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Many of the attorneys in the Law Firm Alliance author articles and thought leadership pieces on important topics and trends covering a wide variety of practices.
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Judge sets deadline for EEOC collection of burdensome pay data
July 1, 2019
John Vering & Curry Sexton, Seigfreid Bingham, P.C.
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Is Kansas City strangling the diversity plan for marijuana?
July 1, 2019
Christopher M. McHugh and Andrew J. Goodwin, Seigfreid Bingham, P.C.
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2020 Legislative Update: New and Amended Laws Impacting Commercial Real Estate and Community Association Clients
June 28, 2019 Sands Anderson PC
Sands Anderson’s Commercial Real Estate and Community Associations Groups review the new laws passed by Virginia’s 2020 General Assembly session that go into effect July 1st and identify those that may impact or interest you as a practitioner in the field.
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4 Legal Reasons Why MU is Wrong on Medical Marijuana
June 26, 2019
Christopher M. McHugh and Andrew J. Goodwin, Seigfreid Bingham, P.C. ,
Greenway
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New York Legislature Passes Significant Amendments to the New York Human Rights Law
Labor and Employment Law
Subhash Viswanathan, Theresa E. Rusnak, Bond, Schoeneck & King
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Don’t Be the (Uninsured) Victim of a Foreign Cyberattack
June 24, 2019
Christopher K. Jones,
Sands Anderson PC
U.S. government officials and cybersecurity experts are warning businesses to prepare for a surge in cyberattacks from Iran. On Thursday of last week, U.S. Cyber Command carried out online attacks against Iranian missile control systems, as well as the Iranian intelligence group believed to have coordinated recent attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. While Iran denies that the attacks were effective, it is widely suspected that, in retaliation, Iran will now increase the already large volume of cyberattacks directed at the United States.
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Knick v. Township of Scott
June 23, 2019
Opening the Federal Court Doors to Takings Claims Against State and Local Governments
Jeffrey Hamilton Geiger,
Sands Anderson PC
On June 21, 2019, the United States Supreme Court swung open the door to the federal court for takings cases against state and local governments. Specifically, in Knick v. Township of Scott, 588 U.S. ___ (2019), the Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs may proceed directly to federal court—without having first litigated in state court—for claimed violations of the Takings Clause.
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NLRB Holds That Employers May Prohibit Non-Employee Union Organizers From Soliciting Employees in the Public Spaces of Their Facilities
Labor and Employment Law
Tyler T. Hendry, Bond, Schoeneck & King
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NLRB Holds That Employers May Prohibit Non-Employee Union Organizers From Soliciting Employees in the Public Spaces of Their Facilities
Labor and Employment Law
Tyler T. Hendry, Bond, Schoeneck & King
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Taking Your Required Minimum Distribution
June 18, 2019
How to Reduce Taxes by Thousands
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Fairness in the Adversary Process (Part Two)
June 18, 2019
Lawyers and False Statements of Law to the Court
Jeffrey Hamilton Geiger,
Sands Anderson PC
Can we all agree that it is unfair to provide intentionally a judge with the wrong legal authority? Indeed, the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct mandate that a “lawyer shall not knowingly . . . make a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal.” Nor may a lawyer knowingly “fail to disclose to the tribunal controlling legal authority in the subject jurisdiction known to the lawyer to be adverse to the position of the client and not disclosed by opposing counsel.” Rule 3.3(a)(1) & (3).
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