The JD Supra 50 - Top Legal Topics in 2016

Adrian Lurssen
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Dear readers: it is my pleasure once again to present our annual recap of popular topics on JD Supra for the past year. As in years past, I've noted rising and falling interest, and highlighted in bold those topics which have moved dramatically across the list (or appear on it for the very first time).

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The JD Supra 50 - Top Topics in 2016:

  Topic Ranking Change
  Employee Handbooks ↑ last year: 3
  Retaliation — unchanged
  Healthcare Reform (aka the Affordable Care Act) ↓ last year: 1
  Estate Planning ↑ last year: 7
  Cybersecurity — unchanged
  The Telephone Consumer Protection Act ↓ last year: 4
  The Dodd-Frank Act ↑ last year: 9
  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (aka EEOC) ↑ last year: 12
  Foreclosure ↑ last year: 22
  The National Labor Relations Board (aka NLRB) ↑ last year: 11
  The Securities & Exchange Commission (aka SEC) ↑ last year: 26
  Compliance Matters  ↓ last year: 6
  Social Media & the Law ↓ last year: 8
  Data Breaches ↑ last year: 17
  Fair Labor Standards Act (aka FLSA) new to the list
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (aka CFPB) ↓ last year: 13
  Corporate Taxes ↓ last year: 16
  Employer Liability Issues — unchanged
  The Family Medical Leave Act (aka FMLA) ↑ last year: 24
  Hiring & Firing ↓ last year: 14
  Independent Contractors ↓ last year: 19
  Wage & Hour  ↑ last year: 25
  Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (aka HIPAA) ↑ last year: 28
  Patents ↓ last year: 20
  Publicly Traded Companies new to the list
  Title VII ↑ last year: 31
  Confidentiality Agreements new to the list
  Class Action Matters ↓ last year: 27
  The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (aka FDCPA) ↑ last year: 49
  Non-Compete Agreements ↓ last year: 15
  Enforcement Actions ↑ last year: 38
  China new to the list
  Mortgages ↓ last year: 23
  The Military Lending Act ↑ last year: 42
  Whistleblowers ↓ last year: 21
  Discrimination ↓ last year: 29
  Data Protection new to the list
  Patent Litigation ↓ last year: 30
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration (aka OSHA) new to the list
  The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (aka FCPA) ↑ last year: 43
  H-1B Visas — unchanged
  Healthcare new to the list
  The Americans with Disabilities Act ↑ last year: 50
  Same-Sex Marriage ↓ last year: 10
  The United States Supreme Court (aka SCOTUS) ↓ last year: 39
  Trade Secrets new to the list
  The United States Departent of Labor (aka DOL) new to the list
  Unfair Deceptive or Abusive Acts and Practices (aka UDAAP) new to the list
  Sanctions new to the list
  The United States Food and Drug Administration (aka FDA) new to the list

 

We'll see you in the new year! Thanks for reading...

 

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