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After nearly a full year of courts in crisis mode and many litigators feeling like their practices had been paused indefinitely, 2022 brought some glimmers of hope after a rocky start. Courts did begin to phase in-person proceedings back in, cases did start to see some movement and several legal issues that stemmed from the pandemic itself began making their way through courts and gaining som...

Information Governance, including a documented process regarding the use of data security and minimization solutions, can prove that reasonable efforts were made to preserve data, and that any deletions were not intentional. Learn more in this guide to Information Governance 2021 how these tools and processes can help improve In this case, the plaintiff claimed the defendant spoliated body ca...

Revamp your nightstand with this $23 charger, night light and lamp TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A pair of bills signed this year by Gov. Ron DeSantis, involving vehicle rentals and notaries public, will become law Saturday. Meanwhile, also starting Saturday, Florida employers will see an average 4.9 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates. The vehicle-rental measure (SB 566) sets in...

Under Assembly Bill 1003, which becomes effective on January 1, 2022, the intentional theft of wages in an amount greater than $950 from any one employee, or $2,350 in the aggregate from 2 or more employees, by an employer in any consecutive 12-month period can be punishable as grand theft. Violations carry a possible prison sentence of up to three years. This criminal charge would be in addi...

That the year 2020 was bad for many businesses is not news. As the Economics Observatory points out, businesses were, for the most part, seriously affected by the coronavirus pandemic, even though the damage to the bottom line was not uniform. Studies show that the hardest hit industries include recreational services, restaurants, as well as the hospitality industry, all of which rely on inte...

Image: DAPL protests file photo U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor Wednesday dismissed all Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protestors’ claims against law enforcement in the Dundon, et al. v. Morton County, et al. lawsuit. According to the Morton County State’s Attorney Office, the plaintiffs filed a complaint in 2016 asserting various claims including unreasonable use of force by law enforcemen...

You’ll have to ask for utensils in the new year, the minimum wage will rise to $14, people with felonies will have their voting rights restored and other changes OLYMPIA, Wash. — Several new laws are going into effect in Washington state starting on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. From plastic utensils to long term care premiums, to voting rights, here are the changes that will impact Washington res...

​Harrisburg, PA – In 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) investigated more than 4,000 complaints of alleged labor law violations and returned more than $3.5 million in earned wages to Pennsylvania workers whose employers violated a labor law, according to data released today by L&I Secretary Jennifer Berrier. "Pennsylvania workers are entitled to every doll...

The chairman of Credit Suisse, Antonio Horta-Osório, broke Covid rules for a second time and may have committed a criminal offence in order to attend the Wimbledon tennis finals in London in July, it has emerged. The latest breach, first reported by Reuters, was discovered through a preliminary investigation by Credit Suisse’s legal team, which found that the former Lloyds Banking Group chief...

Revamp your nightstand with this $23 charger, night light and lamp FILE - Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta (Getty Images) ATLANTA – Income tax breaks for many Georgians, new requirements for physicians to be trained about avoiding sexual assault, and pay raises for some judges are among new legal provisions taking effect Saturday in Georgia. Most Georgia laws took effect on July 1, b...