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Uncategorized HBS Immigration America: A Brave New World
March 31, 2021

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

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March 31, 2021
James E. Looper

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

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Opioid Task Force (Topic) Coronavirus Litigation (Blog) Health Care Highlights (Blog)
March 31, 2021
J. Brent Allen

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

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Asheville Family Law Blog
March 31, 2021

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

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Governmental Liability (Blog)
March 30, 2021
Phillip E. Friduss

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

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Workers’ Compensation (Blog)
March 29, 2021
Rayford H. Taylor

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

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Life, Death, Taxes, & Estate Planning (Blog)
March 29, 2021

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

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National Insurance Coverage (Blog)
March 25, 2021
Joseph D. "Trey" Thompson III

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

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Workers’ Compensation (Blog)
March 24, 2021
Rayford H. Taylor

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

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March 24, 2021
R. Ryan RivasTampa Office

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

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