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WSHB Partner Robert Hellner Shares Mediation Tactics at CLM’s 2020 Annual Conference
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WSHB Partner Kelly Waters Named to NJBIZ's 2020 Best Fifty Women in Business List
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Sam McDermott on the Dos and Don’ts of Construction Project Termination
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Andrew S. Kessler Named Legal Counsel for Northeast Community Center for Behavioral Health
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One Bad Apple: Navigating through Sexual Battery and other Intentional Torts
Leading Construction Litigator Cynthia Tari Joins WSHB's Dallas Office
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WSHB Partner Michelle Arbitrio and Lara Taibi from York will lead an interactive CLM webinar entitled “Miscellaneous Professional Liability: Insuring the New and Unknown” on Thursday, March 28 at 12 p.m. EST. This presentation will provide the claims and litigation perspectives on strategies for effectively and efficiently handling the diverse array of professional liability claims that fall within the “miscellaneous” professional liability bucket. It will include a discussion regarding coverage and underwriting issues, policy application questions and policy language. The presentation will also include a discussion of strategies for handling miscellaneous claims that are effective when applied to all different types of professions....
Employees in salaried positions earning under $35,308.00 annually will become newly-eligible for overtime pay if a new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor is enacted. Employers with salaried positions under that amount should begin preparing to perform an audit of exemption classifications to ensure ongoing compliance in the event this rule is enacted. ...
It has been called a "hot button" or "stress trigger" for businesses, the source of sleepless nights for human resource departments. Insurers on the risk for employment related issues are seeing a rise of certain issues in terms of frequency and severity for this genre of claim. Smart risk management strategies and practice pointers for those charged with management of this genre of claim is top of mind for those on the front lines. These issues and more will be the subject of a highly anticipated panel exploring the issues trending in employment liability litigation which is taking place during the CLM Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida March 13-15. In an aptly named panel presentation, WSHB partner Alicia Kennon will be sharing sage practice pointers and strategies for managing these issues during the "What's Trending in EPL" taking center stage on March 14, 2019, at 2 p.m. Joining Alicia is a distinguished panel of industry experts which enjoy critical acclaim in the area of employment, Alona Croteau from CapSpecialty, Angela Lee from Beazley, and Mary Anne Medina from Specialty Group....