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Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard Local marijuana startup One Gro - which in the November election lost its bid for permission to sell recreational pot in Creswell - is being [...]

LIMA, Peru -- Lawmakers voted on Friday to begin proceedings that could oust President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of Peru, the latest leader accused of involvement in a corruption scandal that [...]

The New York Times Company is suing the Weinstein Company for failing to pay for print advertisements that ran in the national and New York editions of the newspaper, according [...]

Dale Chihuly, the artist whose show of 20 glass art installations is on display spread across the 250 acres of the New York Botanical Garden, used a group of unpaid [...]

Eric Goode, 59, is a New York entrepreneur who is an owner of downtown establishments like the Bowery Hotel and the Waverly Inn. He was a creator of Area, the [...]

Byline: CHRISTOPHER O'DONNELL; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- Plenty of people have in-law horror stories. But perhaps not as vexing as the one Thomas and June Simpson tell. Daughter-in-law Mishay [...]

The subcontractors play a vital role in the construction industry as the sub-contracting work represents a significant portion of the construction projects. It is the natural concern for the subcontractors [...]

Nathan A Adams IV is a Partner in Holland & Knight's Tallahassee office.In Tennessee Hosp. Ass'n v. Azar, 908 F. 3d 1029, (6th Cir. 2018), the court of appeals ruled [...]

This case involved an appeal to the District Court from a decision of an Arbitrator at WorkCover WA in relation to a costs order made directly against a worker's lawyers.Gary [...]

Byline: Nick LenaghanDec 13, 2018 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has won its appeal in the High Court in a [...]

Dec 12, 2018 (News.com.au - ABIX via COMTEX) -- US federal Judge William Pauley has given Michael Cohen a three-year jail term for making illegal payments to two women who [...]

It's pretty clear in most jurisdictions that the question of whether disputes under multiple reinsurance contracts should be consolidated is a question for the arbitrators and not the court. What's [...]

Yesterday, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Richard Slade & Co v Boodia [2018] EWCA Civ 2667, resolving much of the confusion and concern that had fomented around [...]

The recent appeal case Grove Developments Ltd v S&T (UK) ('Grove') has triggered a lot of discussion on the impact of 'smash and grab' adjudications. Here we consider the key [...]

A corporation is a separate legal entity, generally immune from the personal responsibilities of its shareholders. However, in rare circumstances, the veil that protects the corporation can be pierced and [...]

The case was instituted in 2014, by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) who manage patents for the University of Wisconsin Madison, against Apple Inc. claiming that the iPhone 5S, iPad [...]

This week's TGIF considers the decision in Six Bruce Pty Ltd v Jadig Finance Pty Ltd [2018] VSC 552, where the Victorian Supreme Court granted a last minute injunction to [...]

In a recent decision, Rosas v Toca, 2018 BCCA 191 [Rosas], the British Columbia Court of Appeal turned sharply away from traditional contract law principles by holding that parties may [...]

In brief The case of Marchesi v Noosa Council [2017] QLC 19 involved an appeal to the Land Court by a landowner against the inclusion by the Council of lots [...]

Cybercrime is an ever-increasing threat from which manufacturers are not immune. Although reliable statistics are not available, one particular type of scheme that seems to be on the rise is [...]

The request for summary judgment in 1680960 Ontario Inc v Print Three Franchising Corp, 2018 ONSC 1192 stems from the sale of an existing Print Three franchised business from one [...]

In Cheung Sau Lin v. Tsui Wah Efford Management Ltd [2018] HKDC 941, the District Court (the 'Court') dismissed an employees' compensation claim on the ground of the employee's refusal [...]

As students have started another school year this Fall, conversations often return to teachers' pay and the disparity between what they are undoubtedly worth and what they actually earn. In [...]

A FIFO worker who was purportedly engaged as a 'casual' under an enterprise agreement has successfully claimed an entitlement to annual leave under both the National Employment Standards (NES) and [...]

In decision 4A_578/2017, the Swiss Supreme Court dismissed a request by a Romanian football player to set aside an award issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport based on [...]

Bodies corporate have been anxiously awaiting the recent decision of the Queensland Court of Appeal in Body Corporate for Mount Saint John Industrial Park Community Title Scheme 18632 v Superior [...]

A recent decision held that an employee employed as a casual and ostensibly paid casual loading, was nonetheless entitled to payment of accrued annual leave upon termination of his employment. [...]

ACA plans scored a major victory last week when a federal court held that health plans participating on the ACA exchanges are entitled to unpaid cost sharing reduction (CSR) payments [...]

Nuance Group (Australia) Pty Limited (Nuance) received a payment claim from Shape Australia Pty Limited (Shape) under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) (Act) for [...]

An application was brought under rule 14.05(3)(d) of the Rules of Civil Procedure to determine rights that depend on contract interpretation. The applicant was National Gallery of Canada ('National Gallery') [...]

A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court could have lasting consequences for timekeeping practices and the payment of wages for hourly employees. In the case of Troester v. Starbucks [...]

We've all been there: You pull up to a parking spot, hop out to check whether the meter requires payment on Sunday and then grumble as you fish around in [...]

In Diduck v. Simpson, 2018 MBQB 76 ('Diduck'), the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench reviewed a distribution agreement and found that it failed to meet the test for a 'franchise' [...]

1. Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2018 ONCA 517 (Laskin, MacPherson and Fairburn JJ.A.), June 11, 2018 The bridge across the Kaministiquia River in Thunder Bay was [...]

The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision of Gore Mutual insurance Company v. Carlin confirms that contracts of indemnity are meant to indemnify an actual loss and not provide a [...]

On Friday, 13 July 2018 the New South Wales Court of Appeal delivered its decision in Hosking v Extend N Build Pty Ltd1 (Hosking). That decision considered the reach of [...]

Since at least 1940, parties to construction contracts have been held to high standard of showing 'complete and strict performance of all [of the construction contract's] terms.' This has historically [...]

Two recent WA Court of Appeal decisions clarify the scope of an adjudicator's jurisdiction, issues of set-off, and the ability to sever partially invalid determinations in the context of Construction [...]

This week's TGIF examines a recent decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Hosking v Extend N Build Pty Limited [2018] NSWCA 149, which considered whether payments [...]

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Pearson v. Target Corp., No. 17-2275, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 17337 (7th Cir. June 26, 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit took aim [...]

The Tax Court of Canada last week released a landmark decision on the GST/HST status of certain commonplace transaction processing services, namely VISA's payment platform offering to financial institutions. In [...]

In Mise en marché Marketech inc. v. Plante, 2018 QCCS 2799, the Québec Superior Court gave an opinion as to the value of an account statement issued by a franchisor [...]