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Compliance Can Mean Sink or Swim for Cannabis Startups
Richard Lieberman
With such uncertainty between state and federal laws, new cannabis companies should find the right attorney for them.
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.
A Global Approach to Settlement
Bradley A. Klein, Gretchen M. Wolf, Peter Y. Cheun, and Mayra C. Suárez
The Department of Justice, in pursuit of companies whose transgressions cross borders, increasingly credits other countries’ fines to avoid “piling on.”
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.
Government of the People
Allyn Stern
A baker’s dozen tips for working with the Environmental Protection Agency
Alternate Routes
Jennifer Alvey
For many women, a government job is an ideal—albeit necessary—springboard to a law-firm partnership.
Scofflaws Without Borders
Gilbert + Tobin
Bribery and Corruption Know No Boundaries. Increasingly, Neither Do the Laws Designed to Combat Them.
All Aboard
Patricia Brown Holmes
What effect is California’s new law mandating more women in corporate boardrooms likely to have?
In Partnership
Wearing a Hard Hat Significantly Reduces Risk of Injury, Death on NYC Construction Sites
Michele Mirman
An Interview With Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Russia’s 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” honoree for Real Estate Law
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.
Interagency Cooperation: Raising the Bar for Immigration Compliance
Kathleen Campbell Walker
Stove-piped legal representation is not advisable (e.g., only focusing on one agency segment or one portion of a filing process).
Large-Scale Immigration Raids Focus Attention on Employer Compliance With Immigration Laws
Martha J. Schoonover
The recent raids of dozens of 7-Eleven stores by U.S. immigration agents and the corresponding arrest of 21 individuals for immigration-related violations were widely covered as the largest immigrant enforcement crackdown undertaken by the Trump administration to date.
Immigration Worksite Compliance Issues for Employers
Maria I. Casablanca
Immigration worksite enforcement has become a balancing act between verifying eligibility to work and avoiding discrimination; thus it has merged two fields of law: labor and employment law with immigration and nationality law.
Mitigating Your Risk
Ryan Robichaux and David Stewart
Why you need a political law compliance program.
