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Justia Legal Resources: Workers’ Compensation Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Even if a business labels a worker as an independent contractor, they still are considered an employee if they meet the definition of this term under state law. The employer must have workers’ compensation insurance, although almost all states require most employers to sign up for this coverage.

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Justia Legal Resources: Small Business Legal Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Business interruption insurance can account for losses caused by certain events that interrupt business operations. If you hire employees, your state generally will require you to get workers compensation insurance (or be self-insured) for injuries and illnesses that employees suffer on the job.

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Photos in a Similar Style Aren’t Copyright-Infringing–Woodland v. Lil Nas X

Eric Goldman

The court summarizes the case: Rodney Woodland, a freelance artist and model, posts semi-naked photographs of himself in different poses on Instagram. The court displayed all of the photos side-by-side, so of course we’re going to look at them. I guess that makes me old-school. So I think this is a SFW post.

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Justia Legal Resources: Workers’ Compensation Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

The Work-Related Requirement To get workers’ compensation benefits, a worker must be an employee rather than an independent contractor, and they must not work in a profession that is exempt under state law. These include repetitive stress injuries that develop gradually over time, rather than resulting from a single, obvious event.

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Inspire.Legal 2019

Legal Talk Network

Christian is the Head of Strategy at Reynen Court LLC as well as the author of the Blacklines & Billables blog which, by the way, has its own podcast. That meetup was his inspiration for starting Inspire.Legal, an event he aimed to make larger, more interactive, and highly focused on real problems within the practice of law.

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European Data Protection Roundup – Q4 2024

Debevoise Data Blog

Data Protection Authority powers: The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled that Data Protection Authorities are not obliged to exercise corrective powers in the event of a breach. The German courts referred the interpretation of GDPR to the CJEU.

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Where Do Lawyers Work Today? The Ethics and Acceptance of Working Remotely

Attorney at Work

In a positive turn of events, regulators have stepped up to the challenge and issued major pieces of guidance that dramatically ease the worries of lawyers working remotely. As to the physical location issue, lawyers found themselves often forced to work from the state where they lived and not the state where they were licensed.

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