Local Authority Over Wireless Siting: •Local Government is NOT the Enemy •Our Interests - Consumer Protection/Property Rights - Largest User of Wireless Services - Landlord of Preferred Sites - Community Development and Quality of Life •Your...
Many people hurt on the job find out to their surprise that receipt of workers’ compensation is not automatic. Even when it appears as if the claim is 100 percent valid, many claims are denied, and claimants either give up or go through the appeals...
What is a DUI habitual offender? Ronald Witt of Tigard, Oregon, may be able to answer that question for you, as the habitual offender was recently sentenced to 27 months behind bars, Portland's KATU-TV reports.
California law prohibits discrimination against a competent employee because of a physical or mental disability. California recently revised its laws concerning disability discrimination in the workplace by broadening the definitions of disability,...
Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded EPA’s approval of two nanosilver pesticides for use in textiles. The case, NRDC v. EPA, is a fascinating application of the issue of “how safe is safe” and, in particular, how much conservatism...
We all know the feeling. You’re driving down the highway or busy street, and suddenly you pass a police car. Your heart leaps into your throat as you go through a checklist in your head. Was I speeding? Do I have a broken taillight?...
In Stewart Title Guar. Co. v. Sterling Savings Bank, et al., Wash. No. 87087-0 (October 3, 2013), the Washington Supreme Court held that a nonclient insurer may not pursue a malpractice claim against appointed defense counsel for failure to assert...
While New Jersey is known as the Garden State, it is also regrettably fertile ground for contaminated properties as a result of its long history of industrial development. With over 20,000 contaminated sites, New Jersey is infamously ranked number...
On November 6, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed without prejudice as not yet ripe for determination a suit by investors seeking to preempt a California city’s plan to use its eminent domain authority to seize...
On November 13, 2013, the SEC released new compliance and disclosure interpretations (which we’re calling FAQs) aimed at addressing common questions relating to private offerings that make use of general solicitation under new Rule 506(c) and Rule...
