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The Carrot, Not the Stick: May Employers Legally Offer Employees Incentives To Get Vaccinated?

Written By X. Lightfoot and Will Oden

Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") updated its COVID-19 guidance for fully vaccinated individuals.  The updated guidance provided that f…

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Appealing Disciplinary Actions of North Carolina Professional or Occupational Licensing Boards

Written By Eric J. Remington and Amy H. Wooten

Ed. Note: This is the second 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. It is hard to …

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The FFCRA Trap: Employers Must Consider Retaliation Even After the FFCRA

Written By S. McKinley Gray, III and Justin T. Hill

While the light at the end of the tunnel is visible, the darkness of the COVID-19 pandemic still looms over employers.   Over the last few weeks, states across the nation began taking steps to reduce the restrictions…

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Agribusiness Remains a Target for Hackers

Written By Allen N. Trask, III

Agribusiness may not be an industry that the public at large often associates with data breaches and hacking. That perception is likely to change after news broke over the Memorial Day weekend that JBS, America's…

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Website Compliance: Key Costly Legal Risks Every Business Should Consider

Written By Angela P. Doughty, CIPP/US, AIGP and Erica B. E. Rogers

A recent statistic posted by Sweor states that 75% of consumers admit to making judgments on a company’s credibility based on the company’s website design. During COVID, many companies were forced to digitize …

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Struggling Hotels Can Provide Turn-Down Service, Can't Be Turned Down for Subchapter V Bankruptcy

Written By Lance P. Martin

Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, which took effect in February 2020, creates a more streamlined and less expensive Chapter 11 reorganization path for small business debtors.  It has proven popular d…

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