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|April 02, 2020Portland Partner Sean B. Hoar was quoted in an article titled “When Hackers Kidnap Their Data, Companies Are Increasingly Using ‘Breach Coaches’ And Negotiators,” which discusses the trend toward hiring attorneys to coordinate multi-faceted responses to cyberattacks.
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|April 02, 2020The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled 9-0 that a 1990 law intended to provide a means of redress against States that commit copyright infringement is unconstitutional as written, and that sovereign immunity shields States from being held liable for copyright infringement. Though most copyright owners do not have to worry about States infringing their works, the facts of the case offer an important insight that all owners of any IP should note.
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Legal Alerts
|April 02, 2020In the short time since the pandemic arrived, and as we have been reporting, the federal government and the states have adopted a variety of new statutes, regulations, and guidance with which employers must become conversant. This alert focuses on key new developments for New Jersey employers.
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Legal Alerts
|April 02, 2020With the courts around the country cancelling jury trials and issuing special or emergency orders that severely limit in-person hearings during this time of the “social distancing” and shelter-at-home orders, many businesses are worried that if they need to obtain injunctive relief, they may not be able to get it.
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|April 01, 2020Daniel DeCarlo Quoted in Law360 Article On Sanctioning of Attorney Who Lied About Anti-Semitic SlursLos Angeles Partner Daniel C. DeCarlo was recently quoted in a Law360 article titled “Atty Sanctioned For Lying About Anti-Semitic Slurs in IP Row.” The article describes the unethical behaviors of a plaintiff’s attorney, which ultimately caused a federal court to reprimand him publicly in a published decision.
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|April 01, 2020On March 25, 2020, the State of Washington Office of Insurance Commission issued a letter to all authorized property and casualty insurers titled “Special Data Call Relating to Business Interruption and Related Commercial Coverage Written in Washington State.”
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Legal Alerts
|April 01, 2020As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, commercial landlords and tenants find themselves in an unprecedented situation fraught with uncertainty. Government mandated business closures and wide spread shelter in place orders have caused substantial disruptions to both the economy and the way we live.
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|March 31, 2020On March 25, 2020, Governor Polis issued Executive Order D 2020-017, ordering Coloradans to stay at home due to the presence of COVID-19 in the State.
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Blogs
|March 31, 2020A district court in New York has ruled that drug and clinical trial sponsors cannot avoid their obligation to submit “basic results” about the outcome of trials for approved products between September 27, 2007, when a statute requiring publication of this information on ClinicalTrials.gov went into effect, and January 18, 2017, when regulations finally went into effect to implement the statute.
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Legal Alerts
|March 31, 2020Signed into law by President Trump on March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) (Public law No. 116-36) amends numerous provisions of federal tax law affecting both businesses and individuals. Many of the changes aim to help taxpayers conserve or generate cash, either prospectively or by amending prior years’ tax returns.
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|March 31, 2020Denver Partner Jon J. Olafson will participate in an upcoming webinar on April 2 titled “How COVID-19 Is Affecting Labor & Employment Law in Germany and the US.”
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Blogs
|March 31, 2020On February 25, 2020, the Virginia State Legislature passed House Bill 1334, the Insurance Data Security Act, which establishes data security requirements applicable to persons licensed by the insurance laws of the Commonwealth. Following on other state laws that have created data security regimes applicable to the insurance industry, the Virginia law requires licensees to maintain the security of information systems and nonpublic information.
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Legal Alerts
|March 30, 2020This memo summarizes and analyzes commercial rent and eviction moratoriums implemented in March 2020 in the State of California, and the Cities and Counties of Los Angeles and San Francisco, as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, and discusses the scope of any federal eviction moratoriums such as recent rules implemented by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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Legal Alerts
|March 30, 2020The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue a declaration to provide liability immunity to certain individuals and entities against any claim of loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the manufacture, distribution, administration, or use of medical countermeasures, except for claims involving “willful misconduct.”
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|March 30, 2020On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Order (Release No. 34-88465) extending the filing periods and proxy delivery requirements covered by its previous Order issued on March 4, 2020, due to the coronavirus, or COVID-19.
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