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The Medicaid application process can be complicated. However, there are several common mistakes made by filers that can make things even more difficult than they need to be, adding unnecessary obstacles. In this article, we...more
Land use matters in Rhode Island are often challenging to interpreappt and navigate. In fact, the Ocean State is known for having among the most restrictive policies for zoning and land use control in the U.S. It’s not hard...more
Is a new wave of U.S. expatriate income tax refund applications on the table? The answer to this question hangs in the balance as we await an appeal on the question of whether or not specific Foreign Tax Credits can be...more
When Byron David filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case in July of 2018, Donald King was appointed Chapter 7 trustee. King filed an application to retain a law firm as his counsel. The bankruptcy court granted that application....more
As previously reported, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Apotex’s appeal of a decision relating to macitentan (Janssen’s OPSUMIT), which found that Apotex would induce infringement of Janssen’s patent....more
There are a lot of moving parts to election administration, and it takes a lot of people to make them work. Not surprisingly, mistakes are made on occasion. The consequences of those mistakes often end up in court. In this...more
In our recent article (available here) we considered the findings of LB Marshall KC in Domaille, Clarke & Hannis (together the "Respondents") and the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (the "Royal Court Judgment"). In the...more
A trial court had jurisdiction to find that a denial of a permit application violated the Housing Accountability Act (HAA) on remand, even though the Court of Appeal did not expressly instruct the trial court to address the...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision granting summary judgment in favor of the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) regarding the propriety of imposing a restriction requirement on a pre-General...more
A California Court of Appeal held that the Coastal Commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development have concurrent jurisdiction over mobilehomes located in the coastal zone and that proper notice of a...more
The Court of Appeal held that an agreement obligating a developer and city to indemnify LAFCO against claims arising from its annexation decision lacked consideration because the agreement simply required LAFCO to do what it...more
Local agencies routinely require project applicants to agree to indemnification on application forms or as conditions of approval. These agreements or conditions of approval typically include language requiring an applicant...more
Borrowers under the Small Business Administration’s (the “SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) are required to either maintain or submit to lenders and the SBA certain documentation associated with their application for...more
One of the challenges of renewable energy development is managing the permitting process. Understanding how to navigate state and local laws can be integral to a developer’s permitting success, especially where a community...more
On May 29, 2020, the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Caquelin v. United States, reaffirming precedent governing the way courts evaluate the taking of private property in Rails-to-Trails litigation—specifically, that a...more
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has prepared draft amendments to Ohio’s Certificate of Need (CON) rules. A number of these draft rule amendments address changes to the CON laws that were made in Ohio’s general operating...more
In a recent published decision, the California Court of Appeal had the opportunity to address this issue when the property owners of a beachside residence in the City of Los Angeles challenged a setback condition that the...more
A federal appeals court recently held void a product contamination policy issued to H.J. Heinz Company on the basis that Heinz failed to disclose previous contamination claims on its insurance application. In 2014, Heinz...more
The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently affirmed its prior decision in Vidal v. Liquidation Properties, Inc., 104 So. 3d 1274 (4th DCA 2013). Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Hilary A. Williamson, Case No. 4D15-285, 2016 WL...more
In the past two months, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has issued three opinions citable as Board precedent. The following is a brief summary of each opinion and its precedential impact....more