Bradley – The 2020 U.S. presidential election is underway, with many voters already casting their ballots under unprecedented circumstances. One of the many consequences of the country’s focus on the COVID-19 pandemic is that voters have not had the opportunity to hear from the candidates for president and vice president on the range of issues […]
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Cozen O’Connor – On October 8, 2020, Attorney General William Barr announced the release of a Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework produced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Cyber-Digital Task Force. The 83-page framework is intended to help cryptocurrency entrepreneurs understand and comply with U.S. legal obligations. The framework outlines the DOJ’s strategies for addressing emerging cyber threats associated
Proving a wrongful death case is something that will vary according to the laws in different states, although certain underlying principals apply as to the specifics of a wrongful death case and the way in which lawsuits over such cases should proceed. A wrongful death claim is a civil suit for monetary damages and differs
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Although Texas does not have their own comprehensive labor laws, they do have regulations that offer employees certain rights within the state. These rights affect employees in the private sector and there are numerous law that cover the ‘basics’, such as minimum wage, fair treatment, breaks, and more. Minimum Wage The federal minimum wage is
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The Situation: Following a boom in class actions backed by litigation funders, the Australian Federal Government has introduced new regulations which classify litigation funding schemes as “managed investment schemes” and “financial services licensing schemes” for the purpose of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). The Result: From 22 August 2020, litigation funders must hold an Australian Financial Services Licence and
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What happens during sentencing? Charles Jordan – A sentencing hearing takes place after a plea deal or a defendant has been found guilty and it is, regrettably, one of the most common events to be occurring in everyday life in the United States. There are currently 1.21 million people serving prison sentences in state penitentiaries,
DUBLIN, Sept. 16, 2020 –Powered by LawFuel — The “6-Hour Virtual Seminar on Payroll Virtual Boot Camp: Wage & Hour” webinar has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This webinar concentrates on five areas of wage and hour law: paying exempt employees, calculating gross wages under the FLSA, deducting from an employee’s wages, the nuts and bolts of physically paying employees
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Jen Dezso* Remote working has proven to be largely a success — at least from the perspective of lawyer wellbeing. The impact of remote working on lawyer wellbeing explains why nearly 80 per cent of stand-out lawyers say they want the ability to work from home at least one day a week even after the
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Corporate shareholder oppression is when the majority of the shareholders in a company take advantage of minority shareholders in a way that unfairly prejudices them. This arises when minority shareholders are in a position where they cannot sell their stock or gain any power in a corporation, which puts them in a perilous position financially.
Patterson Belknap – As we previously described and as reflected in the rapidly increasing number of cyber-attacks since its start, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a shift in working practices that hackers and other bad actors are using to their advantage. Recent studies show a 273% percent rise in large-scale data breaches in the first quarter of 2020, compared to prior-year
