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|March 22, 2019Companies who make a Bitcoin payment in the face of a ransomware attack may run afoul of U.S. anti-money laundering laws. In particular, any company that makes such a payment risks being categorized as a “money service business” under the Bank Secrecy Act and corresponding U.S. Treasury regulations, opening them up to a whole host of compliance statutes and regulations.
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|March 22, 2019Los Angeles Partner David Nahai will speak at the 13th Annual Sustainability Summit, hosted by the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) on April 5 at the Getty Center. Mr. Nahai, who was previously head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Chair of the Regional Water Quality Control Board, will lead the panel on water issues confronting Southern California.
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|March 22, 2019The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that a Wisconsin town did not violate a local union’s First Amendment rights when it required the union to remove a giant inflatable rat staked to a public highway median. The appellate court held the cities’ zoning ordinance, which banned all private signs on public rights-of-way, allowed the city to deflate the rat without running afoul of the First Amendment.
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|March 22, 2019In Furry v. East Bay Publishing, the California Court of Appeal reversed a trial court’s decision denying a plaintiff relief for overtime and meal break claims.
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|March 22, 2019San Francisco Partner Deborah Smith will join a panel at the America Bar Association’s 28th Annual Spring CLE Meeting: Hot Topics in Toxic Torts & Environmental Law Conference, taking place April 4 – 6 at the Hotel Del Coronado.
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|March 21, 2019Experienced corporate attorneys Frank J. Cerza and Sara Jane Holland have joined Lewis Brisbois as partners in the New York City and Newark, New Jersey offices, respectively, continuing the firm’s expansion of its business-focused practice groups.
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|March 21, 2019As of March 18, 2019, New Jersey employers may not include any provision in an employment contract that waives any substantive or procedural rights or remedies that relate to a claim of discrimination, retaliation or harassment. Any such provision is deemed unenforceable and against public policy.
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|March 21, 2019New York Partners Mark Anesh and Philip Furia were recently successful on appeal before the New York Appellate Division, First Department in a legal malpractice case, after previously obtaining an important adverse inference ruling in the Supreme Court, New York County concerning highly relevant documents that the plaintiff claimed to have lost.
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|March 21, 2019Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce that the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Team has been nominated for “Cyber Risk Event Response Team of the Year” and “Cyber Law Firm of the Year” at Advisen’s 2019 Cyber Risk Awards. The Cyber Risk Awards are the annual “people’s choice” awards for the cyber risk industry, recognizing the industry’s most influential professionals. The awards leverage Advisen’s vast contact database of insurance professionals involved in cyber risk issues.
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|March 21, 2019Denver Partners Ian R. Walsworth and Craig W. Mueller recently secured an enhanced damages award on behalf of their client in the Western District of Tennessee, bringing the total judgment to over $4.6 million.
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|March 21, 2019A refresher and update on the ongoing evolution of what constitutes proper venue in a patent case. For over 20 years, venue in a patent case was proper in essentially any court in the United States. That all changed in May 2017 when the Supreme Court held in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Food Grp. Brands, LLC that 28 U.S.C. §1400(b) is the sole and exclusive venue provision for patent infringement actions, and cannot be supplemented by the general venue statute at 28 U.S.C. §1391.
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|March 20, 2019Even though it’s March, we’re not out of the woods yet in terms of having to deal with inclement weather. As the Midwest experiences historic flooding, it is reminder that bad weather is always an issue, no matter where you live or what time of year, and now is as a good a time as any for employers to review their handbooks and determine whether they have effective (and compliant) inclement weather policies in place. Here are six things to consider when drafting or updating your inclement weather policy.
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|March 19, 2019Lewis Brisbois is proud to announce that it now has 50 locations across 27 states, increasing the firm's national footprint and strengthening important practices in key markets and regions
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