#ClioCloud9

Employers Don’t Have to Record Adverse Vaccine Reactions on Their OSHA LogsNew Jersey Orders Employers to Implement Specific COVID-19 Workplace Safety Protocols

#ILTACON17

Per CDC Order, Cruise Lines Now Require Guests and Crew to Wear Masks, Even After VaccinatedBusiness Interruption Coverage for COVID-19: Recent Pro-Policyholder Decisions

#nabbecomm17

Feeling Burned Out? You’re Not Alone. What Can Your Employer Do to Help?: Pandemic TrendsThe TTB Is (kinda) Trying to Help (sorta) Craft Breweries and Retailers During the COVID CrisisCompassionate Release & COVID-19: Federal Law Creates Avenue for Relief

Access to Justice

Resolving Securities Disputes in the Digital Age: A Primer on SEBI’s Master Circular for Online Resolution of Disputes in the Indian Securities MarketThe Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human RightsShould there be a statutory public inquiry into the murders and attempted murders by Lucy Letby?

Administrative

NLRB’s New Joint Employer Test Significantly Expands Circumstances Under Which Separate Entities Will Be Deemed Joint EmployersAffiliation Renders PPP Borrower Not Small for its $6.28M PPP Loan, Resulting in a $9M FCA SettlementCongress Discusses How To Govern The Acquisition of AI

ADR

NCSC Publishes Remote Proceeding ToolkitDrawing on Psychology to Choose and Design Dispute Resolution ProcessesIntroducing Frank Burke Mediation and Arbitration PC

Antitrust & Trade Regulation

Proposed Amendments to the Competition Act receive first reading in House of Commons“Canada Needs More Competition”: Competition Bureau Releases its Retail Grocery Market Study ReportEU General Court Strikes Down Commission Decisions Authorizing EUR 7 Billion State Aid to Lufthansa and SAS

Appellate

J. Newman channels Tom Petty9th Cir. 2022 Annual ReportIowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in eight cases Oct. 10 and 11

Bankruptcy

What We’re Reading This Week [March 24, 2023]What We’re Reading This Week [March 17, 2023]Businesses with Louisiana Worker Classification Concerns Should Consider Relief Provisions as New 1099-NEC Filing Requirements Go into Effect

Bar Associations

Kelli Thompson: Devoted to the Office of the Public DefenderThe changing workplaceGildea’s Legacy Includes 13 Cases for 13 Years

Cannabis

Three Myths and Three Facts on the HUGE Marijuana Rescheduling RecommendationChalice Receivership Update: Weak Market, Insiders PounceOregon Cannabis: What to Expect from OLCC This Fall

Civil Litigation

New Oklahoma Laws 2023Superior Court Addresses Business Interruption Coverage Case Related to Pandemic ClosuresThird Circuit Rules that Federal Tort Claims Act Does Not Incorporate Certificate of Merit Requirements

Class Action & Mass Torts

New York City Adopts Final Rule Regarding Amendments to the Earned Safe and Sick Time ActEEOC Litigation in Overdrive:  Deciphering the EEOC’s FY2023 Case Filing Spike Behind the EEOC Curtain:  EEOC’s New Strategic Enforcement Plan Reveals Agency Priorities

Communications, Media & Entertainment

Privacy Advocates Raise Concerns with New Mobile Driver’s Licenses$25,000 Proposed Fine for Alleged EEO Violations at Kansas Radio Clusters – A Higher Standard for FCC EEO Enforcement?Wasserman Completes Acquisition of CSM Sport & Entertainment

Corporate & Commercial

IRS Introduces Withdrawal Process For Wrongly-Claimed Employee Retention Tax CreditDelaware Supreme Court Rejects Confidentiality Restrictions of Section 220 Demand InspectionTackle Flu Season with Confidence  

Corporate Compliance

Affiliation Renders PPP Borrower Not Small for its $6.28M PPP Loan, Resulting in a $9M FCA SettlementCongress Discusses How To Govern The Acquisition of AIA Brief Primer on the Impact of a Federal Government Shutdown

Corporate Finance

Building on the Implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, aka Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ActGerman Federal Court Paves the Way for Stock Price Evaluations for Corporate Appraisals and Appraisal DisputesFinCEN Analyzes BEC Trends in the Real Estate Sector

Criminal

Lyon, France: INTERPOL’s CCF considered Red Notice removal requests in its final session of 2023PA Superior Court: Trial Court Should Ask Jury to Determine Amount Stolen in Theft CaseBe Proactive in Protecting Your Credit & Personal Information

Disability Law

Absent a Gateway to a Physical Place, is an Internet Site Subject to Title III of the ADA: The View From Both Sides of the ArgumentAcheson Hotels – tester standing at the crossroad 2.DOJ Proposed Rule on Accessibility of Internet Sites and Mobile Apps Used by Title II Entities

E-Discovery

Stay Ahead in 2024: A Concise List of eDiscovery EventsSteady Pulse of eDiscovery Market Consolidation and Investment in Q3 2023A New Era of Innovation and Consolidation? Veteran Legal Tech Executive Hal Brooks at SOLID East

Education

See You In Court – July/August 2023OCR and DOJ Issue Joint Letter Addressing Online Accessibility in Higher Ed #Pittsburgh’s Futures 13/x – Sewage, Datafication, and Postindustrial Cities

Employment & Labor

An update – Changes to post-Brexit UK employment law: What is next for working time and TUPEIRS Releases 2024 ACA Affordability and Premium Tax Credit Determinations Indexing AdjustmentsCalifornia employment law legislative update: bills that will become law in 2024 and beyond

Energy

Beyond Borders: Global Corporate PPA OutlookDepartment of the Treasury and IRS propose new guidance for the Section 48 Investment Tax CreditCalculating and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Primer on the GHG Protocol

Environmental

Beyond Borders: Global Corporate PPA OutlookEU to Ban Greenwashing and Much MoreDepartment of the Treasury and IRS propose new guidance for the Section 48 Investment Tax Credit

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

DOJ’s Focus on Pandemic Relief Fraud ContinuesNinth Circuit Holds Rule 45 Subpoena Geographic Limits Apply To Remote Testimony: Is This Doom And Gloom For Trial By Zoom?THE (VT) KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT

Family & Divorce

The Data Show that the Real Estate Market has “Tipped”Does Custodial “Nesting” Really Work?Since Preschool Not “Educational” Decision, Mom Can’t Be Held in Contempt for Unilateral Choice

Financial

General Insurance Code Governance Committee Annual ReportESMA publishes supervisory briefing on the calibration of circuit breakersOn Notice: developments in delivery of notices under the ISDA Master Agreement

Food, Drug & Agriculture

HRSA Notice Provides Clarity on 340B Child Site Registration RequirementsFDA Publishes FY 2021 Pesticide Residue ReportNew Zealand data shows an increase in foodborne infections

Government

Navigating The Energy Supply Chain: Overcoming Geopolitical and ESG Hurdles (Webinar)Employees' Objections To covid Vaccine were Not Religious1st Circuit Remands Covid Vaccine Religious Exemption Case

Health Care

HRSA Confirms End of COVID Waiver of Advance Registration Requirement for Provider-Based ClinicsDEA Further Extends COVID-19 Telemedicine Prescribing Flexibilities through December 31, 2024HHS Aims to Strengthen Anti-Discrimination Rules for Disabled Patients in New Proposed Rule

Immigration

Navigating Changes to a Job Post-PERM Certification Part 23 Tips for a Successful National Interest Waiver Petition for the STEM WorkerUSCIS Removes Biometric Services Fee for Form I-539

Insurance

Traditional Pollution Exclusion Does Not Bar COVID-19 ClaimInsured's COVID-19 Claim Survives Motion to Dismiss under Accidental Contamination CoverageBradley v. Louisville Mega Cavern, LLC, 2022-CA-0828-MR (Ky. Ct. App. May 19, 2023)

Intellectual Property

Hands Off My Inventions! New York Imposes New Restrictions on Employment AgreementsWith Friends Like These: Copyright Implications Of Novelists Drawing Inspiration From The Real Lives They CrossKatalin Karikó and Drew Weissman Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine For Discoveries Relating to mRNA Vaccines

International

Lyon, France: INTERPOL’s CCF considered Red Notice removal requests in its final session of 2023European Parliament and Council Adopt New Trade Instrument to Defend European Interests from Economic CoercionNavigating The Energy Supply Chain: Overcoming Geopolitical and ESG Hurdles (Webinar)

Law Firm Marketing & Management

Diane DiResta: Speaking In Soundbites for LawyersJeff Kimmel: Managing a Firm with Consistency and ClarityEmily Witt: Advice to Lawyers From a Recruiter on Making a Move

Law Library

You Are Too KindPaved Over ParadiseA Closer Look At Securing A New NAS

law-school-blogs

Davis Polk Discusses Recent SEC and CFTC Enforcement ActionsCleary Discusses Second Circuit Decision That Syndicated Loans Are Not SecuritiesAre Firms Sacrificing Flexibility for Diversity and Inclusion?

Maritime

Navigating Storms: Some legal strategies for contingency planning in shipping supply chainsMSC Cruises and CLIA Downplay Dangers of Failed Certification of Faulty Fire-Resistant Panels on MSC’s New Luxury Cruise Ship Explora IThe Launch of MSC’s Newest Cruise Ship, Explora I, Delayed Due to Faulty Fire-Resistant Panels 

Personal Injury

ALERTA: RETIRAN 50,000 COLCHONES CONTAMINADOS CON MOHO DEL MERCADO – PELIGRO PARA LA SALUD PÚBLICANew Zealand data shows an increase in foodborne infectionsDon’t Sleep Another Night on These Costco Mattresses

Privacy & Data Security

Privacy Tip #376 – Credit Reporting Agencies Extend Program to Check Credit Report Weekly for FreeGermany’s Gearing up for European Health Data Space (EHDS) ComplianceInto the Final Stretch: Six Gatekeepers Confirmed Under the EU’s Digital Markets Acts

Probate & Estate Planning

To Share and Share Alike: an Examination of the Treatment of Community Property in Florida and the new Florida Community Property Trust ActA Last Will and Testament and Revocable Trust Executed Out of State May Be Valid in a New York ProceedingPerspective: Examining the Case for CSR in Kind

Property Law

Illinois: In Straight Takings, Title Transfers Only After Compensation Is Paid, So Property Owner Is Responsible For Property Taxes During The Litigation"YIMBY Martial Law" - More On Hawaii Gov's Gordian Knot CuttingWhat If The Hawaii Governor's Cutting Of The Gordian Land Use/Environmental Knot Actually Works?

Real Estate & Construction

Day in the Life of: Adam Leitman BaileyReal Estate & Construction News Roundup (11/8/23) – New Handling of Homelessness, Decline in Investments into ESG Funds, and Shrinking of a Homebuyer’s DollarWhen Do I Need a Partition Action?

Securities

“This Is Wrong” And “Callous” – CFTC Commissioner Unleashes On Enforcement Action Based On Record Keeping Issues During The Height Of CovidSEC and DOJ Go On An Insider-Trading Enforcement SpreeA Further Reminder That The FCPA Has Always Been A Law Much Broader Than Its Name Suggests

Supreme Court

Employees' Objections To covid Vaccine were Not Religious1st Circuit Remands Covid Vaccine Religious Exemption CaseEmployees Failed to Show Sincere Religious Beliefs for Vaccine Exemptions

Tax

SBA PPP APPEALS: The Inside ScoopTips to Appeal SBA PPP-2 Loan DenialsNavigating the PPP-2 Appeal Process: Addressing Common Questions

Technology

Is the Future Already Here? A Look At Wolters Kluwer’s 2023 Future Ready Lawyer Survey ReportHidden Treasures in U.S. Funding Programs (and Clues to Find Them) for USMCA ManufacturersComing Monday at ClioCon: There Will Be Maps!

Trademark

Made in USA – Words With ConsequencesNew Federal Disclosure Requirements for Online Sellers Target Anonymous CounterfeitersRecap! Trade Secret Protection and Future Technology

Women in Law

Following Your Own Law School TimelineCarving Your Own Path in the Legal FieldExperiential Learning in Law School: Presenting to a Tribal Council