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Understanding The New Flood Insurance Law

Cynthia C. Russomano

President Barack Obama signed into law the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act in March. This legislation is intended as a solution to extreme flood insurance rate increases caused by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.

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If You're Not on Facebook, You're Committing Malpractice

Josh King

Imagine you're cross-examining a witness about a phone call, but you've never used a telephone before. Ridiculous, right? But is it any different than wading into a new client matter where social media communications are at issue without having ever used social media?

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Supreme Court Opinion Calls into Question Hundreds of NLRB Rulings

Matthew C. Lonergan & Anne Knox Averitt

On June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited <I>Noel Canning</I> decision, and invalidated President Obama's January 2012 appointments of three individuals to the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB or Board).

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The DNA of an In-House Corporate e-Discovery Project Manager

Jared Coseglia

What is the DNA of an in-house e-discovery project manager ' and how can you become one, whether you are a lawyer or a technician? Let's define an in-house e-discovery project manager, examine in-house corporate hiring trends and endeavor to understand what the corporate appetite is for grooming talent or, conversely, for hiring experienced e-discovery professionals.

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Phila. Bar Association Issues Guidelines on Social Media Use

P.J. D'Annunzio

A recent Philadelphia Bar Association ethics opinion detailing how lawyers may instruct their clients on the use of social media provides greater clarity to lawyers caught in the middle of a constantly "evolving" digital landscape, some attorneys said.

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The EU 'Right to Be Forgotten' Google Judgment

Andre Bywater, Jonathan Armstrong

In mid-May, the European Union's highest court, the European Court of Justice, handed down a controversial landmark ruling in a matter commonly referred to as the "right to be forgotten" case, concerning Google. Here's what it means to U.S. businesses.

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Case Notes

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Discussion of an interesting case from New York

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Workplace Bullying

Nicholas Woodfield & R. Scott Oswald

There is currently no law, either at the federal or the state level, targeted to fight workplace bullying. Thus, the laws available to victims of bullying are the traditional protections against harassment and discrimination based on membership in some protected category.

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John Travolta Denied Dismissal of Suit By His Former Pilot

Marisa Kendall

It will take more than an anti-SLAPP motion to bring down a suit filed against John Travolta by the movie star's former pilot, the California Court of Appeal, Second District ruled.

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Entitlement to a Credit for a Settlement Reached in Another Jurisdiction

Robert E. Spitzer & Thomas J. Pyle, Jr.

This article addresses the dynamics of New Jersey's Collateral Source doctrine and defendant physician's entitlement to a credit for a settlement that a plaintiff reached in another jurisdiction.

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