Mediators are always learning about what helps – and what doesn’t – when it comes to resolving disputes. This is what makes them effective at finding common ground between parties. There is always something new to learn about how people interact,...
New TCPA Class Action Doesn’t Want to Make Friends - Ride-sharing company Lyft is facing a putative class action suit for allegedly violating the TCPA by encouraging users to invite their friends to join the service....
Does your employee handbook discourage negative comments or encourage positive behavior? Such provisions are likely unlawful, according to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). For example, consider the case of Hills and Dales General Hospital,...
On May 9, 2014, the Department of Veterans Affairs (the “VA”) issued an interim final rule defining what constitutes a “qualified mortgage” (“QM”) for purposes of the loans it guarantees, insures, or originates. The VA stated that, to quell...
The Florida Board of Medicine enacted new regulations governing the Standards for Telemedicine Practice. The regulations are identical for allopaths (64B8-9.0141) and osteopaths (64B15-14.0081). The new regulations went into effect March 12, 2014 and...
Ah, to be a class action plaintiff these days. One day you’re up, plowing through the Northern District of California on expansive theories of injury, the next you’re down, upended like a top-heavy apple cart by a failure to properly plead your...
Most provisions in the Florida Condominium Act (Chapter 718 of Florida Statutes) apply equally to residential and commercial condominiums. But anyone attempting to draft operating procedures for commercial condominiums can be stymied by the...
Senator Harry Brown and Representative Tom Murry have introduced the long-awaited modifications to the state's economic development plan and partnerships...... By: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
A revision of the EU’s Group exemption on Technology Licenses which exempts compliant licenses from the EU’s regulations on agreements in restraint of trade comes into effect on May 1, 2014. The most significant changes from the previous regulation...
Nossaman Partner Veronica Gray recently participated in a virtual roundtable discussion with other leading employment attorneys and experts in the region to provide commentary regarding the current state of labor legislation, the new rules of hiring...
