Access to Justice

The Weekly Round-Up: rising Covid-19 cases and constitutional concernsThe common law right to privacy in ScotlandLatest on Brexit transition: Law Pod UK

Administrative

Mississippi Gaming Commission Posts Meeting Report for September 2020Join Us for the Fox Rothschild VIRTUAL Federal Contracts Symposium (Oct. 5-6, 2020)Invest Some Time Customizing Gmail So It Works Like You Think (September 21, 2020)

ADR

Revised LCIA Arbitration Rules 2020 to take effect 1 October 2020Civil Justice and Private International Law: EU Commission Issues No-Deal Brexit GudianceCall for Papers: German Conference for Young Private International Law Scholars, 19/20 March 2021

Antitrust & Trade Regulation

Price gouging in Europe: what are the rules and how has the pandemic shifted enforcement priorities?Is a robust compliance plan enough to ensure a discount from fines for anticompetitive activity?DOJ's Antitrust Division makes significant updates to Merger Remedies Manual

Appellate

Fourth Circuit Remains Remote for Oral ArgumentsCOURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (September 7 – September 18, 2020)How Have Justices Kruger and Groban Voted in Employment Law Cases?

Bankruptcy

The Return of Crown Preference - Another blow for Floating Charge HoldersWhat We're Reading This Week [September 21, 2020]New Chapter 11 Filing - Garrett Motion Inc.

Bar Associations

Guardianship Issues During COVID-19How Attorneys Can Accept Bitcoin as Payment40 Under Forty Feature from the Bench: The Hon. LaShonda A. Hunt

Cannabis

HIA and RE Botanicals Sue DEA Over Hemp RuleVermont Moving Toward Legalizing Recreational MarijuanaThe Week in Weed: September 18, 2020

Civil Litigation

Have You Heard of any Recent Post-Koken Decisions or Facebook Discovery Decisions?NEW RULES - UNIFORM PARTITION OF HEIRS PROPERTY ACTPost-Koken Decision Handed Down in Franklin County in Favor of Severance of Cases

Class Action & Mass Torts

The Eleventh Circuit Deals A Significant Blow To Class Action Suits By Eliminating Incentive Awards For PlaintiffsEleventh Circuit Ends “Routine” Practice of Awarding Incentive Payments to Named Class RepresentativesEleventh Circuit Invalidates Class Action Individual Incentive Awards

Communications, Media & Entertainment

Klutch Sports Signs Another Former NBA Draft First Round PickCOVID-19: What Communications Service Providers Need to Know – September 2020SDNY Relies on “Simple Reading” of Label to Dismiss False Advertising Claim

Corporate & Commercial

Foreign Arbitral Award – The Pro-Enforcement Trend ContinuesGovernor Extends Toll On Commercial Evictions Due to Non-PaymentFederal Judge Rules that Three Missouri Restaurants Can Sue Insurers for COVID-19 Losses

Corporate Compliance

Funding Solutions for Franchise Development in the Current EnvironmentHeightened Cal/OSHA Enforcement Powers Accompany New COVID-19 Notice Requirement for All California EmployersSB 1159 Expands Presumption of Workers’ Compensation liability for COVID-19 Illness in California

Corporate Finance

How Public Companies Can Protect Against SEC Scrutiny Related to COVID-19Announcing the Gravity Legal + Clio IntegrationFATF Identifies Red Flags for Virtual Assets and Money Laundering

Criminal

Big new NPR investigation showing pulmonary edema in executed inmates suggests a painful processNotable research from Pennsylvania on positive pardon consequencesFictitious Publication Relating Murder of a Living Person

Disability Law

Public Transportation for All – Paratransit 30 Years After the ADAEP 69: How Sleep Training Could Help Your Special Needs ChildEEOC Covid-19 Update: September 8, 2020

E-Discovery

5 Ways Your Free Deposition Review Process is Costing You Big-TimeHow DISCO’s Search Terms Simplify QCThought Leader Interview with Marc Zamsky of Compliance: eDiscovery Trends and Best Practices

Education

Governor Lamont Issues New Executive Order Allowing Testing Alternative to Self-Quarantine Following TravelWhat Are Hearing Officers Saying about Remote Learning?Navigating Jury Selection Over Zoom

Employment & Labor

New Protections for California Employees (RE Workers' Comp Presumption, Notice of COVID-19 Exposure and CFRA Expansion)DOL Allows Private Equity Investments in 401(k) PlansCanadian Tax Brackets and Rates

Energy

Order No. 2222 – FERC Sows Some Confusion as to Interconnection Jurisdiction for QFs that Are Exclusively DER Aggregation ParticipantsThe Great Order No. 2222 Mystery: Why Aren’t DERs that Participate in Aggregations Subject to Public Utility Requirements?DOE Issues Emergency Order to Address California Electricity Shortage

Environmental

US House of Representatives to Consider Clean Energy PackageThe Prop 65 Annual Conference: Notes from the Front 2020Third District Dismisses Appeal In CEQA Case As Moot Where Plaintiff Failed To Timely Seek Or Obtain Preliminary Injunction And Project Construction Was Completed Before Trial

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

The White House Directs Federal Agencies to Focus on Fairness in Investigations and EnforcementPrioritize Professional Development with Virtual Mentoring  FinCEN’s New Rule Impacts Banks Lacking a Federal Functional Regulator

Family & Divorce

Who’s Life Is It Anyway?Stephanie Tang Examines Recent Ruling and the Future of True-Up Provisions in YLD NewsEqual Parenting Time Reversed in Hendersonville, Tennessee Divorce: Rajendran v. Rajendran

Financial

FCA announces radical proposals to shake up premium pricing in GI market to improve competition for customersDirectors' duties in regulated firmsSingapore: New Best Execution Requirements

Food, Drug & Agriculture

FDA floats rule for tracing records on some foods, from some sources, some of the timeR-CALF sues USDA over Beef Checkoff -- againDutch study assesses pathogens in broilers

Government

COVID-19: US State Policy Report – September 19-21, 2020Religion, Law and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg-- A TributeThe Annual Congressional Ritual on Expiring Provisions

Health Care

The City of San Diego Enacts COVID-19 Related Worker Recall and Retention OrdinancesCOVID and Flexible Interpretations of Preneed ContractsWorking Together: Tips for Ensuring A Compliant Relationship Between You and Your Hospice Board

Immigration

Pennsylvania House Democrats Propose Driver’s License for Undocumented ImmigrantsIn Honor of Justice Ginsburg: Disfavoring Piepowder Courts Against Permanent Residents in Vartelas v. HolderDHS Expands Use of Biometric Data in Immigration

Insurance

Guest Post: The FinCEN Files – No Hiding from Suspicious ActivitiesWashington Healthplanfinder website- scams and fraud ....beware!Claim Must be Made Against Insured During Policy Period to Recover on a Claims Made Policy

Intellectual Property

How the Market Data Infrastructure Proposal Could Affect Free Trading PlatformsComparing Apples and Oranges (and Pears?)Upcoming Speaking Engagement – 11th Summit On Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics

International

Foreign Arbitral Award – The Pro-Enforcement Trend ContinuesFCA announces radical proposals to shake up premium pricing in GI market to improve competition for customersDirectors' duties in regulated firms

Law Firm Marketing & Management

Preventing Cyber Threats, Now and in Years to ComeTiny habits — for the winA Letter to Justice Ginsburg

Law Library

The Rock, the Library, and the Hard PlaceA Quick ChromebookDisconnected from Information Choice

Law School Blogs

How the Market Data Infrastructure Proposal Could Affect Free Trading PlatformsFrom the Yale Law Journal - deadline for submitting articles & essays is WednesdaySEC Commissioner Speaks on Financial Market Regulation

Maritime

Carnival Cruise Line Terminates Thousands of Crew Members and Senior Shipboard OfficersCOVID-19 Infection Confirmed on Hurtigruten's MS FinnmarkenFlorida Senators Scott and Rubio Try to Exclude CDC in Proposed "Set Sail Safely" Act to Re-Start Cruises From Florida

Nonprofit Law

The Perseverance of William DukesImportant Year-End Reminder for ClergyStay Off the Charitable Solicitation Naughty List

Personal Injury

FDA floats rule for tracing records on some foods, from some sources, some of the timeR-CALF sues USDA over Beef Checkoff -- againDutch study assesses pathogens in broilers

Press

Stay up to date with the latest news and announcements from the LexBlog team.

LexBlog's New Syndication Portal Lets Any Organization Become A Publishing HubLexBlog Announces Partnership with Clio for New Workflow Management Integration

Privacy & Data Security

329: Dumpster Fire in CyberspaceNew Data Protection Law for the Dubai International Financial CentreBrazil's Data Protection Law (“LGPD”) Retroactively Effective

Probate & Estate Planning

Steven K. Mignogna and Anthony R. LaRatta to Speak at Mercer County Bar Association’s Xtreme CLE SeminarR.I.P. R.B.G.A Gift to a Married Couple is a Gift to Both of Them

Property Law

No Injunction To Halt Precondemnation Entry, Since Owner Can Sue Later For InverseTakings Places (Preview)New Cap on Gatherings – What it means for Condos

Real Estate & Construction

What is a Mineral Lien?HUD Settles Two Fair Housing Act Cases: One for $8,000 and One for $6,000Amlani and indemnity provisions – All Bark, no bite? Not quite

Resource Center

20 Reasons a Law Blog Belongs Outside a WebsiteCommon Sense Legal Blogging - Chapter 5 - Group vs. Individual BlogCommon Sense Legal Blogging - Chapter 4 - Establish Goals

Securities

Top 10 Practice Tips: Debt Tender OffersS.D.N.Y. Rejects Proposed Amended Complaint Alleging Manufacturer Of Liver Disease Drug Intended To Commit Fraud By Not Disclosing Serious Adverse EventsAG Barr’s Recent Speech Is FCPA Relevant

Supreme Court

Religion, Law and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg-- A TributeRecent Articles of InterestPresident Issues Rosh Hashanah Message

Tax

What is Expatriation from the US (New) 2020Illinois’ New Fast Track Resolution Program: A Tax Appeal Option Worth ConsideringA Virtual Evening of Energy with Dan Eberhart

Technology

A Letter to Justice GinsburgDebt Relief for VeteransCan You Spot the Troll?

This Week in Legal Blogging

This Week in Legal Blogging with Bob Ambrogi is a weekly show on Facebook Live and Twitter in which we sit down with some of the most accomplished bloggers around and hear about what works for them.

Jean O'Grady, Dewey B Strategic founder and author, joins This Week in Legal Blogging ThursdayTanya Forsheit of Focus on the Data shares how blogging progressed her careerD&O blogger Kevin LaCroix on connecting with readers through blogging

Trademark

Software licensing audits – common pitfallsBooking.whocares: SCOTUS Issues a Headline-Making Trademark Decision… But Does It Really Matter?CJEU CONFIRMS THAT ORIGINAL FUNCTIONAL SHAPES MAY OBTAIN COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

Women in Law

Three Tips For Networking During The PandemicHow Empathy Can Increase Your Success in Law SchoolHow To Practice Law Virtually