With foreclosure filings at unprecedented levels, associations are facing high assessment delinquency rates since generally when a homeowner stops paying his or her mortgage, he or she also ceases paying any assessments. A look at recent litigation.
The Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision in Stern v. Marshall definitively upsets a quarter-century's jurisdiction by bankruptcy courts over a large set of actions.
There can be significant economic efficiencies realized by moving to the cloud. However there are also potential risks involved if an entity does not adequately consider the information governance implications, especially those involving electronic discovery.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reconfirmed the long-established principle that, under California law, an implied-in-fact contract claim over an alleged promise to pay for use of an idea or concept isn't preempted by federal copyright law.
One of the greatest challenges any organization can face is the integration of evolving technology into its culture, practice and processes. At Bradford & Barthel ("B&B"), our main challenges in this regard have focused on the adaptation of Google Apps within our environment and business model.
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Changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) now make it easy for individuals who have gained information during the discovery process in a medical malpractice suit to use that information to bring a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA).
The precise line of where ordinary negligence ends and professional negligence begins has remained rather murky. Here's why this makes a difference.
