By
Whitney Jones Roy,
Whitney Hodges
In September 2011, moose hunter John Sturgeon brought an action against the National Park Service ("Park Service"), alleging it inappropriately banned him from using a hovercraft...
By
Justine M. Phillips,
Timothy T. Kim,
Patricia Jeng
The legalization of recreational use of marijuana in several states, including California, has left many employment policies vague and confused.
By
Alejandro Moreno,
Andrea Ramos
Soon after Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Cuba to found a communist state in 1959, Cuba began nationalizing U.S-owned properties in Cuba.
By
Stephen E Fox,
Jonathan E Clark
In a landmark ruling, a federal court judge in Texas issued an opinion holding—unequivocally—that Title VII protects transgender individuals from discrimination based on their gender identity.
By
Amanda Zablocki,
Kristi Kung
On April 4, 2018, the CMS finalized guidance and policies for the Medicare Advantage program that will expand the supplemental benefits afforded to beneficiaries to include items and services that address certain SDOH.
By
Lindsay Colvin Stone
On April 12, 2018, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a 2019 New York budget implementing the provisions of S-7848A (the "Budget").
By
Kimpo Ngoi
In Franchina v. City of Providence, 2018 WL 550511, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 1919, the First Circuit offered no sympathy to the City in its appeal of a jury award that found the City's fire department...
By
John Stigi,
Christopher Bosch
In O'Donnell v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co., No. 17-cv-1085, 2018 WL 1720808 (2d Cir. Apr. 10, 2018), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ...
By
James Hays,
Danielle Thompson
On Wednesday April 11, 2018, the New York City Council enacted a package of eleven bills, collectively titled the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act (the "Act").
By
Brian Daucher
Historically, health plans and pharmacy benefit managers ("PBMs") have been uncomfortable neighbors. Plans provide drug coverage, but contract out the provision of such drugs to independent PBMs.
By
Reid Whitten,
Julien Blanquart
Chinese investment in the United States plummeted in 2017 and is likely to continue to fall. According to the Wall Street Journal ....
By
Snehal Desai,
Kari M. Rollins
New York Attorney General, Eric. T. Schneiderman, stated in a recent press release that 9.2 million New Yorkers had their personal data compromised in 2017.
By
Cody J. Fierro,
Matthew Goldman,
Jordan Grushkin
Despite the Trump Administration's unsuccessful attempts to fully repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (the "ACA"), the Administration has continued to target the ACA.
By
Brian Daucher
This year CMS is rolling out two new programs aimed, finally, at helping to settle certain types of pending provider reimbursement appeals.
By
J. Scott Maberry
On April 3, 2018, President Trump's U.S. Trade Representative released a list of 1300 categories of Chinese goods that will be subject to 25% tariffs.
26 Apr 2018, Seminar, Los Angeles, United States
Spring 2018 Seminar Series
April 26, 2018
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Program
The LINE Hotel
3515 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, 90010
Summary:
Please join us for Sheppard Mullin's Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer Seminar Series. This year, you will have to face many new developments in California labor and employment laws that will significantly affect the way you run your day-to-day business operations. We will provide you with analysis and insights on these new laws and offer practical advice and helpful tools to ensure compliance and protect your company from liability in the workplace.
29 Apr 2018, Seminar, San Diego, United States
Partner Kandace Watson will present at the 2018 Licensing Executives Society Annual Conference on May 1, 2018.
Summary:
Topic:
What’s Hot and What’s Not In Drafting and Structuring Your Intellectual Property Licenses
Location:
Manchester Grand Hyatt
1 Market Pl
San Diego, California 92101
United States
30 Apr 2018, Webinar, Los Angeles, United States
Kari Rollins will be a panelist on a Sedona Conference webinar regarding Incident Response. Robert Cattanach of Dorsey Whitney will moderate Kari, David Moncure of Shell Oil Company and Michael Whitt of Bennett Jones, who are all contributing authors of the soon to be published Sedona Conference Incident Response Guide.
Summary:
They will discuss:
- Background on the development of the Incident Response Guide
- Key components and unique features
- How the Incident Response Guide can be utilized as a resource for practitioners and organizations – practical application of the Incident Response Guide
- What are notable challenges going forward?
2 May 2018, Seminar, San Francisco, United States
The 28th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud provides a rewarding educational experience for health care attorneys, regulators, compliance professionals, state and federal prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, and qui tam relators' counsel.
Summary:
Bob Rhoad and David Douglass are presenting.
Click here for more information.
7 May 2018, Conference, Los Angeles, United States
Every day, we hear of another significant data breach, in which sensitive personal information, email and text messages, financial data, medical records, and all manner of other electronically stored information has been stolen, lost, or compromised.
Summary:
No industry has been untouched, and no organization is entirely safe. While prevention is the only “cure,” you and your organization must be prepared to address the near inevitability of a data breach. The Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability is developing comprehensive guidance for Information Governance professionals, ranging from a Primer on data privacy law to an Incident Response Guide.
23 May 2018, Speaking Engagement, Los Angeles, United States
For the 4th year, the Bloomberg Law Leadership Forum is the premier event for legal department leaders to engage directly with outside counsel on topics of critical importance.
Summary:
For the 4th year, the Bloomberg Law Leadership Forum is the premier event for legal department leaders to engage directly with outside counsel on topics of critical importance.
Liisa Thomas, privacy and cybersecurity partner, will be speaking at the GDPR panel at this event.
25 Jun 2018, Conference, Los Angeles, United States
While gathering data can be a key imperative for businesses, managing the benefits of gaining the most data with the boundaries of privacy laws can be a difficult task for regulatory, compliance, and legal teams to handle.
Summary:
This is especially true in the ever-evolving world of technology, where specific guidelines and regulation are often lagging behind. Ensuring that proper steps are taken and kept up with can mean avoiding multimillions or even billions in fines.
12 Jul 2018, Conference, Washington, DC, United States
The Serious Play Conference, now in its 8th year, is a leadership conference for professionals who embrace the idea that games can revolutionize learning.
Summary:
The Serious Play Conference, now in its 8th year, is a leadership conference for professionals who embrace the idea that games can revolutionize learning. Speakers, who come from all parts of the globe, share their experience creating or using games in corporate environments, classrooms, healthcare institutions, governments and militaries and offer tips on how to move game-based education programs ahead.
At Serious Play, attendees listen, share, and participate actively in informal sessions dedicated to the discussion of the future of serious games.
