Maryland passed legislation Thursday (April 9) to restrict when prosecutors can cite rap lyrics as criminal evidence against the artists who wrote them, becoming the third state to […]
California Enacts New Pay Transparency Law
On September 27, 2022, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. 1162, which imposes new pay data disclosure and reporting requirements on California employers. Job Postings Must Include […]
New “Speak Out” Law Bans Pre-Dispute Sexual Assault and Harassment Non-Disclosure And Non-Disparagement Agreements
On December 7, 2022, President Biden signed the “Speak Out Act,” which makes non-disclosure or non-disparagement agreements signed before a dispute arose unenforceable in certain contexts with respect […]
Food Service Establishments Face New Disclosure Requirements Under Florida’s New “Operations Charges” Law | Lowndes
Starting July 1, 2026, Florida businesses that add mandatory fees to customer bills, including service charges, automatic gratuities, credit card surcharges, delivery fees, or other mandatory add-ons, must […]
New York State Enacts Salary Transparency Law
On December 21, 2022, Governor Hochul signed into law a bill that will require employers in New York State with four or more employees to include in any advertisement or […]
Florida Appeals Court Rejects Rules Protecting Physician Dispensing in Workers’ Compensation Cases | Akerman LLP – Health Law Rx
A recent decision by Florida’s First District Court of Appeal (DCA) has significant implications for physicians and other practitioners who dispense medications to injured workers. In Publix Super […]
Does Law Firm Thought Leadership Impact Lateral Growth? You Bet. Here’s How… | JD Supra Perspectives
JD Supra’s client service team is regularly asked to help with a specific onboarding task as a marketing team welcomes a new partner or lateral recruit to their […]
Why State Law, Not CROA, Is the Real Compliance Risk for Credit Building Tools | Shipkevich PLLC
A question practitioners in the debt relief space are increasingly asking is at what point a credit building tool triggers the compliance obligations of the Credit Repair Organizations […]
Report From Day 1 of the 2026 ABA OSH Law Conference
We are in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the American Bar Association’s Workplace Occupational Safety and Health committee’s midwinter meeting. Today’s sessions featured panels of employer and defense […]
Generative AI is now capable of grading law school exams; what’s next?
Image from Shutterstock. Let’s talk about every lawyer’s favorite subject: exams. It seems like every day, there’s another threshold that generative artificial intelligence crosses. First, it was able […]