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By Chris O'Malley | February 28, 2024
With the new independent contractor standard, the U.S. Department of Labor is "essentially putting their thumb on the scale to encourage a finding of employment," Baker & Hostetler partner Todd Lebowitz said.
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By Alex Anteau | February 27, 2024
"There's no thornier issue than obviousness in patentability," said IP attorney Kevin Crosby.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 27, 2024
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is weighing a disqualification motion in the opioid multidistrict litigation, raised concerns this month about Motley Rice obtaining confidential information while representing the state of Hawaii, the District of Columbia and the city of Chicago in other cases.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 26, 2024
"This judge is lucky to escape with the recommended public reprimand given the volume of such unresolved cases, even after multiple meetings with the chief judge about clearing the backlog," said Andrew Berman, an ethics expert not involved in the matter.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 26, 2024
The wide range of Roundup verdicts, from defense wins for Monsanto to a $2.25 billion award, could be due to what jurors hear at trial about the EPA and foreign regulatory agencies.
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By Colleen Murphy | February 26, 2024
"The words 'the people' in the Second Amendment presumptively encompass all adult Americans, including 18- to 20-year-olds, and we are aware of no founding-era law that supports disarming people in that age group," Third Circuit Judge Kent A. Jordan wrote.
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By Greg Andrews | February 22, 2024
The University of North Texas' Office of General Counsel said the programming would violate the state's new anti-DEI law, an assertion some faculty members doubt.
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By Charles Toutant | February 21, 2024
"Neither the memo nor the court's direction to Judge Grant address the merits of any potential legal issues," a judiciary spokesperson said.
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By Alexander Lugo | February 21, 2024
The biggest beneficiary is Winter Park-based boutique Fishback Dominick, which earned nearly $700,000 in the second half of 2023 from the Central Florida Oversight Tourism District. The firm hadn't previously billed the entity in recent years.
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By Alex Anteau | February 20, 2024
"Changing this law is going to change not just staffing companies, but how physicians are able to practice if they have issues in their personal life, how pilots practice despite having issues in their personal lives," said defendant-appellee counsel Sarah Kazemian of Hall Booth Smith.
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