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Media and Communications: Newsletter - September/October 2008

A California Court of Appeal has granted a rare interlocutory writ, vacating a discovery order in a defamation action and holding that the underlying statements were not actionable. The court, ruling in an anti-SLAPP proceeding, determined that freelance journalist Susan Paterno's reporting in an American Journalism Review article could not support a cause of action by Ampersand Publishing. The appeals court sent the case back to the trial court, where it will likely be dismissed.

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Paul Kiernan Appointed Executive Partner for Holland & Knight's Mid-Atlantic Region

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Holland & Knight Managing Partner Steven Sonberg has appointed litigation partner Paul Kiernan to serve as Executive Partner of the firm's Mid-Atlantic Region, which includes offices in Washington, D.C., Bethesda, Md., and McLean, Va.

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Labor, Employment and Benefits
Alert - May 28, 2008
 
In this Issue...
President Bush Signs Into Law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
 
 May 28, 2008
 
Michael J. "Mike" Ranallo- Chicago

On May 21, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 493, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). GINA prohibits employers from using an employee’s genetic information in its hiring, firing, job placement, or promotion decisions. GINA also prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage to an individual or charging higher premiums based upon a genetic predisposition to a disease.

President Bush stated just before signing the act that it "protects our citizens from having genetic information misused, and this bill does so without undermining the basic premise of the insurance industry."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080521-7.html

For more information, email Michael J. Ranallo at michael.ranallo@hklaw.com or call toll free, 1.888.688.8500, or refer to our May 2, 2008, GINA alert: http://www.hklaw.com/id24660/PublicationId2388/ReturnId31/contentid51155/