Tag: Pandemic

Time for a Change: Why Law Firms Should Embrace Hybrid Work Setting Practices

By: Alex Crowley It is no secret that many law firms have historically stymied work-life balance for attorneys.  By imposing significant billable hour requirements, these firms instill constant pressure to work long office hours in an effort to bolster profits and determine which attorneys are dedicated to career development.  A 2018 legal trends study by… Read More Time for a Change: Why Law Firms Should Embrace Hybrid Work Setting Practices

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All Hands Meeting for the Health-Conscious, Post-Pandemic: Wearable Technologies Turned Medical Devices and the FDA

This blog discusses the regulatory implications of wearable technology such as WHOOP and FitBit that have made an effort to use respiratory patterns in their devices to detect COVID-19 pre-symptoms. This blog further analyzes how the fact that wearable technology is often not considered a medical device effects how the technology is regulated. Finally, this blog explores how the federal standards among medical devices and wearable tech is likely to change in a post-pandemic world and looks at what wearable technology may expect from federal regulators going forward.… Read More All Hands Meeting for the Health-Conscious, Post-Pandemic: Wearable Technologies Turned Medical Devices and the FDA

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