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Hollywood Union Strike Threat is Playing Out Under Different Environment
John Ettorre
Workers in Hollywood are threatening to strike if a deal with studios cannot be reached.
Voting Season Is Open
Voting for next year's Best Lawyers is an exclusive opportunity to benefit your local legal community.
How Peer Review Powers Industry Referrals
Best Lawyers combines the trust of industry referrals with state-of-the-art technology to help clients find the right lawyer.
Workplace Guidelines During a Pandemic
Fisher Phillips
Anxiety and stress levels are rising high during a time of uncertainty like this. Labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips answers employment questions about COVID-19.
The Virtual Courtroom
Andrew E. Curto and Danielle E. Tricolla
Why some of the industry changes the pandemic has wrought—the advent of remote courthouse appearances chief among them—deserve to outlast the return to normal life.
Is It Live . . . Or Is It Virtual?
Adrian L. Bastianelli III, Paulo Flores, Kevin J. O’Connor, and Robert S. Peckar
Mediation via Zoom is just one of the legal-industry oddities the pandemic has wrought. Here’s a cheat sheet for how to make it work for you—and some thoughts on whether it’s here to stay.
Jury Study Sounds Alarm for Insurance Industry
Christopher W. Martin
Without Congressional action, the years ahead will see a tsunami of suits filed against the insurance industry for COVID-19-related claims. Our intensive surveys shed some disturbing light on potential jurors’ attitudes and perspectives.
How I Adapt to Working From Home
Alexandria Hurst
With the pandemic still ongoing with no end in sight, one lawyer writes about how she stays sane working from home.
Best Lawyers Since Day One
We talked to some of the 566 attorneys who have been recognized by Best Lawyers since the first edition in 1983.
Good News for the Spanish Inheritance and Gift Tax
Mariano Roca López
Changes made by the Spanish Supreme Court could mean enhanced tax benefits to citizens.
Value Play
Kim F. Ebert
Impeccable skills are no longer enough: Why lawyers must increasingly take into account clients’ expectations about representation’s true worth.
A Startup Accelerator Program Sets Cuatrecasas Apart
Miguel de Almada and Frederico Bettencourt Ferreira from the Portuguese firm discuss their 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" award for Litigation and Arbitration.
What Needs to Be Done to Improve the Security of Art Sales and Transactions
Annabelle Gauberti
What improvements do art buyers want to see in the future when it comes to resolving art disputes?
David Ackert's Top Advice on Social Media and Client Prospecting
The president of Ackert Inc. offers his insights on business development to Best Lawyers following the 2019 Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference.
Lawyer Commendations Feature Makes It Easy to Recommend Top Legal Talent
Attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers can now position themselves as reliable industry resources.
ECOFIN reaches political agreement on Anti-Tax Avoidance
Mariano Roca López
EU finance ministers reached a new agreement March 13 to tackle aggressive tax schemes in the EU.
All Eyes on Italy
Kate Rockwood
The country’s economic upheaval is grabbing headlines—and raising eyebrows—around the world. What comes next seems far from certain.
United We Stand—But Lawfully
Henry Skene and Mitchell Brennan
Reshaping the boundaries of trade union conduct: recent Australian developments.
Religious Symbols in the Workplace: Recent Decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Pascale Lagesse
Is it discrimination for a workplace to ban employees from display political, philosophical, and religious symbols in the work environment?
Section 7 v. Title VII = Heavyweight Match
Ann Holden Kendell
In Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. NLRB (Case 08–CA–087155), a bargaining unit employee yelled racist statements to African-American replacement workers while he was on a picket line.
For Large Employers Obamacare Is Still Alive and Well
Felicia A. Finston
Large employers will not get a pass in 2017 in terms of monitoring and reporting the group health plan coverage they provide their employees.
Combating Punitive Damages Awards on Appeal
Lynn Kappelman and Dawn Solowey
While the trial team’s deep knowledge of the trial record is an important resource, if that team does not also have appellate experience, consider an appellate specialist to lead the next phase of the case.
FAQs on 'Generation Z' in the Workplace
Fisher Phillips
A classic managerial mistake is to focus so much on the present that you ignore what’s about to come around the corner. And what’s about to come around the corner at your workplace is the next generation of American worker.
Federal Overtime Rule Injunction Calls for State-Level Attention
Sebastian Chilco and Rachel Fendell Satinsky
It's Cheaper, But What's the Cost? - Uber and the Sharing Model
Sean T. Mcgee and Alison McEwen
Union-side counsel provides information about the safety of Uber.
The European Regulation on Data Protection and Brexit
Anna Viladàs Jené
After many years of negotiations, on 27 April 2016, the European Regulation concerning the protection of individuals in respect of the processing of personal data and the free movement of this data (hereafter, “the Regulation”), has finally seen the light of day.
