December 22, 2016

The JD Supra 50 - Top Legal Topics in 2016

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Dear readers: it is my pleasure once again to present our annual recap of popular topics on JD Supra for the past year. As in years past, I've noted rising and falling interest, and highlighted in bold those topics which have moved dramatically across the list (or appear on it for the very first time).

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The JD Supra 50 - Top Topics in 2016:

	Topic	Ranking Change
	Employee Handbooks	↑ last year: 3
	Retaliation	— unchanged
	Healthcare Reform (aka the Affordable Care Act)	↓ last year: 1
	Estate Planning	↑ last year: 7
	Cybersecurity	— unchanged
	The Telephone Consumer Protection Act	↓ last year: 4
	The Dodd-Frank Act	↑ last year: 9
	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (aka EEOC)	↑ last year: 12
	Foreclosure	↑ last year: 22
	The National Labor Relations Board (aka NLRB)	↑ last year: 11
	The Securities & Exchange Commission (aka SEC)	↑ last year: 26
	Compliance Matters	↓ last year: 6
	Social Media & the Law	↓ last year: 8
	Data Breaches	↑ last year: 17
	Fair Labor Standards Act (aka FLSA)	new to the list
	The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (aka CFPB)	↓ last year: 13
	Corporate Taxes	↓ last year: 16
	Employer Liability Issues	— unchanged
	The Family Medical Leave Act (aka FMLA)	↑ last year: 24
	Hiring & Firing	↓ last year: 14
	Independent Contractors	↓ last year: 19
	Wage & Hour	↑ last year: 25
	Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (aka HIPAA)	↑ last year: 28
	Patents	↓ last year: 20
	Publicly Traded Companies	new to the list
	Title VII	↑ last year: 31
	Confidentiality Agreements	new to the list
	Class Action Matters	↓ last year: 27
	The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (aka FDCPA)	↑ last year: 49
	Non-Compete Agreements	↓ last year: 15
	Enforcement Actions	↑ last year: 38
	China	new to the list
	Mortgages	↓ last year: 23
	The Military Lending Act	↑ last year: 42
	Whistleblowers	↓ last year: 21
	Discrimination	↓ last year: 29
	Data Protection	new to the list
	Patent Litigation	↓ last year: 30
	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (aka OSHA)	new to the list
	The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (aka FCPA)	↑ last year: 43
	H-1B Visas	— unchanged
	Healthcare	new to the list
	The Americans with Disabilities Act	↑ last year: 50
	Same-Sex Marriage	↓ last year: 10
	The United States Supreme Court (aka SCOTUS)	↓ last year: 39
	Trade Secrets	new to the list
	The United States Departent of Labor (aka DOL)	new to the list
	Unfair Deceptive or Abusive Acts and Practices (aka UDAAP)	new to the list
	Sanctions	new to the list
	The United States Food and Drug Administration (aka FDA)	new to the list