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The Legal Intelligencer

Implicit Bias Training: Helpful Training Tool or Corporate Fad?

Employers—particularly human resources professionals and in-house employment lawyers—have long battled bias in hiring and other employment decisions. Employers have many tools at their disposal, such as anti-discrimination policies, employee handbooks and various trainings.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

GDPR—A New Fundamental Right Protecting Personal Identifiable Information and More

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a broad and comprehensive European Union (EU) data privacy law going into effect on May 25.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cannabis Banking Is a Matter of Public Safety

Let's say ABC LLC applied for and was granted permits to grow, process and dispense cannabis pursuant to its state's medical marijuana regulations. ABC now operates a 120,000-square-foot cultivation facility and sells its cannabis-related products, which include THC and CBD vape oils, tinctures and pills, through three dispensaries.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Three-Letter Word Lawyers Should Avoid Using

When was the last time a single word determined your future? As a lawyer, you're probably attuned to the fact that it was pretty recent.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

State-Legal Cannabis: How Intrastate Regulation Is Different

The sale of cannabis is illegal under federal law in all 50 states, U.S. territories and U.S. possessions. Yet, as of May 1, 29 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam and Puerto Rico recognized the legality of marijuana in some form (raw or processed) and for some purpose (medicinal or adult-use/recreational).
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Cannabis Industry: A Financial Services Catch-22

U.S. banks exist to provide financial services to the community they serve. Bank charters are granted and continuously monitored by regulators to ensure that banks fulfill the needs of their communities.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Safe Home Philly—Quality Placements Close to Family, Community

Juvenile Law Center works to bring young people in the child welfare and justice systems home from institutional placements, and to ensure that youth placed outside of the home are in the most family-like and least traumatic conditions possible.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Should Law Firms Embrace Artificial Intelligence and R&D Labs?

There is a puzzle in the legal business. Our economic landscape is filling up with innovative organizations who have embraced the convergence of technology and business to meet new market demands, yet the legal market remains conservative.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Who Decides Arbitrability—Is It the Court or an Arbitrator?

An issue that continues to present itself is who will determine if a dispute must be tried in court or arbitrated.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Wolf Signs Bill Expanding Grandparents' Standing in Custody Cases

On May 4, Gov. Tom Wolf signed Act 21 of 2018 into law. Known as SB 844, this act amends two sections of the Pennsylvania Domestic Relations Code with regard to standing in child custody proceedings.
7 minute read

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