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Expert Analysis

• Workplace Video Monitoring: What Employers Need To Know

  

  Given the availability and effectiveness of inexpensive video equipment, many companies use video to monitor their entire operations for safety, security and quality control. But video surveillance can have unintended consequences well beyond its intended purpose, say Mark Konkel and Barbara Hoey at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.

• OPINION: It's Time To Radically Rethink Immigration Reform

  

  The antiquated Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 has outlived its usefulness. It is time for a completely new law, based not on conditions from more than 60 years ago, but rather focused on the nation’s needs going forward into the 21st century, says John Lawit of John W. Lawit LLC.

• A State-By-State Guide To Driverless Car Regulations

  

  In the absence of federal regulation, only nine states and the District of Columbia have passed laws addressing autonomous vehicles, leaving the other states to wrestle with the complexity and uncertainty of interpreting existing state laws, which presume human drivers, to permit the operation of AVs, say Michael Reynolds and Jason Orr at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

• Views From The Bench On Sentencing Representation: Part 6

  

  It may surprise readers to learn that, as with many judges I’ve interviewed, U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve of the Northern District of Illinois also prefers to hear from the mental health expert at sentencing, says criminal defense lawyer Alan Ellis.

• How States Are Reacting To EPA's CAA Mandate

  

  States' responses to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s action calling for revision of their Clean Air Act implementation plans suggest that while they are working to comply with the EPA mandate, at the same time many are attempting to build in some flexibility where there are excess emissions as a result of startup, shutdown or malfunction, say Allison Rumsey and Erika Norman at Arnold & Porter LLP.

• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces

  

  Law firms today are recognizing that the process of creating a next-generation workplace is far more complex than relocating to a more modern space in a trendier part of town. The challenge is more significant for larger firms with multiple generations represented within their executive teams, says Tere Blanca, founder of Miami-based Blanca Commercial Real Estate Inc.

• A Trend Of Expanded Employee Protections At NJ High Court

  

  Taken together, two recent decisions from the New Jersey Supreme Court signal a pro-employee interpretation of New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination on both substantive and procedural issues, say attorneys at Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

• Clean Energy Incentive Program Creates More CPP Confusion

  

  The U.S. Environmental Agency's position regarding its recently proposed Clean Energy Incentive Program makes it challenging for states and the regulated community to understand and implement Clean Power Plan requirements, and is also contrary to relevant precedent, say attorneys at Jones Day.

• Price Check: Uncertain Outcomes In Advertised Price Cases

  

  Plaintiffs attorneys have recently begun suing retailers for advertising products as discounted in outlet stores when those products were not sold at full price in nonoutlet stores. However, the decisions issued to date show that different federal courts have reached somewhat different conclusions, say attorneys at K&L; Gates LLP.

• How To Manage Your Law School Debt After Graduation

  

  Student loan debt can feel overwhelming to new lawyers, especially when just getting started post graduation. Andrew Josuweit, co-founder and CEO of Student Loan Hero Inc., reviews the loan repayment plans available and discusses the best path forward for recent grads shouldering law school debt.