleans Administrative Partner Thomas J. Cortazzo was recently elected President of the Westbank Business & Industry Association (WBIA), an organization of industry and businesses throughout southeast Louisiana on the west bank of the Mississippi River. He will be installed to the position on January 6, 2022, and will serve a one-year term.
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|November 18, 2021Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Chair Sean B. Hoar and Vice Chairs Lindsay B. Nickle and Richard W. Goldberg will provide a year-in-review of the cybersecurity industry and share their predictions for 2022 in a collaborative webinar hosted by Lewis Brisbois on December 2 at 9:00 a.m. PT.
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|November 18, 2021Many employers have already acted wisely by adopting policies to advise their employees that the employer reserves the right to engage in electronic monitoring of employee communications by phone and email, as well as employee internet access and usage. Effective May 7, 2022, New York employers will be obligated to adopt and enforce such policies if they do engage in such monitoring.
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|November 17, 2021Our recent alert described the OSHA emergency temporary standard (ETS) – promulgated on November 5, 2021 – requiring vaccinations or testing by employers with at least 100 employees, which was issued in response to President Biden’s directive of September 9. We advised as to the planned dates by which covered employers had to become compliant, as well as the measures required to achieve compliance. However, OSHA has announced a suspension of activities related to the implementation and enforcement of the ETS in light of the November 12 decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to stay the ETS.
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|November 17, 2021On November 16, 2021, with broad bipartisan support, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jonathan Kanter as the new Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) by a vote of 68-29. Mr. Kanter’s confirmation marks another step in the Biden Administration’s commitment to more vigorous enforcement of U.S. antitrust laws.
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|November 17, 2021Dallas Partner Elisaveta "Leiza" Dolghih will present strategies for handling business crises in healthcare at the upcoming Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) North Texas Chapter meeting on December 8 at 12:30p.m. CT.
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|November 17, 2021A Charlotte, North Carolina federal jury recently returned a $10 million verdict in punitive damages in favor of a white male executive who was fired and replaced by a minority and a white woman. The case, Duvall v. Novant Health, Inc., was tried in the Western District of North Carolina. The jury returned its verdict after reviewing evidence that Novant, a major hospital system, terminated a high-level executive after adopting a Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) initiative program with racial and gender “targets” to implement a national hospital system diversity program.
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|November 17, 2021On October 5, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law legislation that provides new protections for persons aged 70 and older under the umbrella of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD). The new law is designed to enable older workers to “retire by their own volition” and protect their financial independence. The law is effective immediately.
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