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January 5, 2016
Timely legal updates from USLAW NETWORK
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WELCOME TO USLAW DIGIKNOW

Happy New Year! Welcome to the first 2016 edition of USLAW DigiKnow, USLAW's biweekly eblast of timely legal updates from around the NETWORK. If you are new to USLAW DigiKnow or a longtime loyal reader, note that each edition of USLAW DigiKnow includes posts from USLAW members who author important state-specific, regional and national industry posts. Also, please take a look to the right for key dates and registration links for upcoming USLAW events, especially the 2016 USLAW Exchange schedule. As always, if there is anything we can do to make this resource even more useful for you, please send along your feedback. Thank you for your support of USLAW and we look forward to working with you in 2016.

Sincerely,
Roger Yaffe, CEO

National Legal News

Automotive

Ford and Google to Partner? Who’s holding the keys to autonomous tech?
via Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

Aviation

Local Drone Regulations and Possible Federal Preemption
via Hanson Bridgett LLP

Construction

Cash flow and contractors
via Wedlake Bell LLP

Data Privacy & Security

New Cyber Workforce Guidelines Included in 2016 Government Budget
via Connell Foley LLP

Employment & Labor Law

Does My Company Really Need to Have a Written Policy on Drug and Alcohol Testing?
via Poyner Spruill LLP


ACA Information Reporting Deadlines Extended by the IRS
via SmithAmundsen

Healthcare

"Swapping" Arrangements—Now a Sword That Cuts Both Ways
via Baird Holm LLP

Insurance

Polluting the Plain Meaning of Policy Exclusions
via Goldberg Segalla

Internet, Media & Privacy

Is there a “Public Interest” Requirement for anti-SLAPP Motions?
via LeClairRyan

IP & Technology

Be Informed: How to Spend Your Patent Budget Wisely
via Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Retail

State Regulation of Biz Ops
via LeClairRyan

Transportation

FMCSA Reduces Random Drug-Testing Percentage for 2016
via Hall Booth Smith

It's Final: The Electronic Logging Device Rule Is Here
via Roetzel & Andress LPA

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Feb. 22 – 23: USLAW Transportation Law Client Exchange, Grand Hyatt DFW Hotel, Dallas, TX
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May 5 – 6:  USLAW Employment & Labor Law Exchange, Hotel Monaco Chicago, Chicago, IL
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June 13 – 14: USLAW Corporate Counsel Exchange, The Ritz Carlton, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Oct. 24 – 25: USLAW Retail and Hospitality Law Exchange, Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, LA
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Nov. 14 – 15: USLAW Risk Management Exchange: Construction Law and Insurance & Risk Management Services, The St. Regis Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
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State/Regional Legal News

CALIFORNIA
SCOTUS Reminds CA Courts of the Strength of Preemption Under Concepcion

ILLINOIS
Chicago Federal District Court Refuses to Apply Fifield Two Year Rule

NEBRASKA
Nebraska Faces Familiar Development Obstacles

NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Has Some Unique Employment Laws

NORTH CAROLINA
Duty to Negotiate in Good Faith: Much Ado About Nothing?

OTTAWA, ON, CANADA
The Ontario Human Rights Code: Powerful but not a Panacea

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