Opioid Overdoses Put Spotlight on Naloxone at Work
With hundreds of fatal opioid overdoses occurring each week across the nation, government health leaders are urging companies and individuals to keep naloxone on hand and learn how to use it in the event a colleague should have an overdose while
Health Care Employers’ Title VII Obligations to Prevent & Remedy Harassment & Discrimination Extend to Patients
Written by: Jacqueline Voronov, Esq. and Jeffrey Daitz, Esq. What You Already Know… Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, n
Latest Immigration Updates
Written by: Ashik Jahan, Esq. Immigrant Investor Program The Immigrant Investor Program, commonly known as EB-5, was established to stimulate the U.S. economy by giving foreign entrepreneurs the opportunity to permanently live and work in the U.
Minimizing Fentanyl Exposure Risk for Health Care Workers
Written by: J. Brent Allen, Esq. Doctors, nurses, phlebotomists and other health care workers on the frontline of saving lives and treating illnesses and injuries face a new threat in the workplace: illicit fentanyl and derivative drugs of unk
Divorced? Don’t Forget to Update Your Estate Plan!
Written by: Wills, Trusts, & Estate Administration In the stress and aftermath of a divorce, whether amicable or contested, an often overlooked topic is the importance of promptly updating one’s estate plan. Failure to do so can lead to
Florida vs Georgia “Water Wars” November 7th Hearing Recap
Written by Scott Cole, Esq. The Georgia/Florida Water Wars were the topic of a hearing before U. S. District Court Circuit Judge Paul Kelly, Jr. on November 7, 2019. Kelly replaced replaced Ralph Lancaster as the Supreme Court of the United Stat
Cookies – The Need For Regulation
Written by: Chase Langhorne, Esq. While we await the completion of the ePrivacy Regulation, countries are taking matters into their own hands by both publishing guidance and issuing fines related to cookie consent mechanisms on websites. The exi
EU Investigations into Microsoft
Written by: Chase Langhorne, Esq. On October 21, the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) issued an update on its investigation that began in April 2019 into contracts between Microsoft and EU institutions. “EU institut
Fighting Fire With Fire: Legal And Ethical Issues of Active Defense and Hacking Back
Written by: Sean Cox, Esq. When a company is hacked, an immediate thought is sometimes whether they can hack back. The next question is then, “Can we do that?” Hacking back describes striking back at the cyber criminal by accessing, damaging
Facial Recognition Technology and GDPR Compliance
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. A soccer team in Denmark is using facial recognition technology to stop unruly fans, apparently with the approval of the Danish Data Protection Agency (“DDPA”). The technology is used to scan fans