President Biden Plans Sweeping Immigration Changes
Written by: Ashik R. Jahan, Esq. President Biden plans sweeping immigration changes, including a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States; create an earned path
Nicki Minaj Demonstrates the New Cost of the Sampling of Copyrighted Music without a License
Written by: Aris C. Rotella, Esq. Fair-use is the first defense of creatives experimenting with copyrighted material. Whether it be an amateur filmmaker utilizing copyrighted footage in their YouTube video compiling their favorite movies of 2020
How Long Does it Take to Get a Divorce in North Carolina?
Written by: Kaitlin Romanelli Myers, Esq. The length of time it takes to get a divorce depends on each individual case. The first thing you should know is that North Carolina requires that spouses be separated for one (1) year before they are ab
Defending Deliberate Indifference Claims
Brunswick Partner Beth Boone has been published in the Winter 2020 edition of CorrDocs, the newsletter of the American College of Correctional Physicians. Her article is titled “Defending Deliberate Indifference Claims” and can be re
New York Proposes Biometric Privacy Law
Written by: Charles R. Langhorne IV, Esq. On January 6, 2021, New York legislators introduced the Biometric Privacy Act (“BPA”) to protect the rights of New York residents whose biometric information has been collected, used, or stor
EU Council Releases Draft ePrivacy Regulation
Written by: Brett Lawrence, Esq. On January 5, 2021, the Council of the European Union released a new draft version of the ePrivacy Regulation. The draft regulation is intended to replace the current ePrivacy Directive since the European Commiss
No Solution Yet For The Transfer of Personal Data from EU to the US
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. The transatlantic transfer of personal data from the EU to the US is still a mess. Since the EU Court of Justice struck down the EU-US Privacy Shield in July 2020, and called into question the validity of the
Proposed Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule
Written by: Sean Cox, Esq. On December 10, 2020, the Trump administration announced proposed changes to the HIPAA privacy rule. According to the announcement, the changes are intended to “support individuals’ engagement in their care, remove
Another Casualty of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Resolution of Opioid Litigation
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause countless disruptions to everyday life, including resolution of one of the largest civil cases in U.S. history — the landmark opioid litigation. Tens of billions of dollars are at stake as more than 3,0
Updates to Georgia’s Nursing Home Medicaid Financial Limits and Medicare Increases
As 2021 quickly approaches, the updated financial limitations for Nursing Home Medicaid and increases to Medicare costs have been released. While the new limits have been released, the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) remains in effect until