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Update to EEOC’s Position on Mandatory COVID testing

July 18, 2022

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Written By Will Oden
On July 12, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) updated its guidance regarding COVID-19 workplace viral screening testing.  The EEOC’s original position on…
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“Generation-Sharing” – Tax Planning That Benefits the Entire Family

July 15, 2022

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Historically, only the very wealthy engaged in generation-skipping estate planning. Families and individuals who do not think of themselves as “very wealthy,” however, also…
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No Closure on Pay Disclosure: How Pay Transparency May Affect Your Company

July 14, 2022

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Written By Justin T. Hill
Over the past two years, pay transparency laws have quickly spread and become a topic of state legislatures nationwide.  As pay transparency laws continue…
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Ward and Smith Welcomes Professional Licensing Attorney Amy Fitzhugh

July 13, 2022

Health care professional licensing attorney Amy Fitzhugh has joined Ward and Smith. For nearly a decade, Amy served as the North Carolina Board of…
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Burning at Both Ends: NC General Assembly Keeps Hemp Legal With Last Minute Vote

July 12, 2022

Before the North Carolina General Assembly wrapped up the effective end to their 2022 Long Session late last month, lawmakers enacted critical legislation –…
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ECU Basketball Coach Michael Schwartz to Headline Greenville-Pitt County Chamber Power Luncheon

July 11, 2022

East Carolina University’s (ECU) Basketball Head Coach Michael Schwartz will headline the next Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce Power Luncheon. The event will take…
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Going Once, Going Twice, Sold: Real Time Bidding Data Privacy Breach

The ongoing massive data breach in the world of advertising: real time bidding (“RTB”). You likely are, or have been, a target of RTB…