May 10, 2016
Timely legal updates from USLAW NETWORK

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Banking & Financial Services

CFPB Proposes Prohibiting Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
via Baird Holm LLP

Business Litigation

The Case for Causation: Arguments for Defendants Faced with Securities Lawsuits
via Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP

Retail Liability In 140 Characters or Less: Foreseeability In The Social Media Age
via Roetzel & Andress LPA and Retail CIO Outlook

Construction

Text Messages Found Sufficient to Evidence Construction Contract
via Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C.

Data Privacy & Security

Sixth Circuit Denies Improper Disclosure of Protected Health Information as Claim under False Claims Act
via Connell Foley LLP

Employment & Labor Law

NLRB Continues To Eviscerate Workplace Civility Policies In New Handbook Decision
via Hanson Bridgett LLP

Employee Background Checks: Ripe for Class Action Lawsuits
via SmithAmundsen

Health Law

CMS 2-Midnight Policy Unchanged; But Related IPPS Reductions Reversed By FY2017 Increase
via Baird Holm LLP

Insurance

New York’s Highest Court Rules in Favor of “All Sums” and Vertical Attachment in Certified Question from Delaware Supreme Court
via Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP

IP & Technology

New Federal Trade Secrets Law Almost Here
via Hall Booth Smith P.C.

Submission of Expert Declarations in Inter Partes Review After Institution of Review: A Note to Petitioners
via Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP

Big IP NEWS: Defend Trade Secrets Act 2016 (DTSA) Passes Congress – President to sign
via Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C.

Product Liability

FDA Issues "Deeming Regulations" Covering Additional Tobacco Products Including Electronic Cigarettes, Cigars and Pipe Tobacco
via Roetzel & Andress LPA

Transportation

New Regulations Proposed for TRUs
via Hanson Bridgett LLP

The Trials and Errors of Preventability Determinations
via Roetzel & Andress LPA

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State/Regional Legal News

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California Regulators Prepare New Plan to Tighten Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits for Freight Industry

GEORGIA
Georgia Court of Appeals Confirms Exclusive Remedy of Workers' Comp Applies to Workplace Murder Pending Appeal to Supreme Court of Georgia

OTTAWA, ON, CANADA
Plaintiff Must Exhaust Tortfeasor Policy Before Claiming from OPCF

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