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The new owner of Avvo.com has put the kibosh on the company’s fixed-rate legal services – just as a North Carolina State Bar committee was working on an ethics opinion concerning whether lawyers could get into trouble for working with the website.

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A putative class-action accusing the ride-share service Uber of imposing fictitious fees was not subject to arbitration, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

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To reduce the vulnerability to a cyber breach and mitigate the damage that results if such a breach does occur, every professional service company should engage in this five-step data security risk management process.

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When Sony Pictures and Equifax got hacked, it cost them tens of millions. Sadly, studies indicate over half of companies can expect to be hacked. There is no fool-proof way to stop an incident breach. So what should you do ...

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed $2.7 million in fines levied against a pair of shipping companies based in Greece in a decision that is expected to ripple through the maritime world.

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Barak Richman has examined hospital mergers for years and has arrived at several conclusions. One is that the trend hasn’t helped the bottom line for employers. “Lots of mergers have promised efficiency,” said Richman, an attorney who teaches law and ...

As hospitals and health systems nationwide continue to merge, few observers expect the trend to stop anytime soon. It is an assessment shared by multiple health care experts, including even those who think mergers don’t help employers or consumers save ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a major change in its policy regarding qui tam litigation in October. Moving forward, DOJ will now file a motion to dismiss when it decides a qui tam case is without merit rather than ...

The use of new technologies such as digital health applications, telemedicine and information exchanges can provide game-changing benefits for providers and patients alike. But with increased sharing comes increased risks to both the security and the privacy of patient information. ...

In honor of National Poetry Month, which is April, I offer you not poetry about law or by lawyers, but observations about the relationship between poetry and law. Some of the quotations are poetic in their own right.

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