News, Insights & Events
Many of the attorneys in the Law Firm Alliance author articles and thought leadership pieces on important topics and trends covering a wide variety of practices.
While these articles are correct on matters of law when they are produced, verdicts, rulings, legislation and other actions may affect the applicability of some of the information. Please consult your legal advisor before making decisions on the information you read here.
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Issues Impacting Enforceability of Liquidated Damages in Construction Contracts
Luke C. Tompkins,
Ward and Smith, P.A.
Liquidated damages are a sum specified in a contract as the measure of recovery in the event of a breach of the contract.
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Eleventh Circuit Bans Incentive Awards for Class Actions
November 4, 2020
Gregory B. Reilly and Mallory A. Campbell - Bond, Schoeneck & King
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Statistics on Virginia’s Discipline of Lawyers (Fiscal Years 2019 & 2020)
November 3, 2020
Jeffrey Hamilton Geiger,
Sands Anderson PC
Reporting from the Virginia State Bar’s Office of Bar Counsel indicates general consistency in the overall number of complaints made against lawyers and the corresponding levels of discipline.
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Employers, Can You Require Employee Vaccination?
November 2, 2020
Lindsay K. Bunting Eubanks,
Sands Anderson PC
While the answer is complicated, vaccine mandates are possible if the employer allows certain employee exemptions.
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Domestic Travel Advisory Substantially Revised — More Testing, Fewer Quarantine Days
November 1, 2020
Caitlin A. Anderson and Hermes Fernandez - Bond, Schoeneck & King
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Observations Regarding The Use of Blockchain by the Brazilian Public Administration
October 27, 2020
Laura Isabelle Guzzo - Souto Correa Advogados
The development of emerging technologies increases exponentially, and the pandemic COVID-19 showed the importance of a digital strategy and promotion of a technological agenda in Brazilian Public Administration. Blockchain technology shows that it's possible to combine transparency to public data, improvement of data storage, reduction of bureaucracy, and promotion of higher efficiency to public services. This article shows some examples of using Blockchain in many areas of the Brazilian Public Sector.
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Cogito, Ergo Vroom: More Autonomous Vehicles Hit Virginia’s Roads
October 25, 2020
Christopher M. Mackenzie,
Sands Anderson PC
In a press release issued last week, Fairfax County and Dominion Energy announced the beginning of operations for “the first publicly funded autonomous electric shuttle and test of driverless technology in public transportation in the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
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New York Releases Guidance on Paid Sick Leave
October 20, 2020
Theresa E. Rusnak and Kerry W. Langan - Bond, Schoeneck & King
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NYC Amends Earned Sick and Safe Time Act
October 15, 2020
Theresa E. Rusnak and Kerry W. Langan - Bond, Schoeneck & King
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New York Travel Restrictions: Frequently Asked Questions UPDATED (10/15)
October 14, 2020
Caitlin A. Anderson and Hermes Fernandez - Bond, Schoeneck & King
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Virginia Employers: The Deadline is October 29, 2020 to Put Up New Mandatory Workplace Posters and Make Changes to Employee Handbooks
October 14, 2020
Brian G. Muse,
Sands Anderson PC
A bevy of new Virginia employment laws went into effect in July 2020. These include new laws related to pregnancy accommodation, expanding worker remedies for discrimination and harassment, and limiting the ability of employers to enter into noncompetition agreements with low wage workers.
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