News & Publications (15)

Case Analysis: Falling Asleep Behind the Wheel

By: Esther King, Esq.

January 24, 2019

Tags: Employment Law, Workers' Compensation, Updates, Street Risk Doctrine

GDPR Issues in U.S. and International Litigation and Arbitration

On November 30, 2018, I had the privilege of serving as a panel member on an International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) presentation addressing GDPR in International Dispute Resolution. The other panel members were: Robert Bond, of Bristows, in London, England; Alexandra Simotta, of Six-Group, in Vienna, Austria; and Janis Block, of CMS in Cologne, Germany. The panel’s objective was to explore the issues arising under the GDPR in international dispute resolution, whether in arbitration or court litigation. My responsibility was to offer a U.S. trial counsel’s response to the subject. This article shares a few of the ideas raised during the panel, and a few which have occurred to the author in response to hearing from my fellow panel members.

January 24, 2019

Tags: Litigation, Business Law, GDPR, Arbitration

2018 Annual Review of Virginia Workers' Compensation Trends

By: Amanda Tapscott Belliveau, Esq.

December 18, 2018

Tags: Employment Law, Workers' Compensation, Updates

Using Social Media Evidence to Defend Workers' Compensation Claims

By: Eva C. Roffis

November 15, 2018

Tags: Newsletters, Workers' Compensation, Articles

McCandlish Holton Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict for Global Warehouse Retailer

Matthew Haynes and Brennan Morrissett obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a global warehouse retailer following a two day jury trial in the United States District Court in Baltimore, Maryland.

October 18, 2018

Tags: News, Litigation, Local Counsel, Updates

Beat the Heat: Defending and Preventing Heat Exposure Claims

Landscapers, surveyors, construction workers, groundskeepers, park rangers, farmworkers, and countless others spend their days working outside. But when do weather conditions become an actual risk of employment?

August 17, 2018

Tags: News, Workers' Compensation, Articles, Heat Exposure Claims, Beat the Heat

Jennifer Minear Interviewed by National Public Radio

McCandlish Holton director, Jennifer Minear, was recently interviewed by National Public Radio about the impact of the Trump administration’s travel ban on foreign students in the U.S.

July 23, 2018

Tags: News, Immigration Law

Jennifer Minear Interviewed in Mother Jones

Firm Director Jennifer Minear was recently interviewed in Mother Jones regarding changes in the adjudication of employment-based immigration petitions.

“We had already been seeing upticks in challenges by the government to legitimate petitions, denial of legitimate petitions, and crazy interpretations of the laws”

Read the full article here.

July 18, 2018

Tags: News, Immigration Law