About Andrew Brandt
Andrew Brandt is the associate editor on Super Lawyers‘ staff. He serves as the editor for the Missouri-Kansas, Mountain States, Oklahoma, and Texas Rising Stars magazines, and he additionally writes, fact-checks and proofreads for numerous other Super Lawyers issues (and for the website). He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in English literature and environmental studies, and his byline has appeared in a variety of places, both online and in print.
Articles written by Andrew Brandt
Will the California Consumer Privacy Act Affect My Business?
On Jan. 1, 2020, California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect. Originally signed into California law by former Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018, the act gives California residents — among other things — the right to know what personal data is being collected about them and the right to disallow the sale of that data. The CCPA Reaches Beyond California Victoria E. Beckman, an intellectual property and data security attorney in Columbus, Ohio, notes that, for businesses, the law’s …
The Common Legal Questions CBD Businesses Face
According to Rod Kight, a business attorney in Asheville, North Carolina, the hemp industry is the industry of the moment. “There’s a lot of innovation across all spectrums,” he says, noting that since the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill, which took hemp off of the Controlled Substances Act, demand has grown. Most of that demand has, in turn, been geared toward cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating extract you can derive from the plant. Kight spends most of his time consulting with …
Electoral College
Charles Gibbs was involved in politics at an early age; now it’s a niche practiceIn the late ’90s, at 16, Charles Gibbs became the youngest block captain in the history of Philadelphia. “Twenty years removed, I recognize [my neighbors] took a big chance on a young kid, and gave me the opportunity that has propelled me to be a lawyer,” Gibbs says. Gibbs notes that block captain isn’t a “huge” position, but it’s important: You’re the voice for your block. A young kid with a bent for advocating, block captain felt like a natural fit. “I got to branch into …
Washington Discrimination Claims: Class Action Steps To Take
Though Lindsay Halm has been a lawyer for more than a decade, she’s only ever had one employment discrimination case lead to a class action. “I have done countless class actions and countless individual discrimination claims, but nary the twain shall meet,” says the Seattle attorney. “That doesn't mean that there aren't claims to be had — just that with the rigors of getting a class certified, it's rarer that you're going to have the kind of company policy that's ripe for a class …
A Bit Complex
Andrew Painter on uncorking Virginia’s wine historyIt started with a celebration: Andrew Painter had just gotten his master’s in urban planning at UVA and, along with some classmates, was visiting wineries near Charlottesville, Virginia. “That was my first formal introduction to the wineries of Virginia,” he says. “When I got to law school, I started taking my friends. And then [in 2008], when I moved to northern Virginia, I said to myself, ‘I should write down these itineraries. I should do a wine tour book.’” The plan was to …
Rick ‘n’ Roll
Rick Friedman on his hair metal and Punk’d pastFrom the time I was 9 years old, I was playing guitar. I may have taken a total of 10 lessons. My younger brother, Brian, started playing drums around that time. In high school, I was sneaking off to the teacher’s lounge to use the telephone and booking my band, Triple-X. Many times when an act on a big label came anywhere on the East Coast, we found a way to meet with the artist. By 1988, we were opening up for a lot of Southern rock acts, like Foghat and The Outlaws. We played in the vein …
Protecting Your Rights: How To Address Workplace Discrimination and Harassment
In the United States, everyone has the right to equal treatment in their work environment. This right is guaranteed by a range of federal and state anti-discrimination laws, including: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA); and The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). These laws and others prohibit employers from engaging in various types of discrimination or retaliation against job applicants and employees on the basis of their race, …
The Collegial Court
Bruce P. Brown on clerking for Chief Justice Warren BurgerI clerked for the D.C. circuit for Judge [Edward Allen] Tamm. Many Supreme Court law clerks went that route. In terms of numbers, getting the clerkship at the circuit was probably harder. Georgia had never had a clerk on the D.C. circuit. [Chief Justice Warren Burger] had a clerk selection committee composed of former clerks that divided the applicants and narrowed it down to 40, with each interviewing 10. My understanding is that the chief justice was then given a list of 10 or so potential …
Shifting the Status Quo
Bill Groth on the fight for the right to voteI’ve always been interested in government and politics: I was a history and political science major at Butler, and I ran for political office in 1984, for the Indiana House of Representatives. In 1990, I got involved in a voting rights case involving the districting plan for the Marion County City-County Council. That was the beginning—the origins of my interest in handling voting and election law cases. One that stands out is the 2003 litigation over the city-county council districts in …
How Technology Platforms Are Categorized Shapes Their Regulation
Peter J. Schildkraut, a communications attorney with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer in Washington, DC, explains to Super Lawyers how internet policy continues to evolve even in the absence of Congressional action. The rise of social media platforms like Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) — as well as other platform businesses and search engines — raised several important public policy questions we’re still grappling with: How do we categorize these entities? Are they technology …
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