After a brief hiatus, This Week in Legal Blogging is back and we have a very special guest for our 51st episode. LexBlog Founder and CEO Kevin O’Keefe makes his debut on the show and discusses his new venture—the Open Legal…
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Civil Litigation
Judge Seibel: Students Can Pursue Contract Claims for University’s Failure to Hold In-Person Classes During the Pandemic
In an opinion yesterday, Judge Seibel largely rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by University of Tampa students claiming that the University breached its obligations to them by…
Continue Reading Judge Seibel: Students Can Pursue Contract Claims for University’s Failure to Hold In-Person Classes During the PandemicThe ongoing New York opioid trial is approaching the 4-month mark since opening arguments began on June 28, 2021. The sprawling trial once included companies all along the supply…
Continue Reading NY State Opioid Trial Continues With Defense Witnesses to Set to TestifyIn the case of Yearwood v. Mountain Valley Orthopedics, No. 10812-CV-2014 (C.P. Monroe Co. July 15, 2021 Higgins, Jr., J.), the court found genuine issues of material fact existed…
Continue Reading Motion for Summary Judgment Denied in Slip and Fall Case
Friends of Wickers Cr. Archeological Site, Inc. v Landing on the Water at Dobbs Ferry Homeowners Assn., Inc., 2021 NY Slip Op 05548, Decided on October 13, 2021, Appellate Division…
Continue Reading A PROPERTY DISPUTE OVER AN EASEMENT RESOLVED THROUGH CONTRACT INTREPRETATIONOn October 6, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced the creation of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) to handle criminal misuses of cryptocurrency. According to the press release…
Continue Reading DOJ Creates Cryptocurrency Enforcement TeamOn October 14, the Fifth Circuit issued a one paragraph order to extend a stay on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) payday lending regulations currently challenged by the Community Financial…
Continue Reading Fifth Circuit Extends Stay on CFPB Payday LoansCorporate & Commercial
Auto 2.0 Brings Electrification and High Technology Capabilities, Once the Supply Chain Catches Up
A recent analysis conducted by Goldman Sachs estimated that at least 169 separate industries have been impacted by the global shortage of microchips ranging from consumer electronics to automobiles. Although…
Continue Reading Auto 2.0 Brings Electrification and High Technology Capabilities, Once the Supply Chain Catches UpCybersecurity Community Beware: US Finally Enacts “Intrusion Software” Rule
They have been almost a decade in the making, but have finally arrived: new U.S. export controls on “cybersecurity items,” including products and technology involving “intrusion software” and IP network…
Continue Reading Cybersecurity Community Beware: US Finally Enacts “Intrusion Software” RuleSanctions Compliance for Crypto: OFAC Issues Guidance Targeting Virtual Currency Industry
Background
Last Friday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published more targeted guidance for digital asset companies related to compliance with sanctions and best practices for mitigating risks. This…
Continue Reading Sanctions Compliance for Crypto: OFAC Issues Guidance Targeting Virtual Currency IndustryOFAC Continues to Emphasize Regulatory Focus on Virtual Currency Regulation Through Its Sanctions Programs
On October 15, 2021, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued “Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry” and related updated FAQs.
Continue Reading OFAC Continues to Emphasize Regulatory Focus on Virtual Currency Regulation Through Its Sanctions ProgramsAs governments lift COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and economies begin to reopen, consumer demand for products has skyrocketed. Amid the spike in demand, businesses are struggling to meet consumers’ needs due…
Continue Reading As Global Supply Chain Risks Continue to Grow, Policyholders Need a Strategy in the Event of a LossInternational distribution contracts are the new black and this is a good thing. I estimate that the number of international distribution contracts my law firm is writing has been…
Continue Reading Foreign Country Distribution Agreements: The Ten Questions to AskEmployment & Labor
Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of AD&D Benefits Due to Substantial Contribution of Preexisting Medical Condition
In Earle v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 20-55868, 2021 WL 4871785 (9th Cir. Oct. 19, 2021), a short unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the…
Continue Reading Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of AD&D Benefits Due to Substantial Contribution of Preexisting Medical ConditionJudge Shannon Frison, sitting in the Middlesex County Superior Court in Massachusetts, recently issued a ruling that highlights for employers the importance of providing complete and timely responses to requests…
Continue Reading Massachusetts Court Ruling Highlights Importance of Employer Responses to Personnel File Requests in Motions to Compel ArbitrationA topic that comes up nearly daily, contractor vs. employee classification still trips up even the most savvy employers. Nancy Yaffe and I have you covered! Join us for a…
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Qualifying Age:
The minimum age of appointment is 21 years old. However, candidates are eligible to take the Police Officer’s Entrance Exam at seventeen and one half (17½) years old.
Continue Reading What is the age limit to become a Police Officer in NYC?“Doesn’t that violate HIPAA?” This is a question we hear regularly from employers, businesses and individuals who are concerned that asking someone for their COVID-19 vaccination status could raise issues…
Continue Reading Can Employers Ask for Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination Status Under HIPAA?
Japan Reopens for Business Yet Its Borders Remain Largely Closed to Foreigners
With dramatic declines in COVID-19 infections, Japan is removing domestic business restrictions. Despite calls by influential business circles to reopen Japan to foreign business travelers, the country remains largely closed…
Continue Reading Japan Reopens for Business Yet Its Borders Remain Largely Closed to ForeignersCategories
Financial
- AFME report – AML transaction monitoring in the markets sector
- PRA PS23/21 ‘Credit risk: The identification of the nature, severity, and duration of an economic downturn for the purposes of IRB models’
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1833 of 14 July 2021 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the criteria for establishing when an activity is to be considered to be ancillary to the main business at group level