June 1, 2020 This morning, Joel Stern and John Murdock shared some important words and perspectives with the NAMWOLF Team, and we felt this exchange should be shared with a larger audience. From: Joel Stern, NAMWOLF CEO: “Words normally flow easily for me, but for some reason not now, but I feel the need to ...
Author: Patrick McCormick, Culhane Meadows PLLC COVID-19’s overarching impact on daily life cannot be overstated; like every industry, tax has been effected, with changes in functional considerations and compliance requirements. For multinationals (either U.S.-based taxpayers with foreign activities or foreign taxpayers with U.S. , tax considerations resulting from COVID-19 in some respects mirror those ...
Author: Sheryl L. Axelrod and Lisa J. Savitt, The Axelrod Firm, P.C. A. The Cost of Not Protecting Whistleblowers The price of not creating a safe environment to foster, fully investigate, and tend to air carrier-related whistleblower input, can be staggering. Take, for example, the lives and money lost in connection with the Boeing ...
Author: Will Delgado, DTO Law At the start of 2020, California’s privacy regime underwent a major overhaul. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), sweeping legislation that had been in the works for the past few years, finally went into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA, which follows the lead of the European Union’s ...
Schwartz Hannum PC is thrilled to announce that Kirsten B. White has been named a Partner of the Firm. Kirsten is a member of the Firm’s Labor and Employment and Education Practice groups. Kirsten prioritizes exceptional client service in her legal work, and her client-first approach emphasizes accessibility, responsiveness, and personal investment in meeting client ...
Author: Erin Shea, Patrick Law Group, LLC While statistics regarding the increase in the use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) vary, it is clear that the use of RPA is on the rise. Companies are rolling out RPA in an effort to increase productivity, cut costs and reduce errors. However, before introducing RPA into ...
Author: Amy Elizabeth Stewart and Katherine Hendler Fayne, Amy Stewart Law As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, companies are experiencing unprecedented business interruption losses as they cancel events, curtail travel, and shutter retail establishments in compliance with government mandates and shelter-in-place orders. While some jurisdictions have only social distancing warnings in place, ...
Law firms are bound by state rules of professional responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of client information. Recent ethical rulings have made it clear that professional responsibility includes the maintenance of information technology systems that protect client data from cyber and other similar means of data theft… Read Full Article
On February 11, 2020, in J. Carlo Cannell et al. v. Grail Partners LLC, Appellate No. 20184352 (Index No. 652735/2018), the New York State Appellate Division, First Department, ruled unanimously in favor of Aguilar Bentley’s investment firm client, Grail Partners, holding that the lower court erred in awarding a judgment against Grail Partners for over ...
Author: Meredith Sidewater, Patrick Law Group “In public health, we can’t do anything without surveillance. That’s where public health begins.” -David Satcher, MD, PhD, U.S. Surgeon General, 1998-2002 Media outlets reported this week that representatives from Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple are meeting with members of the White House to brainstorm about ways in ...