“SALE” UNDER THE CCPA
Written by: Sean Cox, Esq. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) officially went into effect on January 1, 2020. According to the California Attorney General, enforcement will begin on July 1, 2020. One of the most important p
We All Know About GDPR’s Right to Erasure, Does This Mean You Have to Delete Data From Backups As Well?
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. In this business, we are all familiar with GDPR’s right to erasure (commonly called “the right to be forgotten”) granted by the GDPR. The question that often comes up is when a data subject e
Forced Labor in Privatized Prisons? Eleventh Circuit Cries Foul!
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq. On February 28, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appellate court for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia) ruled that a federal statute designed to combat human trafficking applies to a priva
Coronavirus & the Workplace: Fast Facts for Employers
Written by: Jacqueline Voronov, Esq. and Jeffrey M. Daitz, Esq. The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China has spread to at least 95 countries and has sickened more than 100,000 people, leading to increased anxiety and
Reframing the Opioid Epidemic as a National Emergency
In the past two decades, more than 700,000 people have died from opioid overdose, with states including West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania suffering the worst losses. More than 10 million people misuse prescription opioids each year, according
Is a Gunshot Wound a Seizure?
Written by: Phil Friduss, Esq. In recent news: https://verdict.justia.com/2020/02/26/is-a-gunshot-wound-a-seizure Out front right now is Torres v. Madrid, the pending Supreme Court case involving the suspect shot by the police who escaped –
Tort Reform Propositions Affecting Defendants in Dental Malpractice Lawsuits
Written by: Sandro Stojanovic, Esq. At this time, the Georgia Assembly is in session and is considering many bills, including, some favorable tort reform propositions that will affect defendants in dental malpractice matters. First, SB 374 propo
Parking Lots & Workers’ Compensation: Ownership, Control, and Maintenance Effect Compensability of a Claim
Written by: Peter Skaliy, Esq. In Smith v. Camarena, 835 S.E.2d 712 (Ga. Ct. App. 2019), Fabiola Zavaleta-Ramirez was an employee of a grocery store located in a shopping center with other stores, which shared a communal parking lot. Like the cu
The Modern Suicide Case in The Correctional Healthcare Setting
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq. I. INTRODUCTION Today’s correctional healthcare world is the product of a half-century mix of social, legal, and moral paradigm shifts. Ever since the 1976 Supreme Court’s world-spotlight decision i
Vaping Litigation: Another Case of Litigation Before Science?
Written by: Danielle Blauvelt, Esq. American jurisprudence has an alarming history of litigating highly complex personal injury and products liability claims before fully understanding the science and medicine underlying the claims. Juries are p