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Eleven Pipers Piping… and the Blunt Truth About Cannabis in the Workplace
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (409+ words) On the eleventh day of HR's favorite season, my lawyers said to me" eleven pipers piping (and eleven questions about marijuana at work)." With recreational and medical marijuana now legal in many states, employers face a haze of compliance obligations…...
Promises Kept: The Trade Fraud Enforcement Boom Continues
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (202+ words) On December 19, 2025, the DOJ made substantial announcements showcasing their resolve to pursue coordinated, cross-agency actions to detect, deter, and prosecute trade fraud, spearheaded by the recently created Trade Fraud Task Force, and reinforcing that evading customs duties will result in…...
Could jurors in the CommonWEALTH start to HEAR the money: Permitting anchoring for non-economic damages?
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (165+ words) The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Legislature recently introduced House Bill No. 1913 that would permit attorneys to suggest to a judge or jury an "appropriate award for all past and future economic or noneconomic damages." Pa. H.B. 1913, 2025-2026 Leg. Sess. (2025). This is commonly referred…...
Latest Federal Court Cases: International Business Machines v. Zillow Group, Inc.
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (967+ words) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reviewed cross-appeals from an inter partes review of IBM's U.S. Patent No. 7,631,346, and affirmed on all counts. The '346 patent is directed to systems and methods for single sign-on operations, permitting a computer…...
$900,000 Jury Verdict for Distributor’s Shareholders Cannot Be Set Aside for Lack of Standing
1+ week, 3+ day ago (459+ words) The Tennessee Supreme Court recently rejected a manufacturer's effort to set aside a $900,000 jury verdict for a former distributor's shareholders for want of standing and jurisdiction. Houghton v. Malibu Boats, LLC, 2025 WL 2971436 (Tenn. Oct. 22, 2025)....By: Lathrop GPM $900,000 Jury Verdict for Distributor's…...
Administrative Adjudication Appeal May Waive Seventh Amendment Right to Jury Trial
1+ week, 5+ day ago (295+ words) The Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial puts significant limits on administrative adjudications, but defendants may waive that right without realizing it. There is now a circuit split on whether payment of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-imposed administrative…...
So You Want to Start an Arizona Alternative Business Structure?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (268+ words) Since 2021, Arizona, nonlawyers have been permitted to hold ownership in law firms, provided that these law firms meet specific criteria. With certification from the Arizona Supreme Court under the state's "alternate business structure" (ABS) statute,1 a nonlawyer can possess an…...
Full Court Press: Preliminary Discovery And Arbitration Agreements In A Basketball Showdown
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (492+ words) In most jurisdictions in Australia, a prospective plaintiff can obtain preliminary discovery orders from a Court to ascertain whether it has a right to obtain relief from a prospective defendant, before it commences any substantive proceeding. This blog post explores…...
Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Arizona's Judicial Retention Elections
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (333+ words) I. A Brief History of Judicial Retention Elections and the Merit Selection Process In 1974, voters approved Proposition 108, which amended Article 6 of the Arizona Constitution to adopt merit selection and require nonpartisan retention elections for judges of courts of record, including the…...
New Candidates Launch Campaigns in AZ and NY AG Races
2+ week, 3+ day ago (38+ words) Greg Roeberg has announced plans to run for Arizona AG and will seek the Republican nomination in the 2026 primary. Roeberg describes himself as having served as a campaign attorney for President Donald Trump....By: Cozen O'Connor...