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|August 05, 2020Los Angeles Partner Alexis G. Crump and Newark Partner Sara J. Holland were recently quoted in two Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ) articles about recent real estate trends in 1031 exchanges and TICs.
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|August 05, 2020New York Partner Alecia Walters-Hinds will join a captivating panel discussion via Zoom titled “100th Anniversary of Women’s Voting Rights – Passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,” hosted by the New York City Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) & The Defense Association of New York on August 18 beginning at 5:45 p.m.
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|August 05, 2020Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Partner Christopher Ballod was recently quoted by Legaltech news (part of Law.com) for an article titled "Good Help Is (Still) Hard to Find in Legal IT and Cybersecurity," which discusses the dearth of IT and cybersecurity expertise in the job market that is specific to the legal industry.
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|August 04, 2020On July 21, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) consolidated the standard used to evaluate whether discipline of an employee’s abusive conduct violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
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|August 03, 2020San Diego Partner Rita R. Kanno and Dallas Partner Diane L. Waters recently contributed to an article published by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) on COVID-19-related legal questions titled “4 COVID-19 Legal Questions You Should Answer.”
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|August 03, 2020In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which provides two different types of paid leave for employees who are unable to work due to COVID-19 related reasons.
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|July 31, 2020Savannah Associate Donavan Eason was recently elected as co-chair of the Premises Liability Section of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, as well as elected to the Board of Trustees for the Zell Miller Foundation.
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|July 31, 2020Northwest Indiana Managing Partner Renee J. Mortimer recently served as a Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (DTCI) representative on the committee that prepared a Resource Guide for Indiana courts and practitioners to use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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|July 31, 2020Most employers are familiar with the anti-retaliation provisions of their state’s anti-discrimination statutes and Title VII under federal law. These laws create robust rights of action for current and former employees who allege they were retaliated against for complaining of discrimination or harassment in the workplace. They also carry with them the threat of hefty damages verdicts for employees, and awards of attorneys’ fees that sometimes dwarf the sum of the damages themselves.
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|July 31, 2020Los Angeles Partner Mark A. Oertel was recently appointed as a vice-chair of the Fidelity and Surety Law General Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort and Insurance Practices Section (ABA/TIPS) for the 2020-2021 bar year.
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|July 31, 2020New York Partner Karen Campbell will join a panel presenting a live streamed webinar hosted by the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers titled “The Road to Recovery: Litigating NY Child Victims Act Cases,” taking place on August 6 at 1:00 p.m. EST.
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|July 30, 2020Philadelphia Partners Walter “Pete” Swayze, III and Megan E. Grossman, along with Associate John M. Borelli, have published a practice guide for LexisNexis titled “LexisNexis Practice Guide: Pennsylvania Labor and Employment.” The publication provides guidance on various labor and employment issues, including hiring, wages, health and safety standards, employment discrimination, employee performance and privacy, labor relations, employer liability for employee acts, benefits, termination, and post-employment benefits.
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|July 29, 2020Ellen Greiper Appointed to First All-Female Advisory Board for Advisen’s Big Nasty Claims ConferenceNew York Partner Ellen H. Greiper has been appointed to the first all-female advisory board for Advisen Ltd.’s annual Big Nasty Claims Conference, taking place in New York City on September 17, 2020 at New York Law School.
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|July 29, 2020Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Partner Christopher E. Ballod was recently quoted by The American Lawyer (part of Law.com) in an article titled “Law Firms Remain Vulnerable to Wire Transfer Scams, as Liability and Breach Costs Grow” about recent lawsuits brought against law firms that allege they could have done more to prevent wire fraud scams.
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