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Under a new state law, business owners may hire a certified access specialist to ensure compliance with disability access stan...

The attorney general's attempt to define a standard of care by specifically endorsing a set of security measures in the 2016 C...

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The South China Sea features a regional dispute with global implications. Conflicting sovereignty claims are clogging oil and ...

The first, last and most important rule of direct examination (other than telling the truth) is this: prepare, prepare, prepar...

A Delaware court recently considered whether a corporation was required to close a transaction even though its outside tax cou...

The Summer Olympics are less than two weeks away, and among the many concerns facing these Olympics is the Zika virus. By Laur...

SB 1255, which becomes effective in January, replaces a state high court ruling that a couple living under the same roof could...

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Under existing law, it takes at least a majority vote of the members of an LLC to dissolve the entity and wind up its activiti...

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The governor has not declared the drought over, extending harsh water shortage conditions seen in many parts of the state into...

A recent opinion assures employers who retain outside counsel to conduct workplace investigations that the attorney-client pri...

In December 2015, several amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect. Among the changes, the proportionali...

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The court's just-finished term was another banner year for friend-of-the-court briefs, with interested parties filing 849 brie...

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