Legal Updates

Monday, 29 July, 2019
Governor Cuomo signed the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Act (SHIELD) on July 25, 2019, providing stronger protections for New Yorkers by imposing strict cybersecurity requirements on all companies, broadening the Attorney General’s oversight over data breaches, and expanding data breach notification requirements.
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Monday, 29 July, 2019
A recent study links professional conduct/workplace culture with quality and safety for patients, and has indicated that the patients of surgeons who have been reported by colleagues for unprofessional conduct are at a significantly increased risk of post-operative complications.
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Monday, 29 July, 2019
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced significant changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program that provides permanent residence status with investment in a U.S.
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Monday, 29 July, 2019
In August 2015, the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, enacted the Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA). 
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Monday, 29 July, 2019
When will an employee’s poor performance constitute misconduct? The Fair Work Commission has considered this question in the recent unfair dismissal decision of Steven Zirilli v StarTrack Express Pty Limited [2019] FWC 3557.
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Monday, 29 July, 2019
On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 9:30 a.m., Varnum snagged one of the few remaining seats in the Michigan Supreme Court gallery to hear oral arguments related to the constitutionality of the Michigan Legislature’s “adopt and amend” maneuver last fall.
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Monday, 29 July, 2019
Austin and San Antonio (in 2018) and Dallas (in 2019) all enacted substantially identical paid sick leave ordinances.
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Thursday, 25 July, 2019
More and more organizations find themselves legally obligated to conduct assessments of third-parties who handle or process some of their data.
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Thursday, 25 July, 2019
After a spectacular victory for the Narendra Modi led BJP in India’s national elections held recently, expectations were running high from the newly elected government’s first annual budget exercise (‘Union Budget 2019-2020’ or simply ‘Budget’).
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Thursday, 25 July, 2019
A number of DSA Member companies are multinational corporations and, of those, a significant number have head offices in the United States of America.
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