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We’ve returned with another edition of our legal industry news column for May. Read on for the latest news on attorney promotions, law firm recognition, pro bono work and legal technology and innovation.

Share this article Share this article BETHESDA, Md., May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced today that it has arranged both debt and equity financing for the acquisition of The Bungalows on Pine Cliff, a build-for-rent (BFR) housing development located in Flagstaff, Arizona. This structured transaction includes $37,600,000 in bridge financing as well as a joint venture partnership. The Bungalows on Pine Cliff Walker & Dunlops dedicated BFR team was led by Heather McClur...

shutterstock.com DALLAS – BakerHostetler announced today that Craig Carpenter has joined the firm as a partner in its Dallas office. Carpenter will serve as a member of the firm’s Digital Assets and Data Management (DADM) Practice Group in the Privacy Governance and Technology Transactions team, a press release states. Carpenter is a technology attorney with an emphasis on tech transactions, intellectual property, licensing, branding and marketing, entertainment, and...

By Fox Rothschild LLP issued the following announcement on May 11. Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce the formation of its Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Practice Group, aimed at assisting business leaders in navigating the challenges and opportunities associated with improving their performance and disclosing their companies’ efforts in these key areas. Co-Chaired by Partners David H. Colvin and Pamela A. Grinter, the ESG Practice Group gathers and mobilizes the Firms...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In what may be a first in California, the state Legislature recently passed a law that creates unionlike recall rights for employees who work for private sector businesses in certain industries. As COVID-19 infection rates decrease, vaccination rates rise and businesses continue to reopen and rehire, the state of California has imposed new rehire obligations on all employers regardless of siz...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On March 15, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board withdrew a proposed rule that would have established that students who perform services for compensation at private colleges and universities in connection with their studies are not "employees" within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. So, what does that mean for higher education? For now, the withdrawal means that the Act w...

Philadelphia is quick to remove kids from bad homes. But how does that help the children? Kim Strong, York Daily Record USA TODAY analysis shows Florida took kids from families, failed to keep them safe Replay Video In the neighborhoods of Philadelphia, a secret had been whispered about for years. The agency watching over the city’s children was heavy-handed, people said. It was easy for a family to lose its children into foster care, it was rumored. Carolyn Hill heard the st...

The Latest: COBRA Subsidies and New COBRA Election Rights COBRA subsidy – Similar to legislation adopted in 2009 in response to the Great Recession, ARPA includes provisions that provide for a 100% subsidy of COBRA group health plan premiums (including premiums for continuation coverage under state "mini-COBRA" statutes) for "assistance eligible individuals" (AEIs). AEIs are qualified beneficiaries who experience a COBRA election right in connection with an involuntary termination of employme...

BakerHostetler 2021 Data Security Incident Response Report - Disruption and Transformation iCrowd Newswire 01 May 2021, 04:08 GMT+10 The report provides risk mitigation and compromise response intelligence from more than 1,250 data security incidents the firm helped manage responses to in 2020, including ransomware and vendor incidents. WASHINGTON - April 30, 2021 - BakerHostetler released the seventh edition of its annual Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report, which features insights...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Many states across the country have enacted laws that provide greater wage-and-hour protections to employees than those offered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal law governing the payment of overtime wages. Up until recently, Virginia was not one of them, and Virginia employees only recourse for unpaid overtime or minimum wage was under the FLSA. That changed on March 30, 20...