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|September 21, 2021Los Angeles Partner and Co-Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ General Liability Practice Dana Alden Fox was recently featured in the Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers special report for a third consecutive year. The report includes interviews with the most highly-regarded attorneys in California.
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|September 21, 2021Lewis Brisbois is pleased to be celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month. From September 15 to October 15, we will be sharing a series of spotlight posts from the Hispanic American members of our Lewis Brisbois family who will share their unique perspectives and experiences.
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|September 21, 2021Fort Lauderdale Partner David Shannon will present at the upcoming National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Tax, Regulatory & Risk Management Conference, hosted at the Las Vegas Convention Center on October 10 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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|September 20, 2021On September 9, 2021, in a significant victory for California employers, the California Court of Appeal issued the first published appellate opinion in Wesson v. Staples the Office Superstore, LLC holding that trial courts have authority to ensure the manageability of PAGA claims, which includes the power to strike unmanageable PAGA claims as necessary.
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|September 20, 2021New York Partner Karen L. Campbell will join a virtual panel hosted by the New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA), on conducting a voir dire. The webinar will take place on September 30 at 5:15 p.m. ET.
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|September 20, 2021ERISA, also known as The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, is sometimes as confusing to judges as it is to lawyers. Therefore, it is not surprising that both large and small employers often fail to familiarize themselves with the basic tenets of ERISA before providing health insurance and other “welfare” benefits to their employees.
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|September 20, 2021In May 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed HB21-1188, which explicitly overturned the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling in Ferrer v. Okbamicael, 390 P.3d 836 (Colo. 2017). This law went into effect on September 7, 2021.
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|September 20, 2021New York Partner Cristina R. Yannucci will join a panel about insurance mediated settlements at the upcoming virtual New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Dispute Resolution Section Fall Meeting on September 30 at 11:00 a.m. ET.
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|September 17, 2021Today, in a highly-anticipated opinion, the Illinois First District Appellate Court ruled in Tims v. Black Horse Motor Carriers, Inc. that different statutes of limitations apply to different provisions of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA, or the Act). This ruling has far reaching implications for all pending BIPA litigation and is likely to be appealed.
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|September 17, 2021Dallas Partner Elisaveta “Leiza” Dolghih was recently quoted in a Part B News article titled “Mind Legality of Firing MD for Embarrassing the Practice; Better to Go No-Cause,” which discusses legal options for employers who seek to address doctors’ conduct that reflects poorly upon their practice.
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|September 16, 2021In Qaadir v. Figueroa (2021) 67 Cal.App.5th 790, the plaintiff sued the defendants for negligence arising from a car accident defendants caused. During trial, both parties had billing experts testify about the reasonableness of the medical bills. Neither of the billing experts relied upon plaintiff’s unpaid medical bills to determine the reasonableness of the plaintiff’s medical expenses. On appeal, the defendants argued that the trial court erred by admitting the plaintiff’s unpaid medical bills.
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|September 16, 2021Washington D.C. Partner Karen C. Bennett will speak at the upcoming Legal ESG Summit about natural capital disclosure opportunities for the corporate sector’s net-zero goals, in a segment titled “Balancing ESG Strategies,” on October 27 at 2:45 p.m. CT.
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|September 16, 2021On September 15, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a report summarizing its findings from a study it performed regarding acquisitions made by five large technology firms over a 10-year period that were not reported to the federal U.S. antitrust agencies under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act.
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|September 15, 2021Atlanta Partner Jonathan D. Goins recently advised firm client Arrow Exterminators, one of the largest pest control companies nationally, in inking several multimillion-dollar advertising sponsorship deals with several major sports teams and organizations.
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|September 15, 2021Lewis Brisbois has ranked 11th in Law360’s 2021 Glass Ceiling report, moving up from 37th place in 2020. The report measures female presence and gender parity in law firms, this year evaluating 269 organizations.
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