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Thought leaders from around the world contribute their perspectives on landmark cases, new legislation, and legal perspectives on new technologies, business practices, and civil procedure.

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Accessorial Liability

Accessorial Liability in the Fissured Workplace

Rohen Cullen and Caroline O’Connor

The wilfully blind beware.

Product Liability in 3D

Product Liability in 3D

Stephen G.A. Myers and Kelly E. Brilleaux

How will liability issues evolve as product liability lawsuits begin to surface involving 3D-printed products?

Government Liability for Infrastructure

Government Liability for Crumbling Infrastructure

Joshua W. Glotzer

Across the country, infrastructure is failing

Bus Accident Liability sponsored content

Liability Following a Bus Accident

Sherwin Arzani

Unlike a car accident, determining liability in a bus accident can be difficult.

Cloud Liability

Bringing Cloud Liability Down to Earth

Jim Steinberg and Lance McCord

Unlike most traditionally licensed software, cloud solutions also put the customer at risk by transmitting, storing, and processing the customer’s data outside of the customer’s networks.

Legal Marijuana sponsored content

Legal Marijuana Enterprises and Federal Criminal Liability

Ambrosio Rodriguez

If the trend of decriminalizing the use of small amounts of marijuana for recreational and/or medicinal purposes continues, marijuana may be widely available across the country within a matter of years.

 Product Liability for Internet

Product Liability for Internet-Connected Devices

Sean M. Cleary

Product Liability for Internet-Connected Devices

Municipal Liability

Municipal Liability - What You Must Know

Brian G. Grant

It is therefore imperative for lawyers practicing in the field to understand the principle areas of potential municipal liability and to understand both the limits of municipalities’ liability and the specialized statutory defenses available to municipalities.

Lender Liability

Gloria’s Ranch

M. Thomas Arceneaux

A return to the lender liability days?

Expert Witnesses

Presenting the Science Is Crucial in Product Liability Trials

Sean M. Cleary

Cases brought against the manufacturer of goods, following an injury caused by an inherent defect within the good, are not based on a theory of negligence, but on a theory of products liability.

Liability Clauses

Your Cloud Contracts Shouldn't Bury Limitation of Liability Clauses in the Fine Print

John P. Hutchins

In most states, there is no general applicable rule of law forbidding one contracting party from waiving all recourse in the event of breach by the other.

SnapChat Liability

Should SnapChat Be Held Liable For Speed Filter Accidents?

William W. Hurst

Should SnapChat be held liable for injuries caused by drivers using their speed filter?

Admiralty Limitation of Liability

Piercing Limitation of Liability in the Admiralty and Maritime Context

Ethan Price-Livingston & David Y. Loh

One of the hallmarks of American admiralty and maritime law is the Limitation of Liability Act, which has been in existence since 1851 and permits a shipowner to limit its liability to the value of the vessel after the casualty.

Liability of Administrators

Liability of Administrators: Key Issue for the Australian Insolvency Professions

Patrick Monahan and Damian Clancy

While corporate administrators often operate in firms, their appointment is personal. When an administrator leaves the employ of their firm, their appointment is unaffected by that departure.

Pokemon Go Safety

Pokemon Go: How to Stay Safe While Playing

William W. Hurst

Not only has Pokemon Go sparked a cultural phenomenon bordering on obsession, it has also produced some absolutely astounding effects.

Transportation Law

Current Hot Topics in Transportation Law

Dennis Minichello

Certain issues are more “hot” than others, both because they have jumped to the forefront in operational decisions, as well as because the state of the law is somewhat in flux.

Are E-Scooters Legal in Colorado?

E-Scooters: Spontaneous Fun or Serious Danger?

Linda J. Chalat

Reports of serious injury raise questions over the legality of electric scooters—even as ridership grows.

Dangerous Products in California sponsored content

Roundup, Dangerous Products

Joseph Fantini

In recent years, there’s been a significant increase in product liability lawsuits filed in California.

Trucks Pose Hidden Dangers in Summer Travel

Summer Travel, Trucking, and Hidden Dangers

LaBarron N. Boone

As vacationers take to the roads this summer, they may not realize the dangers those driving the big rigs next to them face.

Employee Compensation

Employers Now Face Greater Liability for Violations of Legislation on Employee Compensation

David Denisenko and Alexei Dingin

Corporate Liability for Mass Shootings

Warning Signs

Antonio M. Romanucci

The Warning Signs and Legal Remedies of Mass Shootings

Bad Faith Claims

Defending against Claims of Bad Faith Failure to Settle

Sharon D. Stuart

Recent lessons from the Eleventh Circuit.

Colorado Ski Law Changes

Changing Terrain in Colorado Ski Law

Chalat Hatten & Banker

Ski area operators and skiers should heed new developments to the Ski Safety Act and the Premises Liability Act.

Media Tips in a High-Profile Case

Media Tips in a High-Profile Case

Gregory G. Rizio

How an Attorney Can Successfully Work With the Press

Roundup's Lethal Consequences

The "Roundup" on Roundup

Roy D. Oppenheim

In an effort to save face and money, Monsanto, a biochemical subsidiary of the pharmaceutical company Bayer, is seeking to make a global settlement of $8 million to repay the public for their blatant manipulation of scientific research—which hid the fact that their product is cancerous.

Bristol-Myers Squibb v Superior Court of CA

The Parade of Horribles

Amy Gunn

Lawsuits about a blood-thinning drug that prevents platelets from clumping together now prevents plaintiffs from joining together to bring state law claims against a corporation when not every plaintiff was harmed in that state.

Attorney Jennifer Kenedy Q&A

Women of Influence Award Winner: Jennifer Kenedy

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Defending FSLA Lawsuits for Unpaid Overtime

The Best Defense Against FLSA Lawsuits for Unpaid Overtime

Maureen E. Carr

Six strategies to avoid costly liability.

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