Happy new year! For your convenience, here's a recap of some of the most popular writing published on JD Supra during the last month of last year. Good work, smart folks:

1. Engineers Beware!! California Courts Have Held Engineers Owe A Duty Of Care And Are Liable to Contractors For Plans And Specifications Used in the Bidding Process - by James C. Earle at Ervin Cohen & Jessup
2. When Wikileaks Works: Comparing the Leaked Draft of the IP Section of the TPP to the Official USTR Text and the Consequences to Termination Rights in “Phonograms” - by M. Ryder Lee at Butler Snow
3. SEC Files Complaint Against Bitcoin Mining Companies for Running Alleged Ponzi Scheme - by attorneys at BuckleySandler
4. Not a Coin Toss: Regulatory Agencies Bringing Enforcement Actions Against Virtual Currency Start-ups - by Michael Dicke and Catherine Kevane at Fenwick & West
5. European Council Asks Commission To Strengthen Controls Over Electronic Payments & Virtual Currencies - by Chris Finney at Cooley
6. Oregon Supreme Court Case Reminds Businesses about the Complexity of Independent Contractor Classification - by Douglas Parker and Brian Weeks at Littler
7. Another Gambling Class Action Fails – Court Finds Social Casino Games Not Gambling - by James Gatto at Sheppard Mullin
8. Mining For Virtual Currencies – The SEC Charges Fraud - by Thomas Gorman at Dorsey & Whitney
9. SEC Chair And Staff Presentations At AICPA National Conference - by Cydney Posner at Cooley
10. Tax Review, November 2015 - by Karina Furga-Dabrowska and Cezary Przygodzki at Dentons
11. Financial Services Report, Winter 2015 - by attorneys at Morrison & Foerster
12. Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - December 2015 - by attorneys at Shearman & Sterling
13. The Idea of Yoga Versus the Expression of It - Bikram’s Yoga College of India v. Evolation Yoga, LLC - by Teri Nguyen at McDermott Will & Emery
14. Paying for LTC insurance using a tax-free exchange - by E. Hans Lundsten, Joseph Marion, III, and David Riedel at Adler Pollock & Sheehan
15. New Legislation Threatens to Further Erode Market Share of Non-Trade Union Contractors in California - by attorneys at Pillsbury
16. Systemic Cyber Risks And The Internet of Things - by Tyler Gerking and David Smith at Farella Braun + Martel
17. FCC Settles Data Breach Investigation with Cox Communications - by Scott Kessler at Akerman
18. How to Negotiate an Exclusive Use Provision - by Robert Diehl at Pepper Hamilton
19. A Trademark Year in Wine and Beer 2015: Our Holiday Buyer’s Guide to Disputed Beverages - by David Kluft at Foley Hoag
20. State Lawmakers Pushing Telemedicine Coverage in 2016 - by Nathaniel Lacktman at Foley & Lardner
21. Five Months after Same-Sex Marriages Held Constitutional: Where Are the Courts Headed on the Unanswered Questions? - by Jennifer Hall at Baker Donelson
22. Group Life Insurance Claims by a Teacher’s Beneficiary Are Subject to ERISA Preemption: Woods v. American United Life Insurance Company - by Mark Thomas at Williams Mullen
23. New California Laws Impacting Public Agencies - by Sigrid Asmundson, Jordan Ferguson, William Priest, and Krysten Steele at Best Best & Krieger
24. Employee Exclusion Applies to Independent Contractor Truck Driver - by Peter Dworjanyn at Collins & Lacy
25. Influencer Marketing: Tips for a Successful (and Legal) Advertising Campaign - by Julie O'Neill at Morrison & Foerster Socially Aware

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