Kristie Rearick

June 25, 2024 | The Recorder

The problems that Oakland and the county are facing were foreseeable when the legislature upended local recall procedures. Either way, this mayoral carousel should inspire Oakland and other charter cities and counties to rethink their recall laws.

By Joshua Spivak and David A. Carrillo

6 minute read

June 24, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Soland v. East Bradford Township Zoning Hearing Board held that a use variance can be de minimis, where such doctrine previously only applied to dimensional variances.

By Kathleen M. Mannard

7 minute read

June 24, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

For legal ethicists, this new territory presents familiar ethical quandaries. They unanimously agree that competence mandates a thorough understanding and education in any new technology prior to its use.

By Daniel J. Siegel

8 minute read

June 24, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a recent published decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed a previously unresolved question in that circuit: whether a debtor's failure to properly schedule a debt in an "asset case" renders the debt nondischargeable.

By Lawrence J. Kotler and Geoffrey A. Heaton

7 minute read

June 24, 2024 | Daily Business Review

The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA) was a big deal when, on March 3, 2022, it became law. Like most laws, it had its 15 minutes of fame and then faded away from general discussion. The EFAA provides that employers no longer can force claims of sexual harassment and/or sexual assault into arbitration. Simple enough, right? Not even close.

By Michael Elkins

6 minute read

June 21, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Thomas Jefferson, for whom eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and legitimate government depends on the consent of the governed, would be none too pleased.

By Michael Kenney

6 minute read

June 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Humility, propriety, compassion, and respect for judges, lawyers and the law. We need it now more than ever. And when we fail to see it, more of us need to call it out and demand better. Just like Uncle Eddy would.

By David Fryman

4 minute read

June 21, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Likely in an effort to curtail some of the financial fallout businesses suffer from cyberattacks, the Florida legislature passed House Bill 473 (HB 473). HB 473 would create a new Florida statute, 768.401, F.S., that would limit the liability of a business ("covered entities" or "third-party agents") for "cybersecurity incidents" so long as the business: adopts a cybersecurity program that substantially aligns with certain standards and guidelines articulated in the statute; and substantially complies with the notice provisions of the Florida Information Protection Act.

By Traci Rollins, Stephen Richman and Bill Dillon

5 minute read

June 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The presumption that a child born of a married couple is the child of that couple is one of the oldest and strongest presumptions in the American common law tradition. Due to various and substantial societal changes in recent decades, the presumption has slowly been modified to reflect those changes the same.

By James W. Cushing

5 minute read

June 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Your colleagues are highly educated, driven professionals who made their way through law school and the bar exam and are now managing a practice, and they aren't feeling accomplished!

By The Young Lawyer Editorial Board

5 minute read