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Do you need to provide employers, HR professionals, and legal advisors with a comprehensive overview of the evolving landscape of pay transparency in the United States? Use our new training presentation by M. Elaine Horn of Williams & Connolly . Read now...
Brush up on statements of law concerning enablement requirement, a fundamental principle in patent law that ensures the disclosure of an invention in a patent application is sufficiently clear and comprehensive to allow a person skilled in the relevant art to make...
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Assist nonprofit hospitals and health systems conduct a community health needs assessment (CHNA), a systematic process used by nonprofit hospitals and other health organizations to identify and analyze the health needs of a specific population within a defined...
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