If you had asked the author of this post 10 years ago whether he would believe that people would pay thousands upon thousands of dollars for what is essentially a PDF, he would have said you were speaking utter nonsense. However, here we stand, in an era where you cannot go a day without hearing about the latest NFT (non-fungible token) project or the next surefire “To The Moon” cryptocurrency.  And, as is tradition, the more notoriety something gets, the more scrutiny it comes under.

Fort Lauderdale Partner Cheryl Wilke recently spoke with Law360's Employment Authority for an article about a controversial Florida state law that attempts to regulate how private companies address race and sex in workplace bias training.

Nashville Partner Matt Cottingham recently joined the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) “Nashville Pubcast” for an episode focusing on the basics of music publishing deals.

A Lewis Brisbois cross-office and cross-practice team led by Los Angeles Partners Alexis Crump and Brant Dveirin recently closed a public-private partnership transaction on behalf of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.

Washington D.C. Partner Karen C. Bennett was recently quoted in an E&E News Greenwire article about a new federal mining permitting reform proposal making its way through Congress. 

San Diego Partner Amy L. Frerich and Associate Mason Smith recently secured a defense verdict on behalf of a shopping cart manufacturer, following a heavily contested two-week jury trial.

On August 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit – one of the nation’s historically conservative jurisdictions – became the first federal appellate court to extend Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protections to transgender people, declaring that gender dysphoria can qualify as a disability under the ADA, reviving a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by a transgender woman over a Virginia detention center’s decision to place her in men’s housing.

New York Appellate Partner Nicholas P. Hurzeler, with New York Partners John J. Doody and David M. Pollack, obtained a significant appellate victory on behalf of a national home improvement chain when a New York Appellate Division panel for the Second Department reduced a jury verdict by more than half.

On the heels of the adoption by the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) of a new “Know Your Civil Rights” campaign, the DCR has issued new and updated rules and regulations to raise public awareness about civil rights under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and Family Leave Act (FLA). The new regulations, which took effect on August 1, 2022, update the DCR’s requirements for the posters that covered entities are required to conspicuously display.

A Lewis Brisbois cross-office and cross-practice team led by Fort Lauderdale Managing Partner Michael Platner and Los Angeles Partner Alexis Crump recently closed a refinancing of several real estate loans in Florida and New York for a large manufacturer.

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to present our next webinar of 2022, "Accident Investigation II: Transportation", taking place Thursday, September 15 at 12:00 p.m. ET.

Wilmington Associate Cheneise V. Wright was recently elected Vice President of the Delaware Barristers Association, and Secretary of the Delaware State Bar Association’s (DSBA) Litigation Section.

Lewis Brisbois is proud to announce that the firm is participating in the Mansfield Rule 6.0 certification process, which is administered by Diversity Lab and aimed at increasing and sustaining diversity in law firm leadership.

Los Angeles Partner Jonathan Pink and Atlanta Partner Joshua D. Curry recently spoke to Legaltech News (part of Law.com) about the growing scrutiny around artificial intelligence (AI), as intellectual property law attorneys seek guidance from courts and regulators to determine whether existing bodies of law could protect the use of copyrighted works.

Atlanta Partner Seth M. Friedman will present an upcoming CLM webinar on developments in case law for bad faith claims against insurance companies on August 30 at 12:00 p.m. ET.