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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Dealing With Support Obligations in the Event of Job Loss
March 23, 2020
Robin Lynch Nardone is chair of the firm’s Divorce & Family Law Group and co-chair of the Private Client Group. Robin has more than 20 years of experience helping clients through challenging family law matters, whether through negotiation and settlement, or contested litigation. She specializes in handling high net worth divorce, high conflict custody/parenting disputes, same-sex marriage and divorce issues, paternity actions, removal cases, child support and alimony actions, as well as adoption. She can be reached at rlnardone@burnslev.com or 617.345.3265.
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Understanding the New "Fast-Pass" Small Business Bankruptcy Process
March 23, 2020
Lance Martin, Creditors' Rights Attorney,
Ward and Smith, P.A.
With COVID-19 and the attempts to contain it causing cataclysmic business interruption, many small businesses may find themselves on the brink of insolvency.
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Let the Litigation Begin! California Residents Already Filing Enforcement Actions Under the CCPA
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
Jessica L. Copeland and Hannah K. Redmond, Bond, Schoeneck & King
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A Practical Security Reminder for the COVID-19 Outbreak – Not Just for Remote Workers!
March 22, 2020
Cybersecurity and Technology Team,
Sands Anderson PC
As many businesses and organizations adapt to the impact of COVID-19 on their operations, the systems and data security risks they face continue to increase and must be an area of focus in all planning for COVID-19. While moving to a remote-working arrangement (especially for the first time) is certainly fraught with risk, even those who continue with a “business as usual” approach are at an increased risk for systems and data security incidents. The uncertainty and the understandable concern created by COVID-19 combine to create much more fertile ground for malicious actors looking to gain access to systems and data. Here are some practical security points to keep in mind as you work to continue serving your customers, clients, members or patients during these unprecedented times.
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Small Business Loans May Be Available to Entities Impacted by COVID-19
Business and Transactions
Samuel P. Burgess, Kate Chmielowiec, Zachary J. Dewey, Elizabeth L. Lehmann, and Jeffrey B. Scheer, Bond, Schoeneck & King
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Internal Revenue Service Expands Tax Relief
March 22, 2020
Otto S. Shill,
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.
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Does My Insurance Cover Loss of Business Income Caused by COVID-19?
March 22, 2020
Douglas A. Winegardner,
Sands Anderson PC
Many business owner policies or property owner policies contain ‘business interruption’ coverage intended to compensate for financial losses when a business cannot function due to an emergency that results in an inability to keep the business open. Some policies also have coverage for business income losses when a government or civil authority issues an order that prevents a business owner from using or occupying its business property.
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COVID-19 Effects on Florida Business
Business and Transactions
Pamela C. Lundborg, Bond, Schoeneck & King
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New Health Plan Requirements under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Employee Benefits Law
Robert W. Patterson, Bond, Schoeneck & King
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Local Economic Assistance Programs in Response to COVID-19 Crisis
Business and Transactions
Jeffrey B. Scheer and Richard L. Weber, Bond, Schoeneck & King
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Unusual Times Call For Businesses to Look to Seldom Invoked Contract Provisions, Coverages, and Legal Concepts
March 22, 2020
Garret J. Olexa,
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.
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