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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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Privacy Law: Status of Legal Practice Area in 2025

Martindale-Avvo

If you have a client who does business in multiple states, get to know the laws that might apply to them. Know the definitions. What information is subject to privacy protections can vary from state to state. The laws can change the definition of sensitive data with new amendments. Note the dates.

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Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Moody v. NetChoice

Eric Goldman

The Supreme Court unanimously agreed to send the cases back to the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits for more careful review of the plaintiffs’ facial challenges to the laws. It feels like the Supreme Court is reversing the Fifth Circuit opinions on a daily basis, a reflection of how the Fifth Circuit has strayed from good judicial practices.

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The FCC Expands Scope of Data Breach Notification Rules

Inside Privacy

The Order makes several notable changes to the prior rules, including broadening the definitions of a reportable “breach” and “covered data,” requiring covered entities to notify the FCC in addition to federal law enforcement of breaches, and modifying certain customer notification requirements. state data breach notification laws.

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Web Page Framing Isn’t Trespass to Chattels–Best Carpet Values v. Google

Eric Goldman

Once we qualify the copies as “electronic,” it becomes unmistakable that this case deals with intangible items, not traditional “chattel” that are, by definition, tangible items. California law requires that the property interest be “well-defined” and “like staking a claim to a plot of land at the title office.”

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

Attorney at Work

Working from home was better than not working at all, but it was definitely frowned on. In small law firms, where lifestyle mattered somewhat more, there was pushback against remote teams, too. Then, the partners’ options were to allow you to actually use a sick day or let you work from home while recuperating.

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Virginia Enacts Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Privacy Law as Numerous Other States Introduce Similar Bills

Inside Privacy

These laws also contain exemptions related to clinical research and for PHI collected by a covered entity or business associate subject to HIPAA, and similarly exempt deidentified data, though we note the scope of each state laws’ exemptions are not identical.

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