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Privacy and Data Security for HOAs: What Your Community Association Needs to Know

Written By Angela P. Doughty, CIPP/US, AIGP

Privacy and Data Security is the body of law that addresses how an organization can collect, handle, and use personally identifiable information and how that information needs to be protected. Community Associations quite…

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Common Mistakes to Avoid When Appealing a North Carolina Occupational Licensing Board Decision

Written By Eric J. Remington and Amy H. Wooten

Ed. Note: This is the third in a series of three articles examining disciplinary and appeals processes in front of North Carolina professional and occupational licensing boards. See the first article here and the seco…

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"The JAB, or Your JOB": Mandatory Vaccinations in the Private Workplace

Written By Grant B. Osborne

We are all tired of the slowly-abating but persistent pandemic. And more than ready to get back to "normal." But employers' efforts to encourage or require employees to return to work present many challenges, such as thos…

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An Update on North Carolina Medical Malpractice Law

Written By Lynwood P. Evans and Jeremy M. Wilson

With an end to the COVID-19 pandemic in sight, it's hard to forget the terrible impact it had on our society and the tremendous strain it put on our medical community. Doctors, nurses, and other medical staff fought coura…

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One Year Later: Have Employers Taken Stock Following Bostock?

Written By Emily G. Massey

This week (specifically June 15, 2021) marked the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, which outlawed sexual orientation or transgender status em…

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What Community Associations Should Know from HOA Attorneys

Written By Adam M. Beaudoin

Maintenance, repairs, upkeep, and enforcement of rules are all in a day's work for a community association – now one of the most common housing arrangements in North Carolina. To date, nearly 27% of the state's popu…

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