The New York State Legislature is currently reviewing proposed bill S74A, known as the Grieving Families Act (GFA). Introduced by State Senator Brad Hoylman (D – Manhattan), the GFA proposes a vast expansion of compensable damages in wrongful death actions

After a decade of discussion and deliberation, the Rhode Island General Assembly finally voted to legalize cannabis for adult recreational use. On May 25, 2022, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed into law the comprehensive legalization bill known as the Rhode Island Cannabis Act.This Q&A is intended to address many of the most pressing questions and concerns that employers and human resource professionals have about how legalization will play out in the Ocean State.

Last week, a California Superior Court Judge struck down California’s “Women on Boards” law. The law, passed in 2018, required that California-based, publicly-held corporations seat women on their boards of directors.

In Gonzalez v. Mathis (August 19, 2021) 12 Cal. 5th 29, the California Supreme Court considered whether to create a third exception to the Privette Doctrine specific to known hazards on a worksite, when a contractor cannot remedy the hazard by taking reasonable safety precautions to protect against it.

As an update to our previous alert regarding New York’s Adult Survivor Act (ASA), on May 23, 2022, the New York State Assembly approved the ASA with a majority vote of 140 to 3.

In March 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued sanctions targeting Russian “elites and business executives who are associates and facilitators of the Russian regime.” More recently, in an effort to go further, the Administration released a package of proposals to “establish new authorities for the forfeiture of property linked to Russian kleptocracy,” which would greatly enhance existing legal authority under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Practices Act (RICO).

On Friday, May 13, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court issued an important opinion addressing but-for causation in Pediatrics Cool Care v. Ginger Thompson (o/b/o A.W.). In this case, tragically, the minor plaintiff A.W. committed suicide after seeing her pediatric healthcare provider and complaining of feelings of depression.

The imposition of U.S. sanctions against Russia may impact the obligations of the parties following the closing of an agreement for the purchase and sale of equity interests or assets under circumstances that may not be anticipated.