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Detail In Force Majeure Clauses Is Foreseeable

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 ...

State Seeks to Curb Appeals of Residential Building Permits in San Francisco

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 ...

City of Lafayette, Represented by Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass, Prevails in Litigation Clarifying Relationship Between Housing Accountability Act and Permit Streamlining Act

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 ...

Shock to the System – New Defibrillator Legislation and the Impact on Owners/Landlords

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 ...

How to Subpoena Documents Successfully for Use in Foreign Proceedings

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 ...

Reputation in a Registered Trade Mark Not a Factor for Deceptive Similarity: Self Care IP Holdings Pty Ltd v Allergan Australia Pty Ltd

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 ...

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