An employer successfully compelled arbitration under an arbitration agreement that the plaintiff-workers had with their staffing agency, even though the staffing agency was not a defendant in the lawsuit.

In 2017, courts across this country were split on whether plaintiffs could assert a class action alleging claims under the...

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is here and it’s best to start now to learn what this law is, who it applies to, and what you and your business can do to be prepared. This article is a follow up to our...

A California federal judge held that a standard comprehensive general liability (CGL) aircraft exclusion barred liability coverage for injuries suffered as a result of drone operations. The injuries occurred when a wedding...

Did you know that as an investment advisor you may "own" your clients’ personal data? That’s right; for purposes of Massachusetts’ data privacy regulations, any person or entity that receives, stores, maintains, processes, or otherwise has access...

A federal magistrate judge in California has ruled that law enforcement personnel may not require suspects to unlock their phones with biometric identifiers like a fingerprint, iris scan or facial recognition, saying the...

Insurance companies often have their backs against the wall in any dispute.  Typically, in a coverage or premium action brought by the insurance company, it bears the burden of proving its insurance contract and any...

Having...

A Minnesota federal district court recently ruled that lead generators for a payday...

On January 9, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his plan to make New York City the first city in the country to mandate...

Most private country clubs and social clubs are nonprofit corporations governed by North Carolina's Nonprofit Corporation Act found in Chapter 55A of the North Carolina General Statutes.

Specifically,...

One doesn't normally think of corporations as being agencies of the United States government.  However, the California Corporations Code conclusively presumes that some corporations are agencies and instrumentalities of the...

After a loan company sued a customer in default and the customer asserted counterclaims on a class-wide basis, the company sought to compel arbitration. However, the particular arbitral forum designated in the arbitration...

The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is looking at 2019 with fresh eyes. Although digital coin prices plummeted in 2018, some by as much as 90%, NYCEDC has announced that it will open a blockchain centre...

• During the November 2018 election, California voters passed a ballot initiative known as Proposition 12, which establishes new standards for confinement of certain farm animals and bans the sale of products that do not...

Introduction

In determining the intent of the Legislature in enacting state laws, California courts have historically taken a limited view of legislative materials that can be used to...

Michigan’s “lame duck” legislative session in December, preceding the change of state governor from Republican Rick Snyder to Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, saw a number of significant enactments.

In a...