By: Annemargaret Connolly and Thomas D. Goslin , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Climate change is arguably the most high-profile and rapidly evolving environmental issue facing the global business community today. Governments of nearly every nation...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis Parties drafting contracts often want to set in stone the precise dollar amount of damages that will be awarded in the event of a breach, commonly called liquidated damages. The idea is that if a breach...

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...

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...