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Expert Analysis

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  Pursuing Wellness: Steps Toward A Supportive Firm Culture

  

  As an early advocate of the American Bar Association's year-old well-being pledge, we launched an integrated program to create and sustain a supportive workplace culture with initiatives focused on raising mental health awareness, embracing creativity and giving back to the community, says Casey Ryan at Reed Smith.

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  Pursuing Wellness: Mental Health Education As A Firm Priority

  

  Our firm drives a holistic concept of well-being through educational opportunities, such as a series of expert-led workshops intended to address mental health and substance abuse issues that we vowed to fight when we signed the American Bar Association's well-being pledge one year ago, says Krista Logelin at Morgan Lewis.

• State Net

  Comparing States' Preparations For An Economic Downturn

  

  Statistics indicate that many states have learned lessons from the Great Recession, and are better prepared for the next recession. Those that are not setting aside money to see them through the inevitable fiscal crisis would be wise to start saving for a rainy day, says Lou Cannon of State Net Capitol Journal.

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  Pursuing Wellness: A Firm's Work With Mental Health Experts

  

  Signing the American Bar Association's well-being pledge last year was a natural progression of our firm's commitment to employee wellness, which has included developing partnerships with professionals in the mental health space to provide customized programming to firm attorneys and staff, say Annette Sciallo and Mark Goldberg at Latham.

• Key Issues To Consider In Foreign Bankruptcy Proceedings

  Excerpt from Lexis Practice Advisor

  

  In PT Bakrie Telecom, the New York bankruptcy court provided a primer on several important issues to consider in a Chapter 15 foreign bankruptcy proceeding — most notably that the conclusion of a foreign proceeding doesn't necessarily prevent the later appointment of a foreign representative, say Dan Moss and Mark Douglas of Jones Day.

• Searching For A Legal Pathway For CBD Products

  

  Sales of products containing CBD are booming, but companies selling them are still faced with a regulatory quagmire, struggling to understand how to legally promote, label and distribute CBD consumables in light of gridlock at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and inconsistent state laws, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

• FTC Settlement Over COPPA Will Change YouTube's Biz Model

  

  While the $170 million fine received most of the headlines, the recent settlement of the Federal Trade Commission and New York attorney general with Google and YouTube includes provisions that ultimately could expose content creators and channel owners to liability under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, says Allison Fitzpatrick of Davis & Gilbert.

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  Pursuing Wellness: When A Firm Brings Counseling On Site

  

  One year ago, our firm signed the American Bar Association's well-being pledge and embraced a commitment to providing on-site behavioral health resources, which has since become a key aspect of our well-being program, say Meg Meserole and Kimberly Merkel at Akin Gump.

• SEC's Broker Bar Stance Hinges On Penalties Vs. Remedies

  

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent decision holding that Financial Industry Regulatory Authority expulsions are remedial, not punitive, spells out how far a regulator can go in sanctioning securities misconduct in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's Kokesh opinion, says Clinton Marrs of Marrs Griebel Law.

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  Pursuing Wellness: Inside A Firm Meditation Program

  

  After our firm signed the American Bar Association’s well-being pledge one year ago, we launched two key programs that included weekly meditation sessions and monthly on-site chair massages to help people address both the mental and physical aspects of working at a law firm, says Marci Eisenstein at Schiff Hardin.

• NY Tax Minutes: City Finances, Transparency, Tribunal Rulings

  

  In their recap of New York's recent tax highlights, Timothy Noonan and Craig Reilly of Hodgson Russ discuss the New York City financial plan through 2023, the new industrial development agency transparency requirement and three notable Tax Appeals Tribunal decisions.

• Early Sampling Of Electronic Info Is Underutilized In Discovery

  

  The early and prompt provision of samples from all electronically stored information sources as a part of ESI protocol search methodology is consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and may allow for significant cost savings during discovery, says Zachary Caplan at Berger Montague.

• Opinion

  California, Follow NY's Lead And Pass An FCA Tax Bill

  

  Legislation poised to expand California’s False Claims Act to include tax cases recently stalled, but in New York similar legislation provided whistleblowers with incentive to come forward and earned the state revenue, says Justin Wagner, a former assistant attorney general in New York's Taxpayer Protection Bureau.

• Opinion

  Video Capacity Will Boost NY As Commercial Dispute Forum

  

  The New York Supreme Court's Commercial Division Advisory Council recently proposed a rule on video conferencing that would save lawyers and their clients time and money, and allow the division to maintain its leadership in using technology to enhance the efficient administration of justice, says council member Scott Mollen of Herrick Feinstein.

• TM Rights Vs. Free Speech In Humvee Call Of Duty Case

  

  The New York federal court case AM General v. Activision, involving use of the trademarked "Humvee" vehicle in a First-Amendment-protected video game, is set to have wide-ranging legal, creative and brand implications across a host of industries, says David Jacoby of Culhane Meadows.