USCIS Completes Initial H-1B Electronic Registration Selection
Compiled by: Ashik R. Jahan, Esq. The latest update from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services on completing the initial H-1B electronic registration selection: FY 2022 – H-1B Initial Electronic Registration Selection Process Complet
Healthcare Risk Management: Gresh & Looper on Common Mistakes to Avoid in Medical Malpractice Defenses
In an article published by Healthcare Risk Management on March 29, 2021, Partners Jack Gresh and James E. Looper, Jr. are quoted discussing medical malpractice defenses and common mistakes to avoid when facing a lawsuit. The first actions taken
Debate Swirls Around How to Use Opioid Settlement Funds
Tens of billions of dollars in forthcoming opioid litigation settlement funds have public health policy leaders and elected officials debating over how to use the funds in the most effective and impactful way to address the root causes of opioid
Divorce From Bed and Board
Written by: Kaitlin Romanelli Myers, Esq. Divorce from bed and board is North Carolina’s form of legal separation. Despite having divorce in its tile, it’s not actually a divorce. Divorce from bed and board is a tool that can be utilized
Supreme Court Expands Fourth Amendment Protections
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq. Getting hit by a bullet but still escaping in the getaway car implicates the Fourth Amendment after all sayeth Chief Justice Roberts in a heated 5-3 Opinion along ideological lines. Justice Amy Coney Barr
A Florida Appellate Court Ruled Cancellation of a Workers’ Compensation Policy for Nonpayment Was Effective, Even Though the Insured Employer Had a Certificate of Insurance
Written by: Rayford Taylor, Esq. The First District Court of Appeal recently issued an opinion in the case of Dennis F. Scott v. James A. Jones Construction Co. v. Central Florida Siding Pros, LLC, et al., Case No. 1D20-689 (Fla. 1st DCA March 1
FLASH ALERT – Proposed Federal Estate Tax Law Changes (the sky may really be falling…)
Written by: Wills, Trusts, & Estate Administration Politics aside, we all knew we would see legislation proposed to increase the estate tax and block certain planning strategies, both because Democrats control the Presidency along with the H
Step-Down Provisions in Automobile Insurance Policies issued in South Carolina Deemed Unenforceable in Recent South Carolina Supreme Court Decision
Written by: Joseph D. “Trey” Thompson, III In the recent case of Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Walls, Opinion No. 28012, filed March 10, 2021, the South Carolina Supreme Court in a declaratory judgment action essentially eliminated an aut
2021 Florida Workers’ Compensation Legislation
Written by: Rayford H. Taylor Esq. The Florida Legislature began its annual session on March 2, 2021 and will conclude on April 30, 2021, absent any extensions. There have been three bills introduced thus far which seeks to amend Chapter 440 F
Hall Booth Smith Adds Attorney Olivia M. Mejido In Tampa
TAMPA, FL – March 24, 2021 – Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) welcomes Attorney Olivia M. Mejido to its Tampa office as the firm expands to serve client needs in the state of Florida. Olivia concentrates her practice on long-term care, medical m