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The Verdict Is In: Employers Must Maintain Flexibility When Considering Reasonable Accommodation Requests Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
A pair of multi-million dollar federal jury verdicts in separate ends of the State of Wisconsin should remind employers that the price for failing to accommodate and retaliating against disabled …
Is Common Cents Working Overtime?
In Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling that in calculating the penalty for not providing a timely or uninterrupted meal break pursuant to Labor …
Get Your Report Cards Ready: It’s Time for a CCPA Regulatory Sit Down
Flashback to a week ago. What was your business doing on July 1, 2021? Were you aware that the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) imposed a deadline on businesses that …
Cannabis Brands Should Proactively Address Insurance, Risk Management
Many singers, athletes, and other celebrities, as well as other notable persons and/or entities, are licensing their names (and, often, related intellectual property) to other businesses for those other businesses …
Cannabis-Related Recalls Require Advance Preparation to Facilitate Rapid Response
The specter of product liability and product recalls looms large over the U.S. cannabis industry. Just last week, as Marijuana Business Daily reported, “Arizona marijuana retailers … issued a voluntary …
10 Tips to Help Your Marijuana Business Survive an IRS Audit
By: Michael H. Sampson and Alexander J. Gase Click on the button below to print this infographic. This infographic is optimized to print on Letter (8.5 x 11″) size paper. …
The Price of Privacy: Benchmark of Suits Settle
Six Flags Parks recent $36 million and ADP’s $25 million settlements to resolve pending class-action suits alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) related to the collection …
“Who Goes There!”: U.S. Supreme Court Trims the Reach of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
The U.S. Supreme Court trims the reach of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to now target only those who hack into computers or access information that which their …
Recent Spate of Cyberattacks Underscores Urgent Need for Cyber Insurance
A recent rash of cyberattacks serves as a stark reminder that businesses of all types and sizes are vulnerable to – and, must continuously be on guard against and prepared …
Tax Debt, 401(k) Accounts, and Passports Too
Under limited circumstances, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) may garnish retirement plan benefits. Assets deferred under a Section 401(k) plan of a plan participant are generally unavailable to the …