By: Zach P. Hutton and Justin M. Scott , Paul Hastings. Introduction In Flores v. City of San Gabriel , 1 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals considered an issue of first impression: whether “cash-inlieu of benefits” payments made directly...

By: Pete Lareau . THIS ARTICLE ADDRESSES THE PERSUADER REPORTING RULES under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA). 1 For many years, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) had almost always maintained that an outside counsel’s...

By: Sarah Ligon Pattishall, Mcauliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP A 17-year-old bet his high school programming club that artificial intelligence (AI) could outperform human beings. To prove it, Robbie Barrat developed a program that could...

Includes Analysis by: Carolynn Kranz , Kranz & Associates PLLC Mark Muntean , Charles Swenson and Iris Kitamura , Kranz & Associates PLLC This article discusses the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in South Dakota v...

By: Moises Gali-Velazquez. Medical marijuana is legal in 23 states and the District of Columbia. 1 Moreover, four states have legalized marijuana’s recreational use and at least 18 more states are, or have been, considering legalization of medical...