This year the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an opinion that significantly limits many construction warranties. In Christie v. Hartley Construction, Inc., et al., No. COA12-1385, the Court limited any action for damages for breach of...
Overview: The Ninth Circuit recently struck down a state court default judgment and injunction obtained by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) against a local gang and its members based on free speech and due process violations. The...
A social media maven credited with getting The Game back on cable television and helping the program about the lives of football players premiere in front of 7.7 million viewers on Black Entertainment Television in January 2011 has added an unusual claim to a federal lawsuit she filed in Florida.
The California Court of Appeal in Reid v. Mercury Insurance Company [(2013) 220 Cal.App.4th 262 (rehearing denied November 6, 2013)] found no California authority “standing for the proposition that there is a duty to settle when there is a claim that...
A Detroit-area homeowner has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in the Nov. 2 shooting death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride, who was killed while standing on the man’s porch after crashing her car.
Both the SEC and FINRA believe that the question of whether a uniform fiduciary standard should be imposed on broker-dealers and investment advisers needs to be resolved. The problem is, neither one seems to have a view about when that might happen....
When one member of a couple moves to a nursing home, we expect that spouse will be the first to die, but this isn’t always the case. What happens if a Medicaid recipient's spouse dies first? If planning steps aren't taken, the death of a spouse can...
This year, US-CERT (the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) identified a malware campaign titled CryptoLocker, and last week, it updated the alert on this malware. CryptoLocker is a new version of ransomware that restricts access to...
In a key sentencing decision handed down this year, the United States Supreme Court held that the Ex Post Facto Clause is violated when a defendant is sentenced under provisions of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines promulgated after he committed the...
