August 01, 2022

7 Tips for Reducing Your Company’s Workers’ Compensation Exposure

By Elias Kahn An employee reports he severely injured his back after lifting a heavy box at work. He files a workers’ compensation claim and receives benefits . . . but is spotted playing basketball soon after filing his claim. The injury never happened. Workers’ compensation insurance is an important financial benefit for employees who incur workplace injuries, but it is unfortunately a ripe target for...

August 01, 2022

LexisNexis Hosts Law Library Professionals Nationwide at 2022 AALL Conference

By Carolyn Bach The 2022 American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting returned to an in-person format for the first time since 2019 — and a large cross-section of the law library community was ready to assemble live once again. This year’s conference took place July 16-19 in Denver, with more than 60 educational programs to choose from and an estimated 800-1,000 people in attendance, according...

July 21, 2022

9 Steps to Take After Union Activity Surfaces in Your Organization

Organized labor is riding a wave in successful union organizing in 2022, after years of declining influence. Between October 2021 and March 2022, union representation petitions filed at the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) increased 57% from the same period a year earlier. Workers at major American companies such as Apple, Amazon and Starbucks have all prevailed in unionization efforts in recent months. Employees...

July 19, 2022

PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf: The Fate of Professional Golf Heading for Legal Showdown

By Lindsey Lambert The Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Justice is investigating the PGA Tour over potential antitrust violations. All of the sudden, the PGA Tour’s monopoly is under attack, and the future of professional golf is up in the air. Fueled by the mass appeal of superstars such as Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, the PGA Tour has long been the dominant global showcase...

July 01, 2022

The Great Resignation Drives Law Firms Into New Territory for Keeping Good Associates

Law firms have long dealt with the challenge of competing for the best new attorneys coming out of law schools and retaining their rising stars, but the level of associate mobility has reached new heights amid “The Great Resignation” phenomenon in the U.S. The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education reports that associate attrition reached an average rate of 26% last year, up from 16% in 2020...

July 01, 2022

Understanding the Changing World of Telemedicine

The COVID-19 pandemic created tremendous stresses on the American healthcare delivery system and surfaced some major gaps that need to be addressed. But one of the more intriguing impacts was the sharp rise in the use of telemedicine, which enabled patients to consult with their healthcare providers from remote locations. More than two years after the start of the pandemic, an American Medical Association survey in...

June 27, 2022

4 Key Questions for Employers to Determine Paid Vacation and PTO Legal Obligations

The summer months have arrived and so has the annual vacation season for many Americans. Companies across the nation and in every industry will see most of their employees take some time off work between now and Labor Day. Of course, some employers have migrated to a model of “Unlimited PTO” in which employees can ask for time off whenever they need it throughout the year. This approach has delivered mixed...

June 20, 2022

The Price of Putin’s War: How Sanctions Exemptions Are Issued to Avoid Collateral Damage

On June 2 nd , the Biden Administration announced a fresh new round of sanctions on Russia in the latest attempt to punish the Russian government for its invasion of Ukraine. “The United States and our allies and partners are committed to supporting Ukraine and ensuring the Russian government feels the compounding effects of our actions,” said the White House statement . Severe economic sanctions were...

June 06, 2022

State Legislators Step Up Efforts To Deal With Rising Healthcare Staffing Shortages

On May 23, 2022, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy sounded a national alarm about the urgent need to address a systemic healthcare problem in America. We must come to grips with a surge in health worker burnout and resignations, he warned, or the consequences will be dramatic for all Americans in the next decade. “The nation’s health depends on the well-being of our health workforce,” he said....

June 02, 2022

8 Keys for Health Plans to Satisfy Data Privacy Rules

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights made headlines last month when it issued a Request for Information (RFI) , seeking input from the public on how the HIPAA Rules — specifically the HIPAA Privacy Rule — could be modified. The announcement noted that the original HIPAA Rules were developed to protect individuals’ health information privacy and security, while...

May 16, 2022

How to Build a Mature Corporate Compliance Program

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) relies on the Justice Manual to guide prosecutors through specific factors they should consider in conducting an investigation of a company, determining whether to bring charges, and negotiating pleas or other agreements. Among the key factors they are told to evaluate is “the adequacy and effectiveness of the corporation’s compliance program at the time of the offense...

April 29, 2022

Tips for Corporate Legal Departments Working Without Big Budgets

Corporate legal departments of all sizes are restructuring their costs and rethinking their budget priorities to respond to anticipated changes in demand this year. According to the Association of Corporate Counsel’s annual survey , 45% of chief legal officers expect to hire more personnel in 2022 compared to last year in order to improve internal client satisfaction with the department’s delivery of legal...

April 12, 2022

How Corporate Legal Departments Can Improve Staff Retention

The Great Resignation, that labor market phenomenon in which workers began leaving their jobs in record numbers over the past two years, continues in full swing. Nearly 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in February 2022, CNBC.com reported , as favorable employment conditions offer ample opportunities for workers to take their careers to new employers. This social trend is playing out with even greater frequency...

March 31, 2022

Closing the Gender Pay Gap: State and Local Legislative Efforts Underway to Increase Wage Equity

By Rich Ehisen A January 2022 report from the National Partnership for Women & Families found that women in the United States are paid 83 cents for every dollar paid to men, amounting to an annual gender wage gap of $10,435 on the median pay for full-time workers. The gap is even more pronounced for women of color, with Black women earning 64 cents on the dollar, Latinas just 57 cents, and Asian American and Pacific...

March 21, 2022

5 Key Events for GCs to Attend in the Year Ahead

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of nearly all in-person professional events in 2020 and 2021, but early data suggests that we’re seeing a gradual rebound in 2022. The B2B Events Industry Outlook survey found that 50% of professional service providers expect to increase their participation at in-person events in 2022 and 53% project an increase in attendance at their industry’s key events this...

March 15, 2022

Preparing for a Storm: Crisis Management Checklist for In-House Counsel

A common refrain cited by public relations veterans is that there are only two types of companies: those that are in a storm right now and those that are heading for one. But you can have more confidence in your organization’s ability to weather a storm if you have done the right advance planning and have the right navigation tools in your hands to help steer the ship. Of course, there are a wide variety of potential...

March 04, 2022

6 Anti-Bribery Considerations for ESG Investors

The focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues continues to accelerate. One of the primary drivers that is fueling this sustained attention to ESG tracking and reporting is the fact that both institutional and retail investors are increasingly seeking to make socially responsible investments. For example, a recent survey of general counsel by the Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University...

February 28, 2022

The Evolving Role of Law Firm Library Support and Services in the Digital Era

By Carolyn Bach | Sr. Manager, Knowledge & Research Program The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a great opportunity for law firm library support and services teams. With firms suddenly thrust into an entirely remote working environment, the visibility of the law firm library department was raised, and the importance of properly resourcing this mission-critical function was rediscovered. In response to this evolving...

February 22, 2022

How Corporate Legal Departments Can Benefit from Legal Tech Innovations to Improve Business Processes

Business innovation is essential to reinvigorate any company’s engine for growth. When a business successfully innovates, it creates new ways of doing things, new solutions to customers’ problems, new approaches to hiring and retaining employees, and new strategies for enhancing profitability. Of course, true innovation that significantly moves the needle is rarely incremental in nature. “Innovation...

February 15, 2022

Fraud, Abuse, and the Latest Stark Law Developments with the American Health Law Association

Stark Law Changes 2021 In November 2020, sweeping new regulations were enacted to implement the Physician Self-Referral Law, more commonly referred to as the Stark Law. Experts have reason to believe 2022 will bring even more developments. In a podcast from the American Health Law Association (AHLA) Fraud and Abuse Practice Group, Matthew Wetzel (AHLA Member and Partner at Goodwin Procter) speaks to Charles B. Oppenheim...

February 10, 2022

Grow Your Law Firm Through Of Counsel Relationships: 3 Tips for Success

Summary What is an of counsel relationship? Benefits of an of counsel relationship Ethical considerations Tips for creating of counsel relationships Grow your firm through of counsel relationships Sometimes solo practitioners and small law firms find that their client matters require legal counsel outside their core practice areas. Other times, client matters grow to the point where overflow work and...

February 09, 2022

Want to Choose Your Content? LexisNexis Digital Library Is a Solution

This article was originally published on the American Association of Law Libraries’ Committee on Relations with Information Vendors blog in February 2022. The author, Christy Smith, is Co-Acting Director and Head of Collection Services of the Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Law Library Center for Information & Technology and Assistant Professor of Law at Seton Hall. LexisNexis Digital Library Our library subscribes...

February 04, 2022

Key Emerging Legal Trends in the Digital Assets Space

By Melissa Morrison | Practice Area Expert Digital assets crossed a number of important milestones in 2021 in their continuing march to prominence as an asset class. As reported by CNBC.com, the virtual currency market reached a combined $2 trillion in value, the first major crypto company went public with the IPO of Coinbase, major Wall Street banks such as Goldman Sachs stepped up their participation across various...

February 01, 2022

Law Firm Marketing Professionals Rely On Emerging Tech to Drive New Business Development

By Dave DiCicco | LexisNexis Senior Director of Product Management Law firm business development teams have changed the way they identify, connect with and track their firms’ engagement with prospective new clients. The evolution has been fueled by the emergence of technologies that have enabled more visibility into new business opportunities and more targeted interaction with those prospects. This includes platforms...

February 01, 2022

Law Firms Achieving Greater Workflow Efficiency By Seamlessly Integrating Third-Party Legal Research Data

By Dave DiCicco | LexisNexis Law firms are always on a quest to find ways to increase the speed at which they can get routine tasks done so their professionals can do what they do best: provide measured, high-value legal counsel to clients. Emerging technologies over the past three decades have introduced them to new software tools and online legal research offerings that have significantly increased efficiencies. ...