Statistics Show the Number of Cellphone-related Car Accidents Nationwide Continues to Rise, Despite Laws to the Contrary Last year and late to the game, Texas became the 47th state in the country to ban texting while driving. (Now, only Arizona and Montana have no ban, while Missouri prohibits text messaging... Read More »
Millions of workers have signed on to employment agreements containing arbitration clauses. These clauses require employees to resolve any complaints against their employer through private arbitration, rather than through the courts. On May 21st, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the validity of such agreements in the... Read More »
California has had a storied relationship with arbitration. One of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most significant recent opinions on arbitration, AT & T Mobility v. Concepcion, stemmed from a lawsuit filed in California. The state’s attempts to limit the power of mandatory arbitration agreements in both employment and consumer contracts... Read More »
After several years of troublingly-high rates of fatal injury on New York City construction sites, the city enacted a law in October of 2017 aimed at improving safety through worker education. Local Law 196, which entered into effect on March 1, now requires that all workers on large construction projects... Read More »
They say a camel is a horse drawn in committee. They also say that laws are like sausage: you don't want to see how either gets made. These adages proved their worth in Florida's new beach bill, which was signed by the Governor on March 23rd and has been making... Read More »
