Disability Determination Services (DDS) are the state agencies that make initial and reconsideration determinations for Social Security disability and SSI claims. That is where the medical records are ordered, and the claim is evaluated by a disability adjudicator.
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The fifty state health departments now report 29,912 cases of cyclosporiasis this season, up 114 from yesterday. Ohio confirmed 4,949 and Florida moved to 407. The states are the smaller story tonight. The federal outbreak grew by half in a single update.
Nonprofit wizards say this all the time: Update your bylaws.
That’s good advice.
They describe the nonprofit’s bylaws as its “roadmap” or its “playbook.”
Also true.
Here’s what I have to add.
The bylaws are not the bottom line. The
Nonprofit wizards say this all the time: Update your bylaws.That’s good advice.They describe the nonprofit’s bylaws as its “roadmap” or its “playbook.”Also true.Here’s what I have to add.The bylaws are not the bottom line. The determinative bottom line will always
A number of states have recently acted to introduce new limitations on employers’ use of restrictive covenants, continuing a trend of tightening up on employers’ options for protecting their confidential information, especially in the use of non-competition agreements. On July
Effective July 29, 2026, the amendments to Maine’s workplace substance use testing law (L.D. 2111) took effect. Those amendments significantly change how employers must administer workplace testing programs. Specifically, the new law revises testing procedures, expands employee protections,
AI-enabled mental health tools are moving quickly from novelty to mainstream use, and regulators are starting to draw sharper lines around what those tools can and cannot claim to do. Recent lawsuits against Character Technologies Inc., the company behind Character.ai,
In Luzingu v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., (D ME, July 31, 2026), a Maine federal district court rejected a claim by a Christian pastor that in a civil rights action under Title VII and state statutes against his former employer,
