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Prior to 2020, force majeure clauses were part of a checklist of boilerplate items in commercial contract construction but were scarcely litigated. Today, litigation over pre-pandemic force majeure clauses is skyrocketin ...

Authors: Daniel Gershwin Matthew S. Stone The land use entitlement process in California is notoriously complicated, lengthy, and fraught with uncertainty. Less attention is paid to the process of receiving building pe ...

Authors: Katharine Van Dusen Robert B. Hodil In a decision partially published on November 30, 2022, Save Lafayette v. City of Lafayette[1], the First Appellate District Court of Appeal upheld the City of Lafayette’s ...

The Automated External Defibrillator (Public Access) Bill 2022 (AED Bill) has passed both houses of the South Australian Parliament and is presently awaiting royal assent. The AED Bill will in certain instances require o ...

Piper Alderman successfully assisted a US company involved in a patent dispute before the United States District Court for the Central District of California to obtain documentary evidence from Australian entities for us ...

The recent High Court decision of Self Care IP Holdings Pty Ltd v Allergan Australia Pty Ltd[1] provides clarity on the contentious question of the role of reputation in trade mark infringement proceedings. On appeal, t ...