Hughes

July 15, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The lingering COVID-19 pandemic has driven many businesses to reimagine how both their workforce and consumers will interface in the future. For employees, working from home has presented new challenges and opportunities.

By Bradford Hughes

6 minute read

March 12, 2020 | Property Casualty 360

The coronavirus has put companies' brands and reputations at risk, but a strong crisis communications plan can help mitigate damage.

By Rod Hughes

5 minute read

January 23, 2020 | Legaltech News

Cutting-edge breakthroughs in technology are changing the way lawyers argue cases and offering new ways for a case to carry real impact, in addition to making lawyers' lives a little easier.

By Leon Hilliard "Hil" Hughes, Morrison & Hughes

5 minute read

September 28, 2018 | Daily Report Online

"There were ramifications in response to this incident."

By James B. Hughes Jr.

2 minute read

August 02, 2018 | The Recorder

Although imposter syndrome can and does affect attorneys at any career stage, millennials working in Big Law may be particularly susceptible by virtue of their generation's shared values and the realities of large-firm practice.

By Diana Hughes Leiden and Shilpa Coorg

4 minute read

August 08, 2017 | FC&S Insurance

There was a time when opioids were used exclusively to help manage the pain of cancer, palliative care and end-of-life patients, not the litany of…

By and Alanna Hughes Randy Gordon Kevin M. Bingham Pedro Arboleda

11 minute read

May 08, 2017 | The Recorder

Since 1998, the "safe harbor" provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) have provided protections to online service providers (OSPs) by limiting their liability for copyright infringement if certain requirements are met. These protections have paved the way for the innovation and expansion of internet businesses, as OSPs can avoid potentially crippling liability where they have taken reasonable steps to prevent infringing activity originating from third parties

By Erin R. Ranahan and Diana Hughes Leiden

10 minute read

March 08, 2017 | Legaltech News

The value that reservationless conferencing provides is severely undercut by the security issues introduced by dial-in.

By Michael Hughes, LoopUp

12 minute read

January 20, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The statute of limitations on the attempt to enforce unpaid credit cards varies from state to state, but one thing remains consistent—eventually a creditor cannot seek to remedy an unpaid credit card bill in state court. Statutes of limitations are often troublesome for debt collectors. A debt collector is defined as "any person who ... regularly collects or attempts to collect, directly or indirectly, debts owed or due or asserted to be owed or due to another," 15 U.S.C. Section 1692a (6). One such debt collector facing the implications of statutes of limitations is Midland Funding, whose business it is to buy debts. "Specifically, Midland purchases accounts with overdue unpaid balances and tries to collect those accounts," in Johnson v. Midland Funding, 823 F. 3d 1334, 1336 (11th Cir. 2016).

By Sheila F. Hughes

13 minute read

December 07, 2015 | FC&S Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has denied the petition for rehearing by National Liability & Fire Insurance Company (“National…

By John D. Hughes

7 minute read