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|January 15, 2021Atlanta Partner and Vice-Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Jonathan D. Goins recently published an article for Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law titled, “Expert Q&A on the Copyright Preemption and Right of Publicity Claims Conflict in Entertainment.”
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|January 15, 2021This third installment in our ongoing series about changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) focuses on the new consumer opt-out rights and business disclosure obligations created by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which was approved by voters last November. Part I of this series looked at the CPRA’s definition and treatment of “sensitive personal information.” Part II discussed covered “businesses” and exemptions.
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|January 15, 2021San Francisco Partner Andrew Klimenko will join a webinar panel titled “Issues of Habitability,” hosted by the Alameda County Bar Association (ACBA) Real Estate Section on January 20 at 12:00 p.m. PT.
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|January 14, 2021Dallas Partner Elisaveta "Leiza" Dolghih has been recognized by D Magazine as a Best Lawyer Under 40 in Labor & Employment Law for a fourth consecutive year. This award recognizes exceptional up-and-coming attorneys in the north region of Texas.
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|January 14, 2021Los Angeles Partner and National Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Legal Malpractice Practice Kenneth Feldman, along with San Francisco Partner and Vice-Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Legal Malpractice Practice Alex Graft, recently published an article in the Daily Journal, titled “Year in Review 2020: Cases Involving Lawyers.” The article discusses significant attorney malpractice decisions that California appellate courts issued over the past year.
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|January 13, 2021In contrast to years past, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in fewer changes to employment laws in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The alert contains a summary of the major employment law developments of the past year in those three states.
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|January 12, 2021Thsi alert contains a summary of the most noteworthy judicial decisions and legislative changes related to employment law that took place in Kansas and Missouri in 2020, including changes to the Kansas Human Rights Commission, the expansion of Missouri's whistleblower law, and COVID-19 updates for both states.
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|January 11, 2021Portland Associate Alejandra Torres will speak at the Multnomah Bar Association’s "Trials in the Time of COVID: A Practitioner’s Perspective" Conference on January 19 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PT.
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|January 11, 2021Congratulations! You and your business survived a global pandemic and one of the most challenging economic downturns in recent memory. The last year took a devastating toll on employees and business alike, and you may be looking to reconsider employee compensation and avoid litigation. As you look forward to bouncing back in 2021, here are three reminders for properly classifying employees.
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|January 11, 2021Boston Partner John T. Harding will join a virtual panel at the Perrin Insurance Coverage Allocation Issues Conference on January 12, in which he will discuss construction defect coverage issues.
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|January 08, 20212020 was certainly a year for the books. While the international community experienced shut downs and standstills as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe, everyone had to adjust to a “new normal.” Although many New York and New Jersey businesses closed their doors, and court operations went virtual starting in March, that did not stop new legal developments from paving the path to a new pandemic-centric landscape.
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|January 08, 2021On New Year’s Eve, Florida’s Supreme Court issued an amendment to essentially apply the federal summary judgment standard to cases in Florida state courts starting on May 1, 2021.
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|January 07, 2021Unlike most states, it was a relatively quiet year in terms of legislative updates and judicial opinions in the employment law context in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. This alert provides a summary of the major legal updates in each of these states in 2020.
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|January 06, 2021With the conclusion of 2020, Pennsylvania employers should be aware of three significant employment law changes that took effect during the year.
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