FCC Commissioner Reiterates Need for FCC to Address TCPA Issues
4/9/15
By: Matthew N. Foree
Michael O’Rielly, the Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) addressed the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) last week. During his remarks, he discussed litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which he described as …
Dot Your I's and Cross your T's in Person: Complying With The I-9 "Examination" Requirement
3/23/15
By: Nina Maja Bergmar
Federal law requires every employer to complete Form I-9 for each new employee. As part of this process, the employer must request original documents from a list of acceptable documents that establish an employee’s identity and …
Uncle Sam Still Wants Your Money – Supreme Court Rules that Severance Payments are Wages for Tax Purposes
3/12/15
By: Amanda K. Hall
In order to fund the benefits provided by the Social Security Act and Medicare, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“FICA”), 26 U.S.C. § 3101 et seq., taxes “wages” paid by an employer or received by …
Municipal Liability: No Action for Damages Against a Municipality in Georgia for its Failure to Provide Medical Care to an Inmate
3/2/15
By: A. Ali Sabzevari
Earlier this month, the Georgia Supreme Court rendered its decision in City of Atlanta v. Mitcham, No. S14G0619, 2015 WL 659597 (Ga. Feb. 16, 2015), reversing the Georgia Court of Appeals’ flawed analysis in determining …
Prison Grooming Policy Changes Coming in the Wake of Holt v. Hobbs
2/16/15
By: Coleen Hosack
Native American men imprisoned in the United States will probably be the first to notice institutional changes to prison policies regarding whether prisoners can grow their hair long, following the Holt v. Hobbs decision by the United …
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP Partner Argues to the United States Supreme Court
1/20/15
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Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP Partner Argues to the United States Supreme Court
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US Supreme Court Rules TCA Requires Timely Written Reasons for Denial of a Cell Tower Permit
1/16/15
By: Kevin Stone and Dana Maine
Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court, in T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell, Georgia, clarified the rules for what a local government must do when it denies an application …
Melting ICE: Constitutional Challenges to Immigration Hold Provision Prompts Federal Overhaul of Immigration Enforcement Laws
1/9/15
By: Charles Reed, Jr.
Immigration and the enforcement of immigration laws has been a hot topic in politics in recent electoral cycles. Until earlier this year, local law enforcement agencies routinely worked with federal immigration and control enforcement (“ICE”) …
Federal Oversight of Local Policing: A Growing Trend
12/22/14
By: Peter Munk
Controversial uses of force by police in Ferguson, MO, Staten Island, NY, and Cleveland, OH have been among the most talked-about events of 2014. In addition to what these uses of force say about the relationship between …
Police Officer’s Mistake of Law Does Not Make an Arrest and Search Invalid
12/16/14
By: Wayne Melnick
Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a police officer’s mistaken belief of the state of the law does not make an arrest and search invalid as long as the officer’s belief was reasonable. …
After-School Drumming is Not a Nuisance (at least in New Jersey)
11/17/14
By: Wayne S. Melnick
As both an attorney and a drummer, this one caught my attention. Following a bench trial in Traetto v. Palazzo, a New Jersey judge recently ruled that a teenage drummer’s occasional afternoon practice …
Is it Legal to Involuntarily Quarantine People Exposed to Ebola?
10/30/14
By: Kevin R. Stone
Recently, a nurse who was exposed to Ebola in West Africa was involuntarily quarantined in a New Jersey hospital. She was then released back to her home in Maine. Although she tested negative for Ebola …