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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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Protecting Privacy of a New Corporate Asset: User DNA

Berkley Technology Law Journal

Due to recent events, users are increasingly aware of their exposure to genetic data privacy risks. Genetic privacy is currently governed by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and state laws.

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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. (You

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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

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. What happens when a super star conference dweller decides to throw his own?

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

Eric Goldman

” Remember this perspective when the Ninth Circuit analyzes the various censorial state laws designed to control or strip away “platforms'” curatorial or discovery efforts. In any event, the models specific poses differ, particularly in the placement of arms and hands.

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No-no cop: Illinois bans drones from using facial recognition or weapons–The Register

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But police are allowed to fly them for ‘public safety’ missions Thomas Claburn Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Friday signed HB 3902, which allows the US state’s law enforcement agencies to use drones at some public events – but prohibits equipping them with facial recognition software or weaponry, with some exceptions.