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Commentary: Making friends with other attorneys

May 12, 2022 Comments Off on Commentary: Making friends with other attorneys

BALTIMORE, MD — When I first started practicing, an older lawyer once told me that I could never be friends with lawyers. He said that I could be friendly and I should be courteous, but I would never make a true friend who was another family law attorney.

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Commentary: Was it something I said?

May 11, 2022 Comments Off on Commentary: Was it something I said?

Trial lawyers learn early on that as communicators, the way we say something can be more important than what we say.

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Commentary: NLRB seeks to reduce company speech about unions

May 5, 2022 Comments Off on Commentary: NLRB seeks to reduce company speech about unions

It has become increasingly apparent that the Biden Administration’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is aggressively pushing labor-friendly positions, like those seen under the Obama Administration.

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Commentary: To mediate on Zoom or in person?

May 4, 2022 Comments Off on Commentary: To mediate on Zoom or in person?

Businesswoman making video call to business partner using laptop

After many months of pandemic-related lockdown, we now know that Zoom works for mediation.

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Commentary: Beneficial ownership reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act

April 27, 2022 Comments Off on Commentary: Beneficial ownership reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act

In December 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Rule) that would implement the beneficial ownership reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act of 2020 (CTA).

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Commentary: EEOC Renews Focus on Potential for Caregiver Discrimination

April 20, 2022 Comments Off on Commentary: EEOC Renews Focus on Potential for Caregiver Discrimination

While the term “caregiver” is not identified as a protected class under federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws, workplace decisions that adversely impact job applicants and employees who are also caregivers can still lead to claims of discrimination.

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Commentary: Move over truth. Civility needs that hospital bed.

April 13, 2022 Comments Off on Commentary: Move over truth. Civility needs that hospital bed.

Early in my career, I had a heated discussion at a motion hearing with a much older lawyer.

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Commentary: OSHA re-opens comment period and schedules public hearing on ETS – Occupational Exposure to COVID-19

April 7, 2022 Comments Off on Commentary: OSHA re-opens comment period and schedules public hearing on ETS – Occupational Exposure to COVID-19

OSHA has re-opened the comment period to allow stakeholders to address changes the agency is considering that depart from the June 2021 version of the OSHA Healthcare ETS.

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Commentary: Bipartisan bill ends mandatory arbitration of workplace sexual harassment and assault claims

April 6, 2022 Comments Off on Commentary: Bipartisan bill ends mandatory arbitration of workplace sexual harassment and assault claims

The bill does not automatically nullify all applicable pre-dispute arbitration and pre-dispute joint-action waivers.

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Commentary: Biden’s NLRB targeting employee misclassification as independent ULP

March 30, 2022 Comments Off on Commentary: Biden’s NLRB targeting employee misclassification as independent ULP

The National Labor Relations Act (Act) protects employees’ right to unionize (and not unionize), and to engage in other “protected concerted activity.” These are basic rights guaranteed to employees under Section 7 of the Act.

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