The Florida District Court of Appeals recently interpreted the statute of repose for construction claims in Westpark Preserve Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Pulte Home Corporation, 365 So. 3d 391 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023). The Court held that in projects where an Owner/Developer sold units to initial purchasers, the repose period ran from the issuance…
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The North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA”) and the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (“PIABA”) have announced their support for FINRA as it challenges Alpine Securities Corporation’s (“Alpine”) arguments that it is unconstitutional. NASAA, the membership organization for state regulators, filed an amicus brief with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals citing its support…
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On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Borad (“NLRB”) issued a new standard for determining when two employers are considered “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). While the standard was issued in regard to the NLRA, businesses should expect that plaintiffs will use the new standard with regard to claims outside…
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The vast expansion of the renewable energy sector has prompted the EPA to modify existing universal waste requirements regarding the disposal of lithium-ion batteries and expand the universal waste rule to cover photovoltaic solar panels. The universal waste program was implemented in May 1995, as a subsection of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), to…
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The Court of Appeals of Georgia, in Blevins v. PECGA, LLC, 890 S.E. 2d 109 (Ga. Ct. App. 2023), recently reversed summary judgment in favor the design engineer in a lawsuit for defective construction of a home because the homeowners raised a sufficient dispute of fact regarding whether mistakes in the engineer’s plans caused defects…
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John Webb, Chair of LGWM’s Workers’ Compensation Practice Group, spoke at the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Organization (AWCO) 2023 Annual Conference. The Conference took place November 2-3 in Birmingham, Alabama. John teamed up with Dana Mattiace (Senior Claims Adjuster) with CCMSI to provide new adjuster training for approximately 30 workers’ compensation adjusters from across the United…
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Effective January 1, 2023, the mileage reimbursement rate for Alabama increased to 66.5 cents per mile.
Effective July 1, 2023, the maximum workers’ compensation rate payable increased to $1,084.00 per week and the minimum rate increased to $298.00 per week.
Effective October 16, 2023, FINRA adopted amendments to its Codes of Arbitration Procedure (Codes) to modify the process relating to requests to expunge customer dispute information in the FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (DRS) arbitration forum. FINRA operates the Central Registration Depository (CRD), and customer dispute information maintained in CRD is reported through Forms U4 and…
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On September 29, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released its revised “Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace”. If successful, the proposed guidance would be EEOC’s first update on workplace harassment since the previous update in 1999. The new proposal considers recent changes in the law on issues of workplace discrimination and…
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