Amazon's Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) has been pursuing legal action against sellers attempting to sell counterfeit products on the Amazon platform. CCU accuses these bad actors of obtaining improper trademarks and filing false…
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/ Business Torts, Consumer Protection, Intellectual Property
What’s the Tea in L&E is a video series focused on the latest trends and updates in labor and employment law. In this short video, Woods Rogers L&E attorneys Leah Stiegler and Emily Kendall Chowhan discuss putting in place…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
What’s the Tea in L&E is a video series focused on the latest developments in labor and employment law. In this segment, Leah Stiegler and Emily Kendall Chowhan discuss “furries” in the workplace. A furry is someone who…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued the Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-04 warning financial institutions that broad employee confidentiality agreements may violate the whistleblower…
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/ Business Organizations, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) took another big step on the path to instituting its highly anticipated Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 program (CMMC 2.0). Once finalized, CMMC 2.0 will establish and…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, Science, Computers, & Technology
What’s the Tea in L&E is a video series focused on the latest developments in labor and employment law. In this segment, Leah Stiegler and Emily Kendall Chowhan discuss the use of “mouse jigglers” by remote workers. A staggering…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On July 17, 2024, the U.S. Patent Office issued additional guidance regarding patentability and inventorship concerns relating to Artificial Intelligence. This guidance expands upon prior guidelines, as discussed in a previous…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
What’s the Tea in L&E is a video series focused on the latest trends and updates in labor and employment law. In this short video, Woods Rogers L&E attorneys Leah Stiegler and Emily Kendall Chowhan discuss what content is “not…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The Virginia General Assembly recently passed legislation that addresses concerns for the community association industry from the ruling in a recent Court of Appeals decision in Burkholder v. Palisades Park Owners Ass’n, 76 Va…
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/ Real Estate - Residential
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Rite Aid, ten subsidiaries, and affiliate pharmacies agreed to settle allegations that Rite Aid violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the False Claims Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
What’s the Tea in L&E is a video series focused on the latest trends and updates in labor and employment law. In this segment, guest Broderick Dunn, Partner at Cook Craig & Francuzenko, PLLC, joins Woods Rogers L&E attorney Leah…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The Virginia Department of Taxation released its 2024 legislative summary detailing changes, effective July 1, 2024, to Virginia’s state and local tax laws. The following discussion focuses on a few of the changes you may find…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Taxation
For the past forty years, governmental agencies enjoyed a strong deference by the courts regarding challenges to their legal authority to develop and implement regulations. This deference made it difficult for the regulated…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Taxation
The Virginia General Assembly had a busy 2024 session with several changes impacting Virginia community associations. We highlight below the new laws of greatest significance to property owners’ associations and condominium unit…
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/ Real Estate - Residential
While the country is set to celebrate Independence Day, that is not the only special occasion this week. July 1 is the day that most new laws in Virginia take effect. The Virginia Condominium Act (the “Act”) was enacted on July…
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/ Real Estate - Residential