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• Firm Tips For Helping New Lawyers Succeed Post-Pandemic

  

  Ten steps can help firms significantly enhance the experience of attorneys who started their careers in the coronavirus pandemic era, including facilitating opportunities for cross-firm connection, which can ultimately help build momentum for business development, says Lana Manganiello at Equinox Strategy Partners.

• A Brief Primer On Using Web-Archived Evidence

  

  Because the temporal dimensions of web content — i.e., what appeared online, and when — are increasingly critical to all kinds of claims, attorneys should understand how web archives can be used to furnish key evidence, as well as strategies for admitting and authenticating such evidence in court, says Nicholas Taylor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library.

• Prepping Your Business Ahead Of Affirmative Action Ruling

  

  The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on whether race should play a role in college admissions could potentially end affirmative action, and companies will need a considered approach to these circumstances that protects their brand power and future profits, and be prepared to answer tough questions, say Nadine Blackburn at United Minds and Eric Blankenbaker at Weber Shandwick.

• What Cos. Should Know About Minn. Noncompete Statute

  

  Companies with operations or employees in Minnesota should reassess their restrictive covenant agreements and practices, including in the context of pending sales and acquisitions, in order to comply with a new statute that bans most noncompetes starting July 1, says Kevin Passerini at Blank Rome.

• A Look At Health Care Providers' Workplace Safety Duties

  

  Recent state legislation and Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforcement actions highlight the uniquely high amount of violence that health care workers face, and the difficulty of adequately protecting employees and patients, say Victor Moldovan and Dan Silverboard at Holland & Knight.

• Tackling Judge-Shopping Concerns While Honoring Localism

  

  As the debate continues over judge-shopping and case assignments in federal court, policymakers should look to a hybrid model that preserves the benefits of localism for those cases that warrant it, while preventing the appearance of judge-shopping for cases of a more national or widespread character, says Joshua Sohn at the U.S. Department of Justice.

• State NIL Laws Aim To Shield Colleges That Defy NCAA

  

  The recent passage of name, image and likeness laws in several states, permitting universities to insert themselves into student-athletes' NIL deals despite prohibitions from the National Collegiate Athletic Association, reveals a pattern of greater protections for universities against potential NCAA enforcement action, say Christina Stylianou and Gregg Clifton at Lewis Brisbois.

• No Easy Out For FCA Defendants After Justices' Ruling

  

  The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 1 decision in U.S. v. SuperValu puts an end to the defense that a federal contractor's belief and in-house debates about problematic conduct are irrelevant to False Claims Act liability, says R. Scott Oswald at The Employment Law Group.

• How Attorneys Can Help Combat Anti-Asian Hate

  

  Amid an exponential increase in violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, unique obstacles stand in the way of accountability and justice — but lawyers can effect powerful change by raising awareness, offering legal representation, advocating for victims’ rights and more, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

• Congress Needs To Enact A Federal Anti-SLAPP Statute

  

  Although many states have passed statutes meant to prevent individuals or entities from filing strategic lawsuits against public participation, other states have not, so it's time for Congress to enact a federal statute to ensure that free speech and petitioning rights are uniformly protected nationwide in federal court, say attorneys at Skadden.

• 5 Insider-Threat Reminders After Recent DOJ Prosecutions

  

  Three recent U.S. Department of Justice actions may well lead to much greater scrutiny of companies in which insiders engage in a variety of corporate misconduct, including conducting or enabling cybercrimes, which will likely fall not just on government contractors, but across industries and geographies, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

• Financial Industry Must Beware Rising BIPA Litigation Tide

  

  As Biometric Information Privacy Act litigation engulfs more financial institutions, it’s important that they evaluate their practices for collecting biometric data, and to consider whether their vendors should comply with BIPA’s requirements, and even some related California laws, say attorneys at Katten.

• Dealing With Dogmatic Jurors: Voir Dire And Trial Strategies

  

  Dogmatic jurors — whose rigid reliance on external authority can inhibit accurate, objective decision making — may be both good and bad for plaintiffs and defense counsel, so attorneys should understand how to identify such jurors in voir dire and how to meet them where they are during trial, say consultants at Courtroom Sciences.