Most policyholders are aware of the danger of losses from fraudulent instructions and invoices accomplished through what is known as “social engineering” or related methods. Often this is carried out by an email claiming to be…
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AL2024-006, The Health Care Authority of the City of Hoover d/b/a Riverwalk Health and Wellness Center, Shelby County, AL: Proposes to develop a freestanding, non-hospital-based multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center (ASC)…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Health
What about those salary thresholds for white-collar employees? Although they have been challenged, they are alive and kicking. Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed that the Department of…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
There’s a great scene towards the end of The Shawshank Redemption – which Budding Trend readers know is one of the greatest films ever made – where the character played by Tim Robbins encourages the Morgan Freeman character:…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Health
What if I told you that California of all places – where virtually any adult can purchase marijuana on demand – was trying to harsh the mellow of citizens trying to access certain hemp-derived products? On the next 30 for 30,…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Business Torts, Commercial Law & Contracts
How long can the government keep your property after lawfully seizing it? According to the D.C. Circuit in a recent decision, as long as the continued possession is still reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. This decision…
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/ Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
They say the first step is admitting you have a problem. My name is Whitt, and I’m a recovering litigator. I’ve spent years sending ugly letters and playing a zero-sum game with strangers, and it generally didn’t lead to a bunch…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Products Liability
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its first major complaint-in-intervention under the False Claims Act (FCA) premised on a government contractor’s alleged cybersecurity deficiencies since the DOJ’s Civil Cyber-Fraud…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, Science, Computers, & Technology
Good news, bad news if you’re a cannabis operator that owes money to a creditor. But probably bad news for the rule of law.
A federal appellate court has ruled that a cannabis operator is obligated to repay his debts to an…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts
Did you know that OSHA does not currently have a specific standard covering heat stress hazards? Rather, OSHA uses the General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to impose requirements…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law
The renewable energy industry in the United States has entered a new era of (relative) policy predictability and unprecedented economic incentives. From a legal perspective, the only certainty in a renewable energy practice is…
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/ Business Organizations, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Fast-growing private companies are exciting to observe as outsiders, but on the inside the company founder has the challenge of securing enough capital to fuel the rapid growth of the business. The company’s continuous need for…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
As the Atlantic hurricane season reaches its peak in September, bringing with it rainfall and flooding, a recent New Jersey court held a sewer overflow resulting from rainfall was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a flood…
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Over the past nearly two years, I have been talking to friends, clients, and basically anyone at parties about the slow progress (if I might be permitted to use that word in this context) of the Alabama medical cannabis…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Health
A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida demonstrates how facts supported by documents generated during the project can be vital to prime contractor/subcontractor disputes. In Berkley…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law
