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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.
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Maintaining Data Security Practices in a Newly Virtual Workplace
March 26, 2020
Brooke Penrose is an associate in Burns & Levinson’s Intellectual Property and Privacy & Data Security practice groups. She concentrates her practice on counseling creators and innovators in a variety of intellectual property transactional matters. Brooke counsels a wide array of clients in navigating the ever-changing landscape of privacy and data security laws. She can be reached at bpenrose@burnslev.com or 617.345.3287.
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Dealer Sales and Home Delivery of Vehicles During COVID-19 Shutdowns
March 26, 2020
Sara Decatur Judge is a partner at Burns & Levinson who specializes in helping clients solve problems. She represents businesses and individuals in a variety of industries including the automotive, distributing, and franchise industries. Sara has extensive experience representing clients in a wide range of commercial matters in federal, state and appellate courts. A significant portion of Sara’s practice is devoted to representing motor vehicle dealers in trade regulatory matters throughout Massachusetts and New England. Her dealer clients rely on her for sound advice and counsel with respect to franchise matters, including dealer appointments, dealer protests, dealer relocations, dealer buy/sell agreements, and dealership terminations. She can be reached at sjudge@burnslev.com or at 617.345.3211.
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Graves Dougherty provides guidance on Open Meetings in the time of Coronavirus
March 26, 2020
Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody
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Emergency Requirements for Residential Mortgage Forbearance and Elimination of Fees
Financial Institutions Regulatory
Dori K. Bailey, Mary P. Moore, William L. Owens, and Thomas W. Simcoe, Bond, Schoeneck & King
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WARN Act Advisory – Coronavirus Update
March 25, 2020
Andrew R. Shalauta
The WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act applies to California businesses that currently employ or have employed 75 or more employees within the preceding 12 months. The WARN Act requires employers to provide written advance notice to employees where the business is either (1) temporarily shutting down operations, or (2) ordering a mass layoff of any 50 or more employees (full-time or part-time) in any 30-day period. The California WARN Act applies to permanent layoffs, and temporary layoffs and furloughs.
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Essential Documents: Preparing for COVID-19
March 25, 2020
Eldridge D. Dodson, Trusts and Estate Attorney,
Ward and Smith, P.A.
Our trusts and estates team also often find ourselves helping people prepare for the worst. Our most basic advice is that everyone over the age of 18 should have in place three essential documents:
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COVID-19 AND BANKRUPTCY CONSIDERATIONS
March 25, 2020
Bradley J. Stevens,
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C. - Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditors Rights
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Arizona Small Business Access to Disaster Relief Loans Related to Coronavirus
March 25, 2020
Jeremy J. Jarett,
Jennings,Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C. - Corporate and Business Blog
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Working Remotely and Cyber Security During the COVID-19 Outbreak
March 25, 2020
Angela Doughty, CIPP-US and Erica Rogers, Attorneys,
Ward and Smith, P.A.
The work from home dynamic creates a very opportunistic situation for hackers and phishers.
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