Over the last decade, courts around the country have been asked to decide whether ERISA preempts state slayer statutes – state laws that prohibit a murderer from collecting benefits as the beneficiary of the victim’s estate or as the surviving ...
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Ripple Effect: Companies assess the effect and Enforcement of the GDPR
The recently-enacted General Data Protection Regulation may have been created on another continent but, in some ways, its ripple effect could be felt for organizations in Missouri as much as in Munich.
Read More »Workplace airspace could become OSHA’s next drone zone
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently made a change to its inspection practices that should lead employers to keep eyes on the sky above their work sites. The safety watchdog late last year issued an under-the-radar memorandum announcing that ...
Read More »Medical-pot law could trip up employers, employees alike
Tedrick Housh began his discussion of Missouri’s new medical-marijuana constitutional amendment just after the audience finished its afternoon break, complete with coffee and snacks. “Did everyone enjoy the brownies?” Housh, an attorney at Lathrop Gage, said at a labor and ...
Read More »HR Connection: A new lesson in ADA compliance
Something that I believe sets me apart from others in the HR consulting arena is my ability to relate to the business challenges my clients face. In addition to the HR and regulatory-compliance challenges, I know the difficulties of managing ...
Read More »Hacked? What’s next?: How to draft an effective incident-response plan for your company
Of course the best way to avoid damages is to prevent a hack. Unfortunately, that’s mostly an IT function beyond the control of a general counsel. The most effective role a lawyer can play is in coordinating response to an ...
Read More »New or revamped privacy laws mean new worries for general counsels
Data breaches are the nightmare scenario for any organization in the 21st Century. No matter how tech-savvy the company, there is no airtight way to protect a network and the wide array of sensitive client and customer data that resides ...
Read More »View from the outside: Boutique firms knocking on the door for in-house work
When the dot.com bubble burst, Jon Levitt, the in-house counsel for a tech company, realized he probably would lose his job. So Levitt sought advice from a friend, Bill Stone, a former in-house attorney who already had felt the effects ...
Read More »Legal community turns its eyes toward attorneys’ well-being
The legal community’s efforts to help ensure that attorneys stay well, both mentally and physically, has become a movement during the past few years. While there has long been help for attorneys suffering from or at risk for substance abuse, ...
Read More »An eye on the future
As general counsel for biometrics company ZOLOZ, Karen Dickinson guides a team turning science fiction into real-life, cutting-edge tech
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