There’s a lot of ‘different’ law practised in Hollywood you might think, but for one entertainment attorney a claim that an actress attempted to have her as a sex slave is a lawsuit too far. Attorneys representing the law firm Stone, Meyer, Genow, Smelkinson & Binder LLP won a Court round this week when the
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By Paul McKenzie and Wei Zhang On July 6, 2015, China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), circulated for comment two pieces of draft legislation with significant potential implications for data privacy and data security in China. Comments can be posted via the NPC’s website www.npc.gov.cn by August 5, 2015. The key provisions of these
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Snell & Wilmer – Ahron Cohen – When one thinks of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)—a law created to restore trust in the financial markets following the collapse of Enron—red grouper is not usually the first thing that comes to mind. Nevertheless, the Supreme Court recently decided whether the polychromatic ocean fish is considered
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How did a smart lawyer holding three degrees and who once counted Chief Justice John G Roberts as one of his class mates wind up haunting a Washington DC intersection and carrying his belongings in a plastic bag wind up as a homeless man? It’s a sad tale of a highly educated, talented man who
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WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today a groundbreaking settlement to resolve allegations that American Honda Finance Corporation (Honda) engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against African-American, Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander borrowers in auto lending. Honda is based in Torrance, California. The
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Conservative FOX News commentator Bill O’Reilly who has embraced his activism calling for a petition to declare that undocumented alienswho are deported and return to the US would receive a mandatory five year jail term. The petition, shown below, is addressed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). At
Fisher & Phillips – When an employee resigns to join a competitor, it is important to respond promptly. Odds are that the employee has been orchestrating his or her departure for weeks or months. The security of your trade secrets and/or customer relationships may have already been compromised. It is important to act quickly. Here
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BakerHostetler – Alan Friel – The emergence of mega-suite vendors, more use of the cloud, increases in data breach frequency and cost and big data privacy impacts make healthcare IT vendor arrangements more complex, and solid agreements between healthcare organizations and HIT vendors more important than ever. Addressing key legal and business issues during the
A great work environment is key to achieving high productivity for lawyers. Yet a study from a major UK real estate consultancy has found that law firms (at least in the UK) are lagging behind other professionals in achieving great locations and a top environment. Duncan Weston, the Managing Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna wrote
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Law firm technology issues are a huge expense very often, yet they also provide equally large efficiences. But what are the best ways for a small law firm to start going about changing technology and better organising your law practice? A checklist was recently provided in an AbovetheLaw article by Jeff Bennion which looked at
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